Why in News: The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine, which remained suspended for the past three years, will resume soon. About Amarnath Yatra is a pilgrimage visit to Amarnath cave which is a Hindu shrine located in Kashmir. …
Why in News: Google is said to be testing support for variable refresh rates (VRR) in the Chrome OS The feature could improve gaming experience What is VRR? Refresh rate is the number of times a display is capable of …
What’s in News: Biologists from Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad (CCMB), have conducted a study to understand how mitochondria became an inseparable part of animal and plant cells. Background of the study Today, mitochondria are well known to …
About the Scheme The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has launched 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 …
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation is an international organisation of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian nations, housing 1.73 billion people and having a combined gross domestic product of US$ 4.4 trillion About BIMSTEC …
Background: Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the setting up of National Land Monetization Corporation to monetise surplus land and building assets of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and other agencies linked to the Government. This is to be fully owned …
Why in the news? Recently, The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has announced an annual change of 10.76% in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), which could translate into the steepest price increases in years for over 800 scheduled drugs and …
Why in the news? Recently, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by the Defence Minister cleared the Approval for procurement of a GSAT 7B satellite, along with equipment like Night Sight (image intensifier), 4X4 light vehicles, and Air Defence Fire …
About Bucharest Nine? The “Bucharest Nine” is a group of nine NATO countries in Eastern Europe that became part of the US-led military alliance after the end of the Cold War. The Bucharest Nine or Bucharest Format, often abbreviated as …
The Supreme Court ruled in the TMA Pai Foundation case that the ‘State’ will be the unit of determination for religious and linguistic minorities. The state government was also given the authority to control minority educational establishments. At the national …