CONTEXT: India will celebrate 50 Years of Indo-Pak War, also called Swarnim Vijay Varsh on 16 December 2020. Inaugural event of the celebration will be held at the National War Memorial (NWM) in New Delhi which will be attended by the Prime Minister. MAIN POINTS: 1. The National War Memorial …

CONTEXT: Recently, the 5 India Water Impact Summit (IWIS), organised by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and Center for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (cGanga) has held virtually. About the Summit: India Water Impact 2020 is a five-day long summit, hosting experts and academicians from all over …

CONTEXT: Recently, the inaugural session of the 12 Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) Summit was organised virtually. MAIN POINTS: Theme: Rejuvenating Resilient Habitats. It’s Purpose serve as a platform to deliberate on innovative technologies and solutions which shall help in creating robust mechanisms for developing sustainable and resilient …

CONTEXT: QCI Launches Recognition Scheme for Hygiene Rating Audit Agencies. KEY POINTS: QCI has come up with a scheme for the approval of Hygiene Rating Audit Agencies to scale up Hygiene Rating by increasing the number of recognised Hygiene Rating Audit Agencies in the country. The scheme aims to allow …

CONTEXT: The Indian Meteorological Society (IMS) and the North Eastern Space Applications Centre organise a 4-day Virtual Symposium on Tropical Meteorology called TROPMET-2020. KEY POINTS: The theme of the event is “Weather and Climate Services over Mountainous Regions”. There would be several talks and lectures by eminent scientists during the …