News:Scientists at Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, have isolated 45 different strains of methanotrophic bacteria. Facts: About Methanotrophs They metabolise …
Read MoreNews: World Animal Protection, an international animal welfare charity has released Global animal protection index 2020 Facts: About Global Animal Protection Index It aims to showcase where countries are doing …
Read MoreNews: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has released draft EIA notification. Facts: It proposes an update to Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification of 2006 The current EIA specifies …
Read MoreNews:The Minister of Textiles has informed Rajya Sabha about the implementation of Silk Samagra Scheme for Development of Sericulture. Facts: About the scheme: It is a Central Sector Scheme launched …
Read MoreNews:Union Minister for Home affairs has launched the Crime Multi Agency Centre(Cri-MAC) and National Cybercrime Training Centre(NCTC). Facts: About NCTC: The National Cybercrime Training Centre (NCTC) is meant for professional …
Read MoreNews:Recently,the Indian Coast Guard(ICG) has conducted the National level Search and Rescue Exercise(SAREX-2020) in Goa. Facts: About the exercise: The exercise has been conducted biennially since 2003 by Indian Coast …
Read MoreNews:The Madras High Court has set aside its earlier order and held that the role of Puducherry’s Lieutenant Governor(L-G) and elected government in the UT were intertwined as per law …
Read MoreNews:Recently, UNICEF along with Plan International and United Nations Women has released a report titled “A New era for girls: Taking stock on 25 years of progress”. Facts: About the …
Read MoreNews:The Central Government has formed a committee to work out the modalities of Kisan Rail. Facts: About the Committee: The Committee has been formed with representatives from Ministry of Agriculture …
Read MoreNews:The Kerala Government is planning to stop the rampant growth of Senna spectabilis in the forest areas of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve(NBR). Facts: About Senna Spectabilis: Senna spectabilis is a …
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