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. …
Why in News: India’s very own m-RNA (messenger-RNA) vaccine could be ready by March 2021. About the vaccine: Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceutical’s novel m-RNA vaccine candidate was approved for funding in July, 2020 by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT). Being a …
Why in the news? Many states like Karnataka are asking the public to use green crackers in their diwali preparation. What are green crackers ? Developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-NEERI as per the court’s directions, …
Context: While Bangladesh has become the second largest apparel exporter after China, Vietnam’s exports have grown by about 240% in the past eight years. This article explains how the two nations achieved this and what India should learn from them. …