Why in News: The first ship of the four Project-15B state-of-the-art stealth guided missile destroyers, Visakhapatnam, being built at the Mazgaon Docks Limited (MDL), was delivered to the Navy. About the missile destroyers These ships are equipped with BrahMos supersonic …
About the scheme The initiative ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31st October, 2015 to commemorate the 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Patel to revive a sense of ‘nationhood’. The programme aims to actively …
About DAC Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) is constituted under the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for overall guidance of the defence procurement planning process. It includes Defence Minister as Chairman and Minister of State for Defence (when appointed), Chief of Defence …
About IPRD The Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD) is the apex international annual conference of the Indian Navy and is the principal manifestation of the Navy’s engagement at the strategic-level. The dialogue has been held every year since 2018. The National …
About Invasive Alien Species Invasive alien species, introduced and/or spread outside their natural habitats, have affected native biodiversity in almost every ecosystem type on earth and are one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) …
What’s the news? With the mass nesting season of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles approaching, the Odisha Government in collaboration with the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) has come up with a customised mobile application which would alert fishermen …
What’s the news? Recently, a paper titled “Integrated farming with intercropping increases food production while reducing environmental footprint” appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS). Some of the Indian Farming Practices mentioned are as follows …
Background In a move to counter China’s dominance of the supply chain in the Indo-Pacific region, trade ministers of India, Japan and Australia formally launched the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) in April 2021. Committed to building resilient supply chains …
Why in News? ● Recently, Agni-5 ballistic missile, with 5,000-km range, successfully tested in India. Though inducted over three years ago, India’s foremost Agni 5 ballistic missile was tested for the first time by the user agency, the Strategic Forces …
Why in News? ● As a major UN climate conference at Glasgow gets underway on October 31, 2021, there will be a lot of technical terms tossed around: mitigation, carbon neutral, sustainable development. Mitigation ● IPCC definition: Mitigation (of climate …