In News The Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises launched the MSME Competitive (LEAN) scheme. About The Scheme is a business initiative to reduce “waste” in manufacturing. It provides for building awareness of lean manufacturing practices in MSME clusters as well as cost sharing of consultant’s fees with MSME units who opt for […]
In News The Finance Ministry has amended money laundering rules to incorporate more disclosures for non-governmental organisations by reporting entities like financial institutions, banking companies or intermediaries. It has also defined “politically exposed persons” (PEPs) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in line with the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). […]
In News The Prime Minister inaugurated the 3rd Session of the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) in New Delhi. Highlights of the Session The main theme of the session is “Building Local Resilience in a Changing Climate”. The PM also felicitated awardees of the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar. The PM gave […]
In News ISRO recently released the Landslide Atlas of India identifying landslide hotspots in the country. About ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre created a database of landslide-prone regions of India based on events during 1998 – 2022. In addition to aerial images, high-resolution satellite images captured using ResourceSat-1 and 2, etc., were used to study […]
In News Researchers from Tamil Nadu have spotted a rare moth species for the first time in India in the buffer zone of Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) after it was last sighted 127 years ago – at Trincomalee in Sri Lanka in 1893. About Mimeusemia ceylonica is a moth species belonging to the subfamily Agaristinae […]
In Context Recently, Indian Navy’s major Operational level exercise TROPEX 2023, culminated in the Arabian Sea. About It is an operational level exercise that is conducted biennially and witnesses participation not only by all Indian Navy units but also of Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Coast Guard assets. It included Coastal Defence exercise Sea […]
In News Recently, Researchers at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have found that grazing by livestock leads to lower carbon storage in soil compared to grazing by wild herbivores. About The study was conducted in the Spiti region of the Himalayas and compared livestock such as sheep and their […]
In News Recently, the Union government formally outlined the Digital India Act, 2023. More about the news Remodelling of the IT Act: The Digital India Act, 2023 is a broad overhaul of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Covering new and complex issues: The Digital India Act would cover provisions such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), deepfakes, […]
In News The European Space Agency has said that a universal timekeeping system for the moon is needed. Need for the Time Zone No fixed Time Zone: Lunar missions have operated on the time of the country that launched them. But with several lunar explorations heading for the launchpad, the European Space Agency has deemed […]
In News India has recently proposed to launch global alliance for big cats with an investment of $100 million About The proposed alliance will provide assured support over five years with guaranteed funding of over Rs 800 crore. The group will work towards the protection of the seven big cats — tiger, lion, leopard, snow […]
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