GS-3 1.PRARAMBH: STARTUP INDIA INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ‘Prarambh: Startup India International Summit’ to be held for two days in January 2021. ABOUT PRARAMBH: The Summit is being organized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. It is a follow up of the announcement …
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Csir Partnered Clinical Trials on COVID-19 (Cured) Portal Launched
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science & Technology, Health and Family Welfare and Earth Sciences, launched a website that gives comprehensive information about the numerous COVID-19 clinical trials that CSIR is engaged in partnership with industry, other government departments and ministries. Called CuRED or CSIR Ushered Repurposed Drugs, the website …
Read More »YEAR END REVIEW-2020: DST, M/o Science & Technology
20 Major Success Stories of DST in 2020 The major challenges that 2020 put before the world helped India emerge as a forerunner in underscoring the critical role of science and technology in bringing positive transformations for a safe, secure, better society well prepared for the future. The country pole-vaulted …
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GS-2 4.KAYAKALP AWARD SCHEME IMPORTANT POINTS: The award scheme was launched in 2015 to appreciate and recognise the efforts of public health facilities to create a healthy environment. The parameters for judging are hospital/facility upkeep, sanitation and hygiene, waste management, infection control, support services and hygiene promotion. OBJECTIVES OF KAYAKALP: …
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GS-2 3.URBAN LOCAL BODIES REFORMS Manipur becomes the 4th state to complete urban local bodies reforms. IMPORTANT POINTS: Manipur has become the 4th state in the country to successfully undertake “Urban Local Bodies (ULB)” reform stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. Thus, the State has become …
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GS-3 2.CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES CBDT launches e-portal for filing complaints regarding tax evasion/Benami Properties/Foreign Undisclosed Assets. IMPORTANT POINTS: CBDT has launched an automated dedicated e-portal on the e-filing website of the Department to receive and process complaints of tax evasion, foreign undisclosed assets as well as complaints regarding …
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GS-2 1.NEW FOREIGN TRADE POLICY 2021-26 New Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2021-2026 to be rolled out from April 2021. IMPORTANT POINTS: The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry said that India’s new Foreign Trade Policy 2021-2026, under formulation, will come into effect from April 1, 2021. India’s FTP has conventionally …
Read More »Technology Transfer Agreements to Bring Country’s First Indigenous Device for Correcting Ballooning of Brain Arteries & Device for Healing of Heart Hole
Indians will soon have access to the country’s first indigenous flow diverter stent for diverting blood flow away from localized ballooning of arteries in the brain and a device that promotes better healing of the hole in the heart. Nitinol-based occluder devices, which are presently used to heal Atrial Septal …
Read More »Dst Scientists Find Clue to Anomalous Behaviour of Self-Propelled Fluctuations Like Fish Schools, Flocking Birds, Bacterial Colonies
Scientists have found a clue to dynamical origin of fluctuations in systems like fish schools, swarm of insects, flocking birds and bacterial colonies, which are called active matter systems. This understanding can be useful in nanotechnology applications like building small-scale energy-efficient bio-devices as well as biomedical applications like characterizing infection …
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GS-2 6.FIVE YEARS OF PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJANA Recently, the flagship crop insurance scheme of the Government of India –the Pradhan MantriFasalBimaYojana (PMFBY)– has completed five years of its launch.PMFBY was launched on 13 January 2016. The scheme was conceived as a milestone initiative to provide a comprehensive risk …
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