What’s in the news? The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’ initiative for distribution of aids and assistive devices to ‘Divyangjan’. A total of 5286 aids and assistive devices valued at Rs. 2.33 crore …
Why in News: ISRO plans to place, into orbit, an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS – 04) on board the PSLV C-52 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is the third generation launch vehicle of India. It is a four-staged launch vehicle …
What are they? Solar storms/wind are magnetic plasma ejected at great speed from the solar surface. They occur during the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots (‘dark’ regions on the Sun that are cooler than the surrounding photosphere), and …
Why in News: Scientists in the United Kingdom said they have achieved a new milestone in producing nuclear fusion energy, or imitating the way energy is produced in the Sun. A team generated 59 megajoules of sustained energy. 1 Joule …
What is a Marine Heatwave ? Marine heatwaves are periods of “extremely high temperatures” in the ocean. Marine heatwaves can occur in summer or winter and they are defined based on differences with expected temperatures for the location and time …
About MPC The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is a committee of the RBI which is entrusted with the task of fixing the benchmark policy interest rate (repo rate) to contain inflation within the specified target level. The 2016 amendment of …
What’s in the news? The government is set to launch the Central Sector Scheme “SMILE- Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise”. The umbrella scheme is designed to provide welfare measures to the Transgender community and the people engaged …
What’s in the news? Anganwadi Services is one of the flagship programmes of the Government of India providing early childhood care and development of the beneficiaries i.e children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers …
About Nirbhaya Fund Framework Nirbhaya Fund is a dedicated fund set up by the Government of India in 2013 which can be utilized for projects specifically designed to improve the safety and security of women. It is a non-lapsable corpus …