GS-3 GLOBAL BIO INDIA 2021 The second edition of Global Bio-India-2021 is being conducted by India virtually from New Delhi. The 3-day event will showcase the strength and opportunities of the India’s biotechnology sector at national level and to the global community. The theme for this year is “Transforming lives” with the …

GS-1 CHARIOT DISCOVERED IN POMPEII Archaeologists working at Pompeii have announced the discovery of a large ceremonial chariot. It was found with four wheels, its iron components, bronze and tin decorations, mineralised wood remains, and imprints of organic materials.  Important points:  It is likely that the chariot was used as …

GS-3 SWACHHTA SAARTHI FELLOWSHIP The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India under its “Waste to Wealth” Mission launched the “SwachhtaSaarthi Fellowship” Important points: Aim of the fellowship to recognize students, community workers/self-help groups, and municipal/sanitary workers who are engaged in tackling the enormous challenge of …

Government of India announced reforms for opening up the space sector to private entities by creation of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) under the Department of Space. IN-SPACe will promote, handhold, regulate and authorize space activity by private sector which will result in enhanced private participation. …

GS-2 SUGAMYA BHARAT APP Union Minister for Social justice and Empowerment will virtually launch “Sugamya Bharat App” Important points: The App has been developed by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Sugamya Bharat APP — a Crowdsourcing Mobile Application is …

GS-3 FARMER PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS (FPOs) Union Ministers for Agriculture celebrated the first anniversary of the Central Sector Scheme on “Formation & Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)”. Important points: The scheme was launched by Prime Minister on 29.02.2020 at Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh) with a budgetary provision of Rs 6865 …

GS-1 GEORGE’S ORTHODOX CHURCH The centuries-old St. George’s Orthodox Church at Cheppad in Kerala faced demolition for widening of National Highway 66, but is now set to become a Centrally-protected monument of national importance with Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) recognition. Important points: The church is one of the rarest …

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 …