Species in News for UPSC Prelims 2020
Living Root Bridge in Meghalaya What are the Jing Kieng Jri or Living Root Bridges? The living root bridges are aerial bridges built by weaving and manipulating the…
MANI
Why in News? India’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has launched a mobile app named ‘MANI’ on Wednesday, 1st January 2019. MANI will help in identifying the…
JALSATHI
Why in News? Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik launched the ‘Jalsathi’ programme which will ensure supply of safe drinking water to all households in the state. During…
HOW HUMANS AFFECT THE GENETIC CONNECTIVITY OF FOUR MAMMALS
Why in News? A new study of four wide ranging mammals – Jungle cats, Leopards, Sloth Bears and Tigers in central India – from the National Centre for…
WHO PREQUALIFIES PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE
Why in News? Pneumococcal vaccine developed by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India has been pre-qualified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the third week of December…
DOUBLE BURDEN OF MALNUTRITION: NEED FOR URGENT POLICY ACTION
2019 was remarkable for nutrition in India as – After years of slow and somewhat tentative action to acknowledge, understand and act on the challenge of undernutrition, India’s…
V1C6: TARGETING EASE OF DOING BUSINESS IN INDIA
Ease of doing business is key to entrepreneurship, innovation and wealth creation. India has risen significantly in the World Bank’s Doing Business rankings in recent years, but there…
V1C5: CREATING JOBS AND GROWTH BY SPECIALIZING TO EXPORTS IN NETWORK PRODUCTS
Survey says India has unprecedented opportunity to chart a China-like, labour-intensive, export trajectory. By integrating “Assemble in India for the world” into Make in India, India can: Raise…
C.N.R. RAO
Why in News? C.N.R. Rao, the chief guest at the Indian Science Congress told that Neither the Quality nor the quantity of publications that come out of India…
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER CALLS FOR PATHOGEN SPECIFIC DRUGS
Ada. E. Yonath (Winner of Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009) delivered a talk in 107th Indian Science Congress She said – Concerns surrounding anti-biotic use, including environmental…