SECC is intended to survey every Indian household, both rural and urban, and inquire about their economic position in order for Central and State authorities to develop a set of deprivation indicators, permutations, and combinations of which each authority may …
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 …
Sufism is a mystical form of Islam, a school of practice that emphasizes the inward search for God and shuns materialism. It has produced some of the world’s most beloved literature, like the love poems of the 13th century Iranian …
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 …
Why in News: ● To further advance the bilateral defence cooperation, India and Israel have agreed to form a task force to formulate a comprehensive 10-year roadmap to identify new areas of cooperation. ● This was agreed at the 15th …
About Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ● Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – dubbed as the Iron Man of India – was one of the top senior leaders of the Indian National Congress (INC). He became India’s first Deputy Prime Minister after the Independence …