About The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented to authors for their “outstanding contribution towards literature.” Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the …
About Sangeet Natak Akademi Sangeet Natak Akademi is the apex body in the field of performing arts in India. It is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Culture. The Akademi was set up in 1953 for the preservation and …
About The Ministry of Science & Technology launched the VAIBHAV Fellowship Scheme for the Indian Diaspora abroad in 2023. The Fellowship aims at improving the research ecosystem of India’s Higher Educational Institutions by facilitating academic and research collaborations between Indian …
Context: India will start manufacturing the common antibiotic Penicillin G later this year, three decades after the country’s last plant shut down. What is Penicillin G? Penicillin G is the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) used in manufacturing several common antibiotics. …
Context: Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto recently declared winner of the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the highest international award in the field, which is sometimes referred to as the “Architecture Nobel”. The Nobel of Architecture The Pritzker Architecture Prize was instituted …
About Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project (PMP) is a bi-national hydropower project to be developed on the Mahakali River bordering Nepal and India. The development of the project is covered under the integrated Mahakali Treaty signed between Nepal and India in 1996 …
About IIP The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is a composite indicator that measures the short-term changes in the volume of production of a basket of industrial products during a given period with respect to that in a chosen base …
What’s in the news? The Government of India has launched a National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Snakebite Envenoming (NAP-SE) with a vision to reduce snakebite deaths by halve by 2030. NAPSE provides a broad framework for states …
About NCPCR The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is a statutory body established under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005. The commission works under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child development. …