Recently, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of Light House Projects (LHP) under Global Housing Technology Challenge-India (GHTC-India) across six States. Significance of Technology in Urban Transformation As of now, Urbanisation in India is around 31% whereas Global urbanisation …
About DCGI Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) is the head of department of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization of the Government of India responsible for approval of licences of specified categories of drugs such as blood and blood …
Why in News? Union Minister for Science and Technology has launched the ‘Digital Ocean’ platform of Indian National Centre for Oceanic Information Services (INCOIS) as a one stop-solution for all data related needs of a wide range of users, including …
Akash Missile System AKASH is a Short Range Surface to Air Missile system to protect vulnerable areas and vulnerable points from air attacks. The indigenously developed and manufactured Akash has a range of 25 km and can simultaneously engage multiple …
About Indian Skimmers Indian Skimmers are water bird species which fly low over the water bodies with beak open. They are found along large rivers like the Chambal river, near the sand-bars. Indian skimmers are mainly found along large rivers …
UPSC CSE Prelims has become the most uncertain exam of all three stages. The main reason is the vast and broad syllabus and the lack of time to bounce back if you made a mistake. You have just 2 hours …
Why in the news? The West Bengal Forest Department and WWF-India funded by ICICI foundation have started this project to radio-coller Sundarban Tigers to study Human-Tiger Interaction. How will radio-collaring a tiger help? The radio-collared tiger will provide crucial information …
CONTEXT As 2020 comes to a close, it might be worthwhile to take a look back at the challenges which India faced this year, and ensure 2021 becomes better from our learning from the hard times. CHALLENGES INDIA FACED IN …
NEWS India plans to vaccinate 300 million people against COVID-19 over the next 6-7 months. The government plans to give priority to healthcare workers and other frontline workers, followed by everyone who is above 50 years of age. This means …