The Ministry of Textiles in partnership with Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA) and Indian Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
National Conclave on Technical Textiles – Protech
Vulnerable Twenty (V20)
The Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group of Ministers of Finance of the Climate Vulnerable Forum is Read More …
Global Shield against Climate Risks
G7 and the vulnerable 20 (V20) of 58 climate vulnerable economies have launched the Global Read More …
Colobines and Old World monkeys
Colobines ( Asian langurs and African colobines) are Old World leaf-eating monkeys with high-cusped molars Read More …
Supreme Court issues notice to High Courts on plea for setting up of ‘Gram Nyayalayas’
The Supreme Court of India on November 14 sought a response from all high courts Read More …
Regulatory framework for Online Bond Platform Providers (OBPPs)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on November 14 came out with a Read More …
Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA)
U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry unveiled the Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA)-a carbon offset plan that Read More …
France formally ended Operation Barkhane in Sahel
French President Emmanuel Macron has formally ended France’s decade-long Operation Barkhane to fight Islamist insurgents Read More …
Mallayyagaripalle Pandava Gullu
Tirupati district is dotted with anthropomorphic burial sites, said to be the largest as a Read More …
Methane Alert and Response System (MARS)
The UN on November 11 announced a new satellite-based system to detect emissions of the Read More …
Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs)
A panel set up by SEBI wants Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs) such as exchanges, clearing Read More …
Self Reliant India (SRI) fund
The Self Reliant India (SRI) fund has committed to deploy Rs 5,000 crore, almost 50 Read More …
Executive Action Plan of Early Warnings for All
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released the Executive Action Plan of Early Warnings for All Read More …
Russia emerges as the biggest exporter of pig iron to India
Russia has emerged the biggest exporter of pig iron to India for the April-September (H1) Read More …
What is Cordy gold nanoparticles?
Cordy gold nanoparticles (Cor-AuNPs), the outcome of a collaborative experiment by scientists from four Indian Read More …
CRISPR- Cas9 gene-editing technology
The CRISPR gene-editing technology that received the Nobel Prize in 2020 has witnessed a new Read More …
RBI launches pilot project of Digital Rupee in wholesale segment
The Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or Digital Rupee (e₹-E-Rupee) commenced on November 1 in Read More …
Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and Nitroglycerin
During raids at the rented house of Jameesha Mubin, the suspected mastermind of a terror Read More …
Salient features of low Earth orbit (LEO)
Sunil Mittal owned Bharti group’s OneWeb has successfully deployed 36 low earth orbit (LEO) satellites Read More …
AMPRI Bhopal Converts Red Mud into X-ray shielding tiles
CSIR- Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI) has converted red mud into X-ray shielding Read More …
Tambo art or rice paddy art
Recently, a rice paddy art depicting Ashoka Chakra was created by a 58-year-old farmer Johnson Read More …
SOPs issued for regulatory review of Genome Edited Plants under SDN-1 and SDN-2
The Ministry of Science and Technology has notified the “Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for regulatory Read More …
India’s first indigenous Overhauser Magnetometer
Indian scientists have developed an Overhauser Magnetometer (OVH), one of the most accurate magnetometers extensively Read More …
India has turned a corner in the 21st century by growing faster than traditional GDP
According to a recent Reserve Bank of India paper, India’s green gross domestic product recorded Read More …
Centre restricts glyphosate use, only professional pest controllers are allowed to spray
The Ministry of Agriculture has restricted the use of glyphosate chemical in agriculture by making Read More …