Context :Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh discusses collaboration in Space Sector with his Brazilian counterpart Marcos Pontes after successful launch of Amazonia-1 Satellite by ISRO Amazonia-1 is an optical earth observation satellite and is intended to provide remote sensing images to observe and monitor deforestation, to improve the real-time detection …

GS-3 SLAF’S 70TH ANNIVERSARY: SURYAKIRANS, SARANG & TEJAS TO TAKE PART IN CELEBRATIONS The Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) will celebrate its 70th anniversary in March 2021. In the celebration, the Indian Air Force’s Sarang, Surya kirans and Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will participate in Colombo from March 3 to 5, …

GS-3 INDIA EMERGED OUT OF TECHNICAL RECESSION The Indian economy has emerged out of technical recession as it grew at 0.4% in the third (October-December) quarter of 2020-21 with improvement in manufacturing, construction and agriculture. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had contracted by 24.4% and 7.3% in the April-June and …

GS-2 PAKISTAN-SRI LANKA AND INDIA  RELATIONS Recently, Pakistan’s Prime Minister visited Sri Lanka. It is the first Pakistani PM visit to Sri Lanka since 2016 and first visit by any head of government to Sri Lanka since the Covid-19 pandemic began.     Important points: Sri Lanka-Pakistan Relationship (Background): Sri …

GS-3 MIGRATORY BIRDS LEAVE CHILIKA Eastern Odisha’s average maximum temperature for February has gone up by 3-4 degrees Celsius Migratory birds in and around Chilika lake and Bhitarkanika National Park have started their homeward journey a couple of weeks earlier than other years, as temperatures in Odisha began to soar. Bhubaneswar, located …

GS-1 RASHTRIYA SANSKRITI MAHOTSAV-2021 Important points: The third and final edition of the RashtriyaSanskriti Mahotsav-2021 concluded with colourful cultural programmes. The two day Mahotsav was organised by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India from 27th –  28th February 2021 at Murshidabad, West Bengal. A large number of people attended the closing …

GS-1 NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY National Science Day: February 28 is annually observed as National Science Day in India to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect by Nobel laureate Dr C V Raman. The day is celebrated since 1987. The theme for National Science Day 2021 is “Future of STI: …

GS-3 PSLV-C51/AMAZONIA-1 MISSION PM congratulates NSIL and ISRO on the success of the 1st dedicated commercial launch of PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 Mission. Important points: India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 successfully launched Amazonia-1 along with 18 co-passenger satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 is the first dedicated commercial mission …

GS-1 MORARJI DESAI PM remembers former PM Shri Morarjibhai Desai. Important points: Morarji Desai’s birth anniversary falls on 29 February. Morarji Desai was born in Bulsar, District (now known as Valsad) in Gujarat. After graduating from Wilson College, Bombay (now Mumbai),  he served as the Deputy collector of Godhra. He …

GS-3 MARITIME INDIA SUMMIT 2021 PM to inaugurate Maritime India Summit 2021 on 2nd March. Maritime India Summit 2021: It is a virtual summit being organised by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. The Summit will visualize a roadmap for India’s maritime sector for the next decade and will …