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Rajasthan Gets Its First Green Highway: Is It Better Than Traditional Highways? Read Here!

Pooja YadavFebruary 16, 20220

Rajasthan has got its first green and safe expressway, partially funded by the World Bank under the green national corridor project scheme. What are green highway projects and why is it significant in developing India's road infrastructure? Let's have look. The first stretch was built under the green national highways corridor project was expected to be completed by December 2021 in Rajasthan. The entire project is scheduled to be completed in 2025 including the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, etc. This project was a joint project by the Indian government and the World Bank. In December 2020, the Centre had signed an agreement for $500 million projects with the World Bank to develop the GNHCP across 781 km in four states called Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh an...

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Centre’s UDAAN Scheme Crash Lands; Know Its Reason Here!

Pooja YadavFebruary 16, 20220

Out of the 948 routes awarded within the last five years, only 403 routes connecting 65 unserved and underserved airports are operational as of December 2021. So much for prime flying. Glaringly, only 22 routes out of the 94 total routes survived after the three-year subsidy period under the UDAN scheme. The UDAN scheme was flagged off with much fanfare in October 2016 but has floundered. Since then, 154 RCS unconnected airports – including 14 aerodromes and 36 heliports – are identified for the operation of flights. Out of those, currently, only 65 have resumed flights. The catch here is that these 403 routes are facing challenges of their own. The pandemic has made the going tougher. Out of those 403 routes, a whopping majority of 300 routes are affected thanks ...

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International Flyers To India: No Need For Quarantine, RT-PCR Tests At Airport; Read Guidelines

Pooja YadavFebruary 16, 20220

Travellers arriving in India won’t need to undergo a compulsory seven-day home quarantine or an RT-PCR test on the eighth day, as per revised guidelines for international arrivals issued on Thursday, February 10. "There will be a sampling of twenty-two of international travellers from all countries on arrival. They are required to give their samples and can be allowed to go away to the airport at that time," Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Twitter. Instead of the seven-day home quarantine mandated earlier, all travellers will self-monitor their health for 14 days after their arrival, he said while detailing the comfort of curbs for international arrivals. Apart from uploading a negative RT-PCR report (taken 72 hours before the journey), there'll be a choice to upload...

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PM Fasal Bima Yojna Withers: Does It Need Restructuring?

Pooja YadavFebruary 16, 20220

Despite increasing allocated funds, the Union government has been unable to significantly improve the penetration of crop insurance in terms of enrolled farmers and insured areas. The ailing PM Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) Needs a structural redesign. The scheme, in its present structure, could be a good profit-making policy for insurance companies. India’s agriculture sector, which provides employment to 50% of the labour force and contributes about 17% of the gross domestic product, currently faces multiple challenges. Smaller land holdings, unfavourable climate changes events, dismal public and personal investment, low monthly incomes, a high proportion of indebted farmers and unfavourable terms of trade between farmers and non-farmers are just some of the foremost proble...

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Centre Makes No Change In Repo Rates; Read To Know More

Pooja YadavFebruary 16, 20220

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has introduced that the repo charge below the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) will keep staying at 4.0% at some stage in its assembly hung on December 8, 2021. MPC has determined to preserve the opposite repo charge unchanged at 3.35%. The bank rate and the marginal status facility (MSF) charge keep staying at 4.25%. What is Repo Rate? Repo charge is the critical financial institution of India, i.e. Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which borrows cash from the industrial banks. In case of an economic crisis, the industrial banks can lend cash from the RBI and the charge at which the cash is furnished is known as the repo charge. Repo charge is utilized by the critical financial institution to govern the cash delivery withinside the marketpla...

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New Electoral Reforms Proposes Linking Aadhaar With Voter IDs; Know More Its Merits

Pooja YadavFebruary 14, 20220

The Union cabinet cleared the proposed amendments to the electoral law seeking to bring in key electoral reforms such as the linkage of voter ID with Aadhaar to weed out bogus and duplicate entries in the electoral roll. Sources indicated that another reform sought to be implemented is allowing multiple dates in a year rather than only January 1, for those above 18 years to register themselves as voters. Since the Aadhaar number is unique in itself, therefore, linking it with the voter ID will solve the problem of having multiple IDs. There will be uniformity in the process as well as transparency. The bill amends the representation of people act approved by the cabinet and is likely to be brought before parliament in the ongoing winter session. It also makes gender-neutral a prov...

