Daily Archives: April 5, 2021

Ingenuity (Helicopter)

In a first, US space agency NASA is preparing to fly a mini-helicopter on Mars. For this NASA has sent a small Ingenuity Helicopter with Perseverance rover to Mars. With the help of this helicopter, untouched aspects of Mars will be explored. NASA has even released its picture for the …

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Sankalp SE Siddh

TRIFED under Ministry of Tribal Affairs has now launched “Sankalp se Siddhi” – Village and Digital Connect Drive. It is a 100 day drive which was stared from April 1, 2021. The drive will entail 150 teams visiting ten villages each of which 10 in each region from TRIFED and …

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Jordan

In a marked flare-up in tensions within Jordan’s royal household, Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein, the former crown prince and half-brother of ruling monarch Abdullah, has reportedly been placed under house arrest as part of a crackdown on critics. Jordan is an Arab country in the Levant region of Western …

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E-Courts Project

The eCommittee Supreme Court has prepared the draft vision document for Phase III of the eCourts Project under the auspices of the Supreme Court of India. E-Courts Project is a mission mode project undertaken by the Department of Justice, Government of India. The eCourts Project was conceptualized on the basis …

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Encounter With Naxalites

Home Minister paid tributes to police personnel martyred in the encounter with Naxalites in Chhattisgarh in April 2021. Separate joint teams of security forces, over 2,000 in number, had launched a major anti-Naxal operation from Bijapur and Sukma districts in the South Bastar forests, considered as the Maoist stronghold. The …

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Polavaram Irrigation Project

The Godavari water is to be released into the irrigation canals in East and West Godavari districts from the Polavaram irrigation project site up to 15th April 2021 against the previous deadline of 31st March 2021. Work on the cofferdam is scheduled to commence in April. Godavari River: The Godavari is the largest Peninsular river system. It is …

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PLI Scheme for Food Processing Industry

Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the Central Sector Scheme – “Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI)” entailing an outlay of Rs. 10,900 crore. Important points: In order to boost domestic manufacturing and cut down on import bills, the central government in March 2020 introduced a PLIscheme that aims to give companies incentives on …

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Decline in Forex Reserves

According to the recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s Foreign Exchange (Forex) reserves declined by USD 2.986 billion to reach USD 579.285 billion in the week ended 26th March 2021. The gold reserve component of the Forex Reserve increased whereas the other components – Special Drawing Rights (SDR), the Foreign Currency …

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Acquittal by Benefit of Doubt

The Supreme Court has held that a public employer can reject a candidate as unsuitable if he/she had, in the past, been acquitted of a serious crime merely on the benefit of doubt. Benefit of doubt is granted to the accused when there is total absence of evidence or in the criminal jurisprudence requiring the case …

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National Rare Disease Policy 2021

Recently, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved the National Rare Disease Policy 2021. Earlier, the Delhi High Court had directed the Centre to set up a Rare Diseases Committee, a Rare Diseases Fund and to finalise and notify the National Health Policy for Rare Diseases on or before 31st March, …

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