Contents1 What is the news?2 Seismicity in Kachchh Region3 What is the study undertaken by the Geologists?4 What are the key findings of the study?5 What is the significance of the study? What is the news? According to a study, major earthquake events in the last 30,000 years resulted in spectacular changes in the landscape… Continue reading Spectacular landscape changes detected in Gujarat’s Kachchh region due to major earthquakes in recent geological past
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Diksha Dagar, Yash Ghangas included in Target Olympic Podium Scheme
What is the news? Haryana-based golfer Diksha Dagar and Judoka Yash Ghangas have been included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) in the Core and Development groups respectively. Moreover, Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has approved financial assistance for wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sunil Kumar for foreign exposure training. What is the Target Olympic Podium… Continue reading Diksha Dagar, Yash Ghangas included in Target Olympic Podium Scheme
POWERGRID and Africa50 in Joint Development Agreement, to pioneer Africa’s first transmission PPP project in Kenya
What is the news? Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Africa50 to develop the Kenya Transmission Project. What is the Kenya Transmission Project? The Project aims to develop power transmission lines in Kenya under a public-private partnership framework. Under the project, POWERGRID will provide technical and operational… Continue reading POWERGRID and Africa50 in Joint Development Agreement, to pioneer Africa’s first transmission PPP project in Kenya
PM inaugurates 11 new medical colleges and a new campus of CICT in Tamil Nadu
What is the news? The Prime Minister has inaugurated 11 new medical colleges and a new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) in Tamil Nadu. Improvement of Medical Infrastructure in India In the last seven years, the number of medical colleges has gone up to 596, an increase of 54% Medical Undergraduate and… Continue reading PM inaugurates 11 new medical colleges and a new campus of CICT in Tamil Nadu
Union Minister proposed a Common Single Application for all Scientific Fellowship, Grants and Scholarships
What is the news? The Union Minister of State Science & Technology and Minister of State Earth Sciences has proposed a Common Single Application for all Scientific Fellowships, Grants and Scholarships. What is the need of a Common Single Application for all Scientific Fellowships, Grants and Scholarships? Currently, there are a number of schemes under… Continue reading Union Minister proposed a Common Single Application for all Scientific Fellowship, Grants and Scholarships
Prime Minister inaugurates MSME Technology Center at Puducherry
What is the News? On the occasion of National Youth Day, the Prime Minister has inaugurated an MSME Technology Center at Puducherry. What are Technology Centers? The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME) has established Technology Centers(TCs) across the country. These centers have been set up under the flagship Technology Center Systems Program. Purpose… Continue reading Prime Minister inaugurates MSME Technology Center at Puducherry
Union Minister launches Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2021 – 2022
What is the News? The Minister of State for Education has virtually launched Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar (SVP) 2021 – 2022. What is Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar(SVP)? The SVP awards were instituted in 2016-17 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (now Ministry of Education). Aim: To recognize, inspire and celebrate excellence in sanitation and hygiene practice… Continue reading Union Minister launches Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2021 – 2022
DBT-BIRAC supported start-ups InnAccel and NIRAMAI have received World Bank Group and the Consumer Technology Association’s Global Women’s HealthTech Awards
What is the news? The two Startups namely NIRAMAI Health Analytics and InnAccel Technologies have received the Global Women’s Health Tech Awards. These two startups have received support from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and BIRAC. What are the Global Women’s Health Tech Awards? Launched by: The Award was launched in August,2021 by World Bank… Continue reading DBT-BIRAC supported start-ups InnAccel and NIRAMAI have received World Bank Group and the Consumer Technology Association’s Global Women’s HealthTech Awards
Piezoelectric effect: Special electro-active nanoparticles developed for potential applications in touch & acoustic sensor
What is the News? Indian scientists have for the first time proposed an efficient way to induce a property called piezoelectric delta phase in polymer nanoparticles. What is the Piezoelectric Effect? Piezoelectric Effect is the ability of certain materials to generate an electric charge in response to applied mechanical stress. One of the unique characteristics… Continue reading Piezoelectric effect: Special electro-active nanoparticles developed for potential applications in touch & acoustic sensor
Year End Review 2021- Ministry of Panchayati Raj
What is the news? The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) has taken several initiatives during the year 2021. Initiatives by Panchayati Raj Ministry SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) e-Gram Swaraj e-Financial Management System Geo-tagging of assets Finance Commission Grants to Rural Local Bodies: The Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV… Continue reading Year End Review 2021- Ministry of Panchayati Raj
