What is the News? Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister has renamed the Habibganj railway station after Rani Kamlapati. Who is Rani Kamlapati? Rani Kamalapati was the 18th Century Gond queen of the region. She was the widow of Gond ruler Nizam Shah, chief of Ginnorgarh. She is known to have shown great bravery in facing aggressors… Continue reading Ahead of PM’s trip, station gets Gond queen’s name
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Multicopter DRONE design & developed by National Aerospace Laboratories- NAL has successfully demonstrated Covid-19 Vaccine delivery at remote location in outskirts of Bengaluru
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is an Octacopter?2.1 Features of Octacopter2.2 Applications What is the News? CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories(NAL)’s “Octacopter” drone has successfully delivered 50 vials of Covid vaccines to a primary health centre in Karnataka. What is an Octacopter? Octacopter is an indigenous medium-class drone developed by National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) a constituent… Continue reading Multicopter DRONE design & developed by National Aerospace Laboratories- NAL has successfully demonstrated Covid-19 Vaccine delivery at remote location in outskirts of Bengaluru
Cybercrime went up by 500% during pandemic: Chief of Defence Staff
What is the News? The Chief of Defence Staff has delivered an inaugural address of the 14th edition of c0c0n, the annual cyber security and hacking conference. What are the key highlights of his address? Increased cybercrime Incidents: Cybercrimes have gone up by almost 500% in India during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dependence on Technology: During… Continue reading Cybercrime went up by 500% during pandemic: Chief of Defence Staff
Kaiser-i-Hind is Arunachal’s State butterfly
What is the News? For the first time, Arunachal Pradesh’s cabinet meeting was held outside the State capital Itanagar. It was held at Pakke Tiger Reserve. During that, Arunachal Pradesh’s Cabinet approved Kaiser-i-Hind as the State butterfly of Arunachal Pradesh and adopted Pakke Tiger Reserve 2047 declaration. About Kaiser-i-Hind Kaiser-i-Hind (Teinopalpus imperialis) literally means Emperor… Continue reading Kaiser-i-Hind is Arunachal’s State butterfly
MoHUA to launch awareness campaign on SafaiMitra Suraksha Challenge
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the Safai Mitra Suraksha Challenge(SSC)?2.1 Key Activities under the Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge (SSC)3 What are Loan Melas? What is the News? As part of the ‘World toilet Day’ celebrations, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has launched a week-long awareness campaign on Safai Mitra Suraksha Challenge(SSC). What… Continue reading MoHUA to launch awareness campaign on SafaiMitra Suraksha Challenge
Habibganj to Rani Kamlapati: How a railway station’s name is changed
Contents1 What is the news?2 How did the name of the railway station get changed?3 What happens when a name is changed?4 How are the languages, spellings to be displayed on the signboard? What is the news? The name of Bhopal’s Habibganj railway station has been changed to Rani Kamlapati station. How did the name… Continue reading Habibganj to Rani Kamlapati: How a railway station’s name is changed
Centre plans to give some strategic disinvestment powers to DPE
What is the news? The central government has decided to give some powers in the strategic disinvestment process to the Department of Public Enterprise (DPE). This department has been brought under the Ministry of finance. How does the current disinvestment process work? As per the current process, NITI Aayog identifies companies for disinvestment. This proposal… Continue reading Centre plans to give some strategic disinvestment powers to DPE
India’s new employment policy ought to focus on young adults
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the findings of the research?3 Why is this research important?4 What are the suggestions provided by the research? What is the News? Research has been conducted to study the employment data in India, for which it used the findings of India’s Periodic labor Force Data survey, National Sample… Continue reading India’s new employment policy ought to focus on young adults
Centre brings Ordinances to extend tenure of ED, CBI directors up to 5 years
What is the News? The Government of India has brought two ordinances to extend the tenure of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) directors up to 5 years. Note: Currently, the tenure of chiefs of ED and CBI is two years. While they can not be removed (with some exceptions) before their tenure… Continue reading Centre brings Ordinances to extend tenure of ED, CBI directors up to 5 years
Was it really a black hole that the EHT imaged in 2019?
Contents1 What is the News?2 About the research3 What is a Black Hole?4 What is Naked Singularity?5 What is a Gravitomagnetic Monopole? What is the News? A paper published in The European Physical Journal C has said that M87* (a compact object that was imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope) is not necessarily a black… Continue reading Was it really a black hole that the EHT imaged in 2019?
