Employees who were existing EPS members as on September 1, 2014 can contribute up to 8.33 per cent of their ‘actual’ salaries —as against 8.33 per cent of the pensionable salary capped at Rs 15,000 a month — towards pension. Employees who were existing EPS members as on September 1, …
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TESTING & EVALUATION FACILITY FOR SONAR SYSTEMS OF INDIAN NAVY
Giving impetus to the ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’ and India’s ‘Make in India’ commitment, Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) launched Hull Module of Submersible Platform for Acoustic Characterization & Evaluation (SPACE) facility at Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) Kochi recently. It is a state-of-the-art testing and evaluation facility for sonar …
Read More »INDIA’S G20 PRESIDENCY AND FOOD SECURITY
Global and regional food security have been deliberated upon as one of the priority agendas of the G20 for many years now. The situation has worsened with growing conflicts, and spiralling climate crises marked by droughts, floods, cyclones, and economic downturns in the past few years. In this context, India’s …
Read More »THE BLACK SEA GRAIN INITIATIVE
Russia has re-joined the Black Sea Grain deal. “The Russian Federation believes that the guarantees it has received currently appear sufficient, and resumes the implementation of the agreement,” the Russian Defence Ministry stated. It added that the mediation of the UN and Turkey had secured the continued cooperation. The Black …
Read More »NEED FOR UPDATING OF NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER (NPR)
There is a need to update the National Population Register (NPR) again to incorporate the changes due to birth, death and migration for which demographic and other particulars of each family and individual are to be collected, the Union Home Ministry said in its 2021-22 annual report, which was published …
Read More »INDIA-PAKISTAN TIES
India-Pakistan relations have entered an age of minimalism, counter-intuitive as it might seem. There is very little bilateral contact today, even fewer expectations of a bilateral breakthrough, and hardly any warmth in the relationship. And yet, there is a certain ‘cold peace’ between the traditional rivals — on the Line …
Read More »NEELAKURINJI FLOWERS
According to officials, tourist footfall has generated a revenue of ₹15,03,180 lakh this blooming season. JomonPampavalley Though the Neelakurinji flowers (Strobilantheskunthiana) atop the Kallippara hills in Idukki have withered away, the inflow of tourists to the picturesque landscape continues. According to Santhanpara panchayat officials, Neelakurinji largely bloomed on the Kallippara …
Read More »EDAIKKAL’S MINI-FOREST
The transformation of the area under the Edaikkal Project in Villupuram district, implemented in 1994 with funds from the Social Forestry Scheme, is a classic example of what commitment to greening can do. In 28 years, the area has become a dense mini-forest and is now home to fauna like …
Read More »COP-27 CLIMATE SUMMIT IN EGYPT
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP-27 summit in Egypt on Monday that they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe. Guterres’s comments come at a time when the world is distracted by …
Read More »SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON EWS RESERVATION
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday, in a 3:2 majority decision, upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment, which provides 10% reservation in government jobs and educational institutions to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of society but excludes the “poorest of poor” among Scheduled Castes (SC), …
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