Context: In February, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a Rs. 4,400 crore package for 2020-21 to tackle air pollution in 102 of India’s most polluted cities. The funds would be used to reduce particulate matter by 20%-30% from 2017 levels …
About UN Peacekeeping Forces The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces are employed by the UN to maintain or re-establish peace in an area of armed conflict. The UN may engage in conflicts between states as well as in struggles within states. …
What’s in the news? The Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, has released its 2018 report on the ‘vital statistics on India based on the Civil Registration System’. According to the report, Arunachal Pradesh …
About the scheme Ministry of New and Renewable Energy launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM) Scheme for farmers for installation of solar pumps and grid connected solar and other renewable power plants in the …
About: The QRSAM, is a canister-based system, which means that it is stored and operated from specially designed compartments. In the canister, the inside environment is controlled, thus along with making its transport and storage easier, the shelf life of …
What’s in the news? A ‘nowcast’ (a forecast that estimates the outcome of a near-term event) in the latest monthly bulletin of the RBI projected that India’s GDP contracted by 8.6% in the July-September quarter of the financial year ending …
What’s in the news? China has begun work on a strategically significant railway line – its second major rail link to Tibet – that will link the country’s southwest Sichuan province to Linzhi in Tibet close to the Indian border …
Increasing number of mental illnesses The number of people with mental illnesses had been increasing across the world even before the pandemic. Less number of mental health professionals Despite mental health issues constituting a significant percentage of the health burden …
Why in the news? The EOS-01 along with nine satellites foreign countries were launched by a PSLV rocket. Four each one of the foreign countries are from the United States and Luxembourg, while another is a technology demonstrator from Lithuania. …