Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed an inter-ministerial committee to look Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Maximum Residue Limit (MRL)
Ansar forces
A clash between students and Ansar members near the Secretariat in the capital city of Read More …
Plea bargaining
According to a report by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice, nearly two decades Read More …
Union Education Ministry defines ‘literacy,’ ‘full literacy’
The Union Ministry of Education (MoE) has defined ‘literacy,’ and what it means to achieve Read More …
De-oiled rice bran and Rice bran oil
The Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA) has appealed to the government to reconsider its Read More …
What is white-topping technology?
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is considering ‘white-topping’ technology for rehabilitation Read More …
Frequent mass wasting in Sedongpu Gully a cause for worry in India
A new study has highlighted the high frequency of mass wasting events in the Sedongpu Read More …
What is a polygraph test?
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers conducted the lie-detection test on the prime accused in Read More …
Sonoluminescence
Sonoluminescence is a scientific phenomenon that occurs when a gas bubble in a liquid emits Read More …
Predatory Pricing
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that giant e-commerce firms’ “predatory pricing” and the sector’s Read More …
What is a waterspout?
On 19 August, the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily during Read More …
Konark-A new groundnut variety
‘Konark’ is a groundnut variety developed by Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS) in Tirupati.
ISDra2TnpB: A new plant gene editor
A team of researchers from the ICAR-National Rice Research Institute in Cuttack and from the Read More …
Zoopharmacognosy
The term. ‘zoopharmacognosy’ describes the process by which wild animals select and use specific plants Read More …
Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies (SCOMET)
According to media reports, the US government has cautioned Indian manufacturers to ensure that items, Read More …
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat will not be awarded a silver medal at the Paris 2024 Read More …
Who are Dhangars?
The Dhangars are a community of shepherds with populations in several states. Recently, they held Read More …
Supermoon, Blue Moon and Sturgeon Moon
A rare supermoon will be visible across India on August 19, 2024. A supermoon occurs Read More …
Subclinical TB
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). TB bacteria usually Read More …
Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla constituted six new Parliamentary Committees, including the Public Accounts Committee Read More …
Krishi-Decision Support System (Krishi-DSS)
The Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare launched the digital geo-spatial platform, Read More …
DengiAll: First Dengue Vaccine Phase 3 Clinical Trial in India
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Panacea Biotec Limited on 13 August announced Read More …
Climate Club
Recently, Australia and New Zealand announced joint economic and energy commitments to support the clean Read More …
Uttarakhand launches Gross Environmental Product-GEP index
Recently, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the Gross Environmental Product-GEP index which will Read More …
National Pest Surveillance System (NPSS)
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chauhan inaugurated the AI-based National Pest Read More …