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COVID-19 Made Us Realize Why India Needs Its Own Medical Standards

Pooja YadavFebruary 14, 20220

Indian doctors follow guidelines set up by foreign countries. They face problems because they follow guidelines designed by western medical standards. Many devices used in India are calibrated according to western guidelines. Why Standards Are Important? India's demography is itself a challenge to decide. Its ethnicity, genetics, lifestyles pattern and physical build are different in their way and from the western population. The standard is a repeatable, harmonized, agreed and documented way of doing something. Standards contain technical specifications or other precise criteria designed to be used consistently as a rule, guideline or definition. They assist in making life simpler and increasing reliability. It also ensures the effectiveness of many of the products and services...

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Bombay HC Directs Development Authority To Preserve Lonar Lake; Know Interesting Facts About Its Existence

Pooja YadavFebruary 14, 20220

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay judicature has directed a court-appointed development body to approach the Wetland Authority to notify the Lonar Crater lake in Maharashtra as a wetland and to make sure its preservation, conservation and also sustainable management. The lake in Lonar town of Buldhana district was created over 50,000 years ago because of a meteorite impact. The HC had last year directed the government to appoint ‘Lonar Crater Lake Development Authority’ for the preservation of the water body. Lonar lake of Maharashtra is the best example of a 1.8 diameter crater and is Maharashtra's best-hidden secret. This crater is located in the basaltic bedrock in Maharashtra is a real example of terrestrial impact craters. It has attracted many scientists to explore its exist...

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Kashmir-Iran Dispute Over Apples: Producers Demand Imposing Import Duty On Iranian Apples

Pooja YadavFebruary 14, 20220

Whenever we talk about apples, the name that comes into our mind is Kashmiri apples. The contribution of apples in boosting the economy of Kashmir has played a vital role. However, in recent years, the Kashmiri apple vendors have faced heavy losses due to the illegal imports of Iranian apples. Kashmiri apple growers are up in arms against the import of illegal apples from Iran which has been selling at cheaper rates than the local apples in markets outside the valley. The apple growers and those associated with apple farming appealed to the government of India to ban the import of Iranian apples into the Indian market. The illegal import of Iranian apples happening in the Indian market has severely damaged the rates of Kashmiri produce in the apple market. The Iranian apples ar...

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ISRO Confirms Free-Area Quantum Verbal Exchange; Read To Know More

Pooja YadavFebruary 13, 20220

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) currently confirmed free-area quantum verbal exchange over a distance of three hundred miles in the primary stage. The demonstration included staying videoconferencing and usage of quantum-key-encrypted signals. This is a first-rate success for unconditionally secured satellite TV for PC information verbal exchange the usage of quantum technology. It is stated that some of the key technology had been evolved indigenously to perform this principal feat, which covered the usage of an indigenously evolved navigation satellite tv for pc system, with an operational call of NavIC, a receiver for time synchronization among the transmitter and receiver modules, and gimbal mechanism structures in place of cumbersome large-aperture telescopes for optical...

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Ford Motors Mulls Discontinuing; Exploring Possibilities As EV Manufacturer In India

Pooja YadavFebruary 13, 20220

Ford Motors has recently decided to quit the Indian market due to some taxation and low sales issues. It has now decided to take a U-turn and return to India with the PLI scheme. When Ford decided to leave, it shook the market as its presence is felt all over the world economy. Ford will enter the market under the government's PLI scheme. What Has Happened? Ford declared on February 11 it is considering its production of electric vehicles in India for exports and probably for local sale. It came just a month after the American automaker announced its decision of discontinuing its selling and manufacturing in the country. It was said that in September 2021 the decision was under consideration and taken back as the company could not see any future profits. Ford's Take Accord...

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Ukraine Crisis Escalates: An Analysis Of Reasons Motivating Russia To Reach A War Situation

Pooja