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Centre estimates 8-fold increase in millet procurement Subject : Governance Concept : The Centre has estimated millet procurement in the country to increase from the current 67 lakh tonnes (lt) to 4050 lt over the next few years. Nine States have launched separate missions with assured procurement and distribution of the nutricereals at […]
Pakistan Prime Minister to be invited for SCO summit Concept : SCO The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China) by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan. It was preceded […]
Project 75 I Context: Speculation abounds that the Indian Navy could cancel Project75 India (I)class for submarine product About the Project 75: This project envisages the indigenous construction of submarines equipped with a state-of-the-art Air Independent Propulsion system at an estimated cost of Rs. 43,000 crores. Project 75 (I), approved in 2007, is part of the Indian Navy’s 30-year Plan for indigenous submarine construction. It will be the first under the strategic […]
Govt to release 30 lt wheat for open sale Subject : Economy Section : Msc Context: A committee of ministers headed by Home Minister Amit Shah has approved the release of 30 lakh tonnes (lt) of wheat from the stocks held by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to control prices in the […]
APEDA to use river names as brand to export agri products Context : As part of its promotion strategy for agri exports, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) proposes to use river names as tag line and branding for Indian agri products. APEDA is identifying agri products that can be […]
Lake Victoria Subject: Environment Section : Places in news Context: One of the largest lakes in the world, Lake Victoria, has been suffering from a variety of unsustainable human activities over the last five decades. Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment and National Environment Management Council (NEMC), Tanzania have jointly released a […]
Carbon dioxide removal Subject: Environment Section : Climate change Context: Innovation in CDR is growing; so is the gap between CDR decided by IPCC and efforts to attain them About Carbon dioxide removal CDR is defined as “Anthropogenic activities removing CO2 from the atmosphere and durably storing it in geological, terrestrial, or ocean […]
Similipal National Park a poacher’s paradise Subject: Environment Section : Places in news Context: On January 22, carcass of a male elephant, whose population is already on a decline, was found. More on the news: Similipal has turned out to be the haven for hunters and poachers as the region has witnessed several […]
Posthumous Padma Vibhushan for SP founder, ORS pioneer Content: Dilip Mahalanabis Oral Rehydration Therapy, which saves millions of infants from the clutches of death every year, not just in India, but across the globe, is a treatment for diarrhoea that was developed as an easy to-use treatment procedure by an Indian doctor, Dilip […]
Why republic day is celebrated? Context – 26th January is celebrated as Republic Day Concept – The Preamble to the Constitution declares that India is a ‘Republic’. The primary collective intent behind a republic is anti-monarchical. The Greeks defined monarchy as the ‘rule of one (mono)’, a form of government where one person rules and all others […]