News: Widespread protests by resident doctors over delayed NEET-PG counselling come just when healthcare defences need to be strengthened against a feared Omicron surge. The current fiasco is an example as to how legal disputes can trigger disruptions elsewhere. It would be better if issues like income ceiling for EWS/OBC categories are policy decisions best… Continue reading Wrong medicine-Quota case delayed PG intake in medical institutes. Courts intervene too much
Year End Review: Ministry of Development of North-East Region
What is the News? The Ministry of Development of North-East Region (MDoNER) has taken several initiatives to ensure development of the North East region. Some of these initiatives are: North Eastern Region District SDG Index National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm(NMEO-OP): It is a centrally sponsored scheme with a special focus on NE… Continue reading Year End Review: Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Year End Review-2021: Ministry of Women and Child Development
What is the news? The Ministry of Women and Child Development has undertaken various measures through initiatives, schemes, legislations to ensure development, care and protection of Women and Children. The key initiatives of the Ministry of Women and Child Development during the Year 2021 are: Age of Marriage of Women: The Bill on Prohibition of… Continue reading Year End Review-2021: Ministry of Women and Child Development
Department of Biotechnology Mission COVID Suraksha Supported Biological E Limited Novel COVID-19 vaccine candidate – CORBEVAXTM receives DCGI approval for Emergency Use Authorization
Contents1 What is the news?2 What is Corbevax Vaccine?3 What is the vaccine made up of?4 What is Receptor Binding Domain (RBD)? What is the news? Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has given Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to the Corbevax Vaccine for Covid-19. What is Corbevax Vaccine? Corbevax is India’s first indigenously developed Receptor… Continue reading Department of Biotechnology Mission COVID Suraksha Supported Biological E Limited Novel COVID-19 vaccine candidate – CORBEVAXTM receives DCGI approval for Emergency Use Authorization
Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog releases ‘Innovations For You’ & ‘The Ingenious Tinkerers’
What is the News? Atal Innovation Mission(AIM), NITI Aayog has released the second edition of – ‘Innovations for You’ and ‘The Ingenious Tinkerers’. What are “Innovations for You”? It is a compilation of successful innovations by the entrepreneurial minds of India, solving problems of the present for the future. The current edition is focused on… Continue reading Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog releases ‘Innovations For You’ & ‘The Ingenious Tinkerers’
Air pollutants & meteorological variables influence pollen concentration: study
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Pollen, and why it’s harmful?3 What is the study conducted by researchers on Airborne Pollen?4 What are the findings of the study?5 What is the significance of this study? What is the News? Scientists have found that air pollutants influence pollen concentration, and different types of pollen have… Continue reading Air pollutants & meteorological variables influence pollen concentration: study
Belgaum Border Dispute: Explained: Latest flashpoint in Belagavi border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Belgaum Border Dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra?3 What is the basis of Maharashtra’s claim on Belgaum?4 What is Karnataka’s position on this?5 What were the steps taken to resolve the Belgaum Dispute? What is the News? The decades-old dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra over the Belagavi or as… Continue reading Belgaum Border Dispute: Explained: Latest flashpoint in Belagavi border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka
Indian Army Establishes Quantum Laboratory at Mhow (MP)
What is the News? The Indian Army has established the Quantum Lab and a Centre for Artificial Intelligence(AI) at Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow(MP). About Quantum Lab The lab has been established by the Indian Army with the support of the National Security Council Secretariat(NSCS). Purpose: To conduct research and training in the Quantum… Continue reading Indian Army Establishes Quantum Laboratory at Mhow (MP)
‘Sankalp Smarak’ dedicated to the nation by CINCAN
Contents1 What is the news?2 What is Sankalp Smarak?3 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose & Andaman and Nicobar Islands4 What is the significance of Netaji’s visit to Andaman and Nicobar Islands? What is the news? Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command(CINCAN) has inaugurated Sankalp Smarak at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. What is Sankalp Smarak? Sankalp Smarak is… Continue reading ‘Sankalp Smarak’ dedicated to the nation by CINCAN
Positive Indigenisation list: More defence systems to be locally manufactured
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is a Positive Indigenisation list?3 What does the third Positive Indigenisation list contain?4 What are the other measures undertaken to boost Domestic Defense manufacturing? What is the News? The Ministry of Defence has notified a third positive indigenisation list that will be substituted in the next three years. What… Continue reading Positive Indigenisation list: More defence systems to be locally manufactured
