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Why are hydropower projects in the Himalayas risky? Hydropower project is electrical energy produced through the power of moving water.. In modern technology, hydropwer moves turbines that pass on their energy to a generator which then produces electric power. Hydropower is a type of renewable energy, and once the power plant is constructed it produces […]
लोकसभा में 127वें संविधान संशोधन विधेयक, 2021 का पारित होना। आरक्षण से संबंधित संवैधानिक प्रावधान: भारतीय संविधान के अनुसार, अनुच्छेद 15 (4), 15 (5), और 16 (4) सरकारों को सामाजिक और शैक्षिक रूप से पिछड़े वर्गों की सूची घोषित करने और पहचानने की शक्ति प्रदान करते हैं। एक प्रथा के रूप में, केंद्र […]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister launched the State’s New population policy for 2021-2030. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath released the new population policy for 2021-2030 on the occasion of World Population Day. In the new population policy, a target has been set to bring the birth rate to 2.1 per thousand population by 2026 and to […]
Q. 1. From April 2023, the central government will direct oil companies to sell what percentage of ethanol blended petrol? Ans – 20 Q. 2. At what age has the famous singer Saeed Sabri passed away? Ans – 85 years Q. 3. Which Indian Army’s oldest hydrographic survey ship INS Sandhayak has been […]
UPSC Prelims Mains FACTS GenoVault GenoVault is a centralized genomic repository for researchers using private cloud infrastructure. GenoVault has enormous importance in healthcare and is of great use in personalized medicine also. GenoVault provides a genomics repository with easy to use interfaces and Cloud based services. GenoVault is supported by the Department of Biotechnology […]
POVERTY ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO PROSPERITY EVERYWHERE “Saving our planet and lifting people out of poverty — they are one and the same fight”- Ban Ki Moon, said by Ex- General Secretary, UN. This statement carries a simple yet a very powerful message that the biggest challenge to the future of human civilisation comes […]
UPSC Prelims Mains FACTS: 1. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SCO is an 8-member Eurasian economic and security bloc led by China. It was founded in 2001 with China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as its founding members. India and Pakistan became full time members in 2017 in the backdrop of Astana summit of […]
LATEST UPDATE – KNOWLEDGE BOUQUET 1.प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने वीडियो कॉन्फ्रेंसिंग के जरिए भारत और बांग्लादेश के बीच फेनी नदी पर बने मैत्री सेतु का उदघाटन किया। इसके अतिरिक्त पीएम ने त्रिपुरा में कई बुनियादी ढांचा परियोजनाओं का उद्घाटन और शिलान्यास भी किया। वर्ष 2009 से 2014 के बीच केंद्र सरकार से त्रिपुरा को […]
Category: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS China gives green light for first downstream dams on Brahmaputra Context: A draft of China’s new Five-Year Plan (FYP) 2021-2025 has given the green light for the first dams to be built on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo river, as the Brahmaputra is known in Tibet before it flows into […]
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. U.S. to keep hard line on China trade Context: 2021 President’s Trade Agenda and 2020 Annual Report were submitted by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to Congress. Details: According to the report, the Biden administration’s trade agenda will make pandemic recovery a top priority and focus on the American workers. The administration […]