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Data on Aarogya Setu

In News The Minister of State for Electronics and IT recently informed the Parliament that contact tracing data of citizens that were collected through the Aarogya Setu app has been deleted. The app was launched as a contact tracing platform by the Centre during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.  What Data […]

ISRO’s SSLV-D2 launch

In News The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently launched the second development flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). More about the news About: The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2) was launched successfully from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.  It was ISRO’s first launch […]

Gender Budgeting

In News Recent Budget 2023-24 sees marginal rise in allocation for WCD Ministry for women Key Takeaways: The allocation under the Gender Budget rose from ?1,71,006.47 crore in 2022-23 to ?2,23,219.75 crore in 2023-24 which is an increase by 23% compared to 2022-23.  The gender component accounted for 4.9% of the entire Budget, compared to […]

Dawoodi Bohras Community

In News A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court referred to a larger Bench of nine judges, a series of petitions challenging the authority of Dawoodi Bohra community leaders excommunicate their members. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Dawoodi Bohra community’s Arabic Academy at Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah (The Saifee Academy) in Mumbai. Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah  It is a world-class Arabic […]

India-US: Exercise to respond to nuke & bioterror attacks

In News In a first, India-US conduct drills on nuke, chemical, bio terror attacks prevention. More about the news Exercise TARKASH: The exercise by the National Security Guard (NSG) and US Special Operations Forces (SOF) is being held in Chennai. Indo-US joint exercise has for the first time included “Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) […]

Lithium Finding in India

In News The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has found lithium resources in Jammu and Kashmir for the first time.  The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has established “inferred” lithium resources of 5.9 million tonnes in Salal-Haimana area of Reasi District of Jammu and Kashmir.  What are ‘Inferred’ Resources? Mineral Resources are sub-divided into inferred, […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2   5   Doval meets Putin, both agree to keep strategic ties going (International Relations) Know about India-Russia strategic partnership, various deals and agreements, emerging challenges and ways to tackle them    GS 3   5   Gaganyaan mission: ISRO, Navy start […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3   6   Small Satellite Launch Vehicle­D2 will lift off from Sriharikota today (Space) Know about the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) and recent developments linked to it   GS 2 8 Exploring the blue in the India-France partnership  (International Relations) Know about […]

Nordic-India connect for Green transition

In News Recently, the Nordic countries have shown regard by offering their green technologies and expertise to India. About Green Technology Clean or green technology is the improvement and application of equipment,  systems, and products utilized to save the natural environment and resources which minimize and decrease the adverse effect of human activities. Goal: The […]

The Motion of Thanks

In News The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi replied to the motion of thanks on the President’s address to Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. The Prime Minister highlighted that the government has taken the significant step of achieving saturation in the Azadi Ka Amrit Kaal.  About Motion of Thanks  Articles 86 and 87 of the […]