On this Day  5th June is celebrated as World Environment Day World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5, to remind people to not take nature for granted, and to read the signs, understand them, and act accordingly. It is one of the biggest annual events in the world run by […]

Subject: Scheme Context: Government is going to boost infrastructure in areas along China border Concept: The Department of Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs has been implementing the Border Area Development Programme (BADP) through the State Governments as part of a comprehensive approach to Border Management. The programmeaims to meet the special development needs of […]

Subject:Schemes Context: Ministry of New & Renewable Energy ( MNRE) has recently noticed that few new websites have cropped up as registration portal for PM-KUSUM  Scheme which are potentially duping general public and misusing data captured through fake registration portal. Concept: The PM KUSUM scheme had three components 10,000 megawatts (MW) of decentralised ground mounted grid-connected renewable […]

Subject: Science and tech Context: The Union Cabinet has given its approval to re-establish Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) as Subordinate Office under Ministry of AYUSH Concept: Presently, Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) is an autonomous body under the aegis of Ministry of AYUSH established since 2010. Re-establishment of […]

Subject: Science and tech Context: The Genome India Project has submitted a fresh proposal to Delhi to examine samples of a thousand Covid-19-infected Indians. Concept: The Genome India Project aims to map the diversity of India’s genetic pool, and “lay the bedrock of personalised medicine.” The Rs 238-crore project, which will be a collaboration between 20 […]

Subject: Science and tech Context: According to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme data, currently, as many 11.68 lakh migrants who have returned to the state are under surveillance. Of them, 74,237 migrants have been tested for the infection and 2,404 have turned positive — a positivity rate of 3.2 per cent. Concept: Integrated Disease Surveillance […]

Subject: Science and tech Context: The World Health Organization said that clinical trials of the repurposed anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for treatment of covid-19 will resume, after a committee reviewed the available data for the drug. Concept: Solidarity” is an international clinical trial to help find an effective treatment for COVID-19, launched by the World Health […]

Subject: Environment Context: A report by WWF-India’s programme division Traffic has found “significant increase” in reported poaching of wild animals during the lockdown, which is not restricted to any geographical region or state, or to any specific wildlife area. Concept: The TRAFFIC, the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network, is a leading non-governmental organisationworking on wildlife trade in the […]