March 22: World Water Day

Every year since 1993, World Water Day is being celebrated on March 22. It is being celebrated to spread the importance of fresh water. The day is celebrated by United Nations as well along with various other organizations all over ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

“Satyarup Siddhanta”, an Indian Mountaineer enters ‘Limca Book of Records’ conquering highest volcanoes

The Indian Mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta has entered ‘Limca Book of Records’. He has set the record of becoming the first Indian to climb the highest volcanoes in the world of all the 7 continents. Highlights The mountaineer achieved the record ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Incentive Scheme for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing approved by Cabinet

On March 21, 2020, the Union Cabinet under PM Modi approved the Production Incentive Scheme for large scale manufacturing of Electronics. The main aim of the incentivisation is to increase investments in mobile manufacturing. Benefits The scheme aims to create ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

‘French Language Day’ celebrated on March 20

The United Nations introduced Language Days in 2010, to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity of various languages. The United Nations celebrates six Language Days each year, dedicated to the six official languages ​​of the UN, namely Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian ..

SpaceX to send astronauts to ISS in May

America-based Private space agency owned by Elon Musk, SpaceX will send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time in May. This was announced by NASA, which also revealed that the first crewed launch from the United States to the ISS platform since 2011 is to be sent through SpaceX. The space ..

World Sparrow Day observed on March 20

Every year, March 20 is observed as World Sparrow Day to raise awareness about sparrows around the world. It highlights the huge decrease in population of the bird as the house sparrow is on the verge of extinction. The initiative ..

Tamil Nadu sanitary personnel to be called ‘cleanliness workers’

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu K Palaniswami announced in the Assembly that 64,583 sanitary personnel employed by urban and rural civic bodies in the State shall be called ‘cleanliness workers’. This announcement was made to honour their work in ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Modified Electronics Manufacturing Scheme 2.0 approved by the Union Cabinet

On March 21, 2020, the union cabinet chaired by PM Modi approved the Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters Scheme 2.0 (EMC 2.0). The scheme aims at improving the growth of Electronics System Design and Manufacturing sector. Highlights The scheme aims at ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Fitch Ratings cuts India’s growth forecast to 5.1% for FY 2020-21

Fitch Ratings has recently cut India growth forecast to 5.1 per cent for FY 2020-21.  Fitch had projected India to grow at 5.6 per cent in 2020-21 and 6.5 per cent in the following year, in its previous report released ..

Research reveals the evolutionary origin of human hands

The recent research of the fossil of a fish called Elpistostege watsoni has revealed the evolutionary origin of human hands. After the research on the fossil of the fish, which was believed to be in today’s Canada about 380 million ..