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Atal Innovation Mission – NITI Aayog launches ATL Sarthi What is ATL Sarthi? It is a comprehensive self-monitoring framework to strengthen the ever-growing ecosystem of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL). ATL Sarthi will enable the ATLs to be efficient and effective. The initiative has four pillars: a self-reporting dashboard known as ‘MyATL Dashboard’ Compliance SOPs for schools to ensure financial and non-financial …

The Members of Parliament (MPs) have adopted 3154 Gram Panchayats under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) from 2014-15 to 2022-23. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) was launched in 2014. To translate the comprehensive vision of Mahatma Gandhi about an ideal Indian village into reality. To trigger processes which lead to a holistic development of the identified Gram …

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has allowed foreign lawyers and law firms to practise in India. According to the Advocates Act, advocates enrolled with the Bar Council alone are entitled to practise law in India. All others, such as a litigant, can appear only with the permission of the court, authority or person before whom the proceedings are …

As the deadline for completing the Smart Cities Mission approaches, the government has asked 20 of the worst performing cities — ones that have completed the fewest projects under the mission — to buck up. Smart Cities Mission The Smart Cities Mission is an initiative of the Union Housing and Urban …

The United States formally approved a vast oil drilling project in Alaska, also known as the Willow What is the Willow Project? Willow Project is a massive and decades long oil drilling venture on Alaska’s North Slope in the National Petroleum Reserve, which is owned by the federal government of US. The area where the project …

A Sufi Samvad (Sufi Dialogue) programme was launched by a political party as a means of reaching out to the Muslim community. Key details: It is a year-long programme. It will end with a big meeting set to be addressed by Prime Minister of India. The idea of the programme is to go among the Muslim …

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a petition filed by the Karnataka Lokayukta challenging a Karnataka High Court order granting pre-arrest bail to a BJP MLA. Procuring the release of a person from legal custody, by undertaking that he shall appear at the time and place designated and submit himself to the …

The Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment expressed disappointment that a massive budgetary allocation of ₹15,000-crore had been planned for PM-PVTG Development Mission when even the Ministry of Tribal Affairs does not have data on PVTG populations in several States and Union Territories. It was launched as part of …

Union Power Minister informed the Parliament that 3377 MW capacity allocated to States and 4.3 lakh people have benefited from the Programme. What is solar energy? Solar energy is obtained from the sun. Solar energy is less costly in comparison with electrical energy. The solar energy can be used for both household as well as for commercial …

The Kochi landfill site around Brahmapuram that caught fire is a stark reminder that Indian cities need to be prepared for more such incidents as summer approaches. What are landfills? A landfill is an area of land that is used to dump garbage, either directly on the ground (landraising) or filling an unwanted hole in …

Key details: The Singapore Army and Indian Army participated in the 13th edition of Exercise Bold Kurukshetra. It is a bilateral armour exercise. For the first time in the exercise series, both armies participated in a command post Exercise, which involved Battalion and Brigade level planning elements and computer wargaming. Exercise Bold Kurukshetra is conducted under the ambit of the bilateral arrangement for the joint Army Training …

Members of the transgender community, moved the Supreme Court seeking to strike down the prohibition on gay and transgender people donating blood in the country. The Centre justified their exclusion by asserting that their inclusion in the “at-risk” category for HIV, Hepatitis B, or C infections is premised on scientific evidence. The ban on blood donations by gay people …

The Punjab government has cancelled the 813 gun licenses across the state in a bid to clamp down on the “gun culture” in the state. The Indian Arms Act of 1959 scrapped the erstwhile Act of 1878. The Act of 1878 passed by the British in the aftermath of the 1857 mutiny, restricted Indians from …

Oscar awards were held recently. About the awards: These awards are also known as the Academy Awards. These are given for artistic and technical merit for the American film industry. It is given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony. What is the Academy? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts …

Indian Navy’s indigenously built guided missile frigate, INS Sahyadri participated in a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with French Navy. Other exercises with France: Shakti Exercise: Between the armies of India and France. Ex Varuna: Bilateral Naval exercise INS Sahyadri: INS Sahyadri is the Shivalik-class advanced, stealth-minded, guided-missile frigate warship. It was built by …

Researchers have created a design for a ‘glowscope’, a device that could democratise access to fluorescence microscopy. An optical microscope views an object by studying how it absorbs, reflects or scatters visible light. A fluorescence microscope views an object by studying how it re-emits light that it has absorbed, i.e. how it fluoresces. The process: The object is illuminated with light …

K. Prime Minister is heading to San Diego to finalise the AUKUS deal. It is a trilateral security partnership between Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. that will provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia. It will also to work together in the Indo-Pacific region, where the rise of China is seen as an increasing threat, and develop wider technologies. Their aim is not to arm the new submarines with …

Also known as burnout culture and grind culture, hustle culture refers to the mentality that one must work all day every day in pursuit of their professional goals. Hustle culture is a lifestyle of someone who continues to work and only rests for a short time. This is done because those who run the culture feel that …

Over the last decade, regulators and corporations around the world have embraced the idea of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance). What is ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance)? ESG is a framework that helps stakeholders understand how an organization is managing risks and opportunities related to environmental, social, and governance criteria. ESG takes the holistic view that sustainability extends beyond just …

Unity is meaningless without the accompaniment of women. Education is fruitless without educated women and agitation is incomplete without the strength of women. This quote is given by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Unity is meaningless without the accompaniment of women. Here unity is stressed as an aspirational ideal. But the role of women is also highlighted, …