Five of the top 10 SO2 emission hotspots from coal/power generation industry across the world are in India, finds a Greenpeace study India largest SO2 emitter in world India is the largest emitter of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the world, …
Since the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir state into the UTs of J&K and Ladakh, delimitation of their electoral constituencies has been inevitable. Meaning: Delimitation is the act of redrawing boundaries of Lok Sabha and state Assembly seats to represent …
What is a notifiable disease? A month after Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan asked the Delhi government to make malaria and dengue notifiable diseases, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has initiated the work to notify malaria in the capital. …
Swachh Survekshan 2020 Centre’s new app for waste collection Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs launched the Centre’s new app for waste collection named Swachh Survekshan 2020 (SS 2020), the SBM Water PLUS Protocol and Toolkit, Swachh Nagar an …
PM-JAY to Include Cancer Treatment ‘Government realised that cancer care costs were causing massive financial crisis among people’ in order to resolve this issue PM-JAY is to Include Cancer Treatment PM-JAY to Include Cancer Treatment will soon be covered under …
Union HRD Minister and Union Minister for Jal Shakti launched ‘Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha’ drive for School Students. SAMAGRA SHIKSHA-JAL SURAKSHA It is a time bound campaign with a mission mode approach aimed at promoting water conservation activities for School Students. …
The NITI Aayog launched the Fourth Edition of Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards. Nominations for the awards will be opened immediately after the launch. NITI Aayog and Facebook-owned WhatsApp, under the aegis of its Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP), have announced …
In a major boost to National Food Security, Government of India launched the One Nation-One Ration Card scheme on a pilot basis in four States namely Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Features: Families who have food security cards can buy …
The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance is conducting India’s first national Time Release Study (TRS) between 1st – 7th August to enable faster movement of cargo across borders to benefit traders. The exercise is being conducted as a part …
A recent research paper published in Palgrave Communications, a Nature group journal, has claimed that a majority of the Indus Valley inscriptions were written logographically (by using word signs) and not by using phonograms (speech sounds units). Name of the …