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Farmers in rain-battered Himachal fear massive drop in apple output Subject : Geography Section: Economic Geography Apple (Malus pumila) is commercially the most important temperate fruit and is fourth among the most widely produced fruits in the world after banana, orange and grape. China is the largest apple producing country in the world. Origin […]
AUKUS Subject :International Relations Section: Groupings A new trilateral security partnership for the Indo-Pacific between Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. (AUKUS) was formed. The security grouping AUKUS will focus on advancing strategic interests in the Indo Pacific region A central feature of the partnership would involve a trilateral 18-month effort to help […]
ISRO performs first orbitraising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan3 Subject : Science and technology Section: Space technology Concept : A day after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched India’s third moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, the first orbit-raising manoeuvre was conducted on Saturday. The manoeuvre was performed by the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network […]
Centre to seek States’ inputs to bridge gaps in sex ratio Subject : Schemes Concept : Concerned over the sex-ratio imbalance across the country, the Union Health Ministry is looking at inviting suggestions from the States for amending the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 (PC-PNDT Act). The Ministry has also appealed […]
AMRUT 2.0 Subject : Schemes Concept : In a Pilot project under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0, 10 cities across the country are getting ready to revive defunct borewells, neglected heritage stepwells and other shallow aquifers in a pilot project to recharge the groundwater as well as mitigate flooding. […]
Payloads in Chandrayaan 3 Subject : Science and technology Section: Space technology Concept : The Chandrayaan-3 carries six payloads that would help ISRO understand the lunar soil and also get the blue planet’s photographs from the lunar orbit. Radio Anatomy of Moon Bound Hypersensitive ionosphere and Atmosphere (RAMBHA) will measure the near-surface plasma […]
Seed Festival Subject : Geography Section: Economic geography Concept : The native seed festival was first introduced in South India at Thiruthuraipoondi in Tiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu in 2006 by the late Nel Jayaraman ( nel means paddy in Tamil). Since then it has grown from strength to strength, drawing a large […]
Ayushman Bharat embraces AI to tackle fraud Subject : Scheme Concept : An anti-fraud programme utilising artificial intelligence and machine learning has resulted in the recovery of Rs 9.5 crore in penalty money. The goal of this endeavour is to safeguard Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the biggest government-run insurance programme […]
India and UAE set to use rupee, dirham for trade Subject : Economy Section: External Sector Concept : India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to build a framework to promote the use of the rupee and the UAE Dirham (AED) in cross-border transactions. India and MoU Agreement The Reserve Bank […]
Coal mining in Meghalaya Subject : Geography Section: Economic geography Coal in Meghalaya: Meghalaya is predominantly rich in tertiary coal deposits belonging to the Eocene age (36-56 million years ago). The total estimated of coal reserve found in Meghalaya is about 576.48 million tonnes. Meghalaya coal belongs to sub-bituminous type with high sulphur […]