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ISRO’s Mangalyaan Mission

In News Recently, the ISRO confirmed that the Mars Orbiter craft has lost communication with ground station, it’s non-recoverable and with this the Mangalyaan mission has attained end-of-life. About Mangalyaan Mission Background The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) or Mangalyaan is a space probe launched by the Indian Space Research Organization in 2013. Features Mangalyaan was […]

Shyamji Krishna Varma Jayanti

In News Recently, the Prime Minister has paid tributes to Shyamji Krishna Varma on his Jayanti.  About Shyamji Krishna Varma  He was born on 4th October, 1857 in Mandvi town of Kachchh district of Gujarat. He was one of the foremost freedom fighters in the history of the freedom movement of India with a high […]

Lassa Fever

In News Recently published study has found that climate change will aid the spread of Lassa fever to the central and eastern parts of the continent in the next 50 years. About Lassa fever  It is a zoonotic disease endemic to parts of west Africa. Causes : It is caused by the Lassa virus, a […]

SASTRA Ramanujan Prize

In News : The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022 will be awarded to Yunqing Tang, Assistant Professor with the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. Ms. Yunqing’s works “display a remarkable combination of sophisticated techniques, in which the arithmetic and geometry of modular curves and of Shimura varieties play a central role, and her results and […]

New rule for UAE visa system

In News Recently, UAE’s visa rules were changed that will now allow visitors to legally enter and stay in the UAE for 60 days, an increase from the previous 30 days.  Also, the job exploration visa, which seeks to easily allow talented professionals find employment in the UAE, will not require a sponsor or host. […]

Desertification and Land Degradation

In News The government is planning to bring convergence between the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) to restore degraded land and reverse desertification in India. Key Points Increasing Degraded Land:  According to the Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas 2021, at least 30% of India’s […]

Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) Listing on Stock Exchanges

In News Recently the draft guidelines were issued by the Finance Ministry for Regional rural banks (RRBs) listing on stock exchanges. RRBs play a crucial role in credit disbursement in remote areas. More about the news According to the draft guidelines issued by the Finance Ministry, Regional rural banks (RRBs), will be eligible to list […]

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin)

In News Recently, according to the data shared by the government over 69% houses constructed under PMAY in rural India are either wholly or jointly owned by women.  About Housing is one of the basic requirements for human survival.  For a normal citizen owning a house provides significant economic and social security and status in […]

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2022

Context The 2022 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo for his research in the field of genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution. About: Awarded by: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Awarded for: Dr. Svante Pääbo’s discoveries in developing new and innovative methodologies to […]

Sukapaika River

In Context Recently, the NGT has directed the state government of Odisha to revive Sukapaika River within 6 months. About Sukapaika River Sukapaika is one of the several distributaries of the mighty Mahanadi river in Odisha. It branches away from the Mahanadi at Ayatpur village in Cuttack district and flows for about 40 kilometers (km) […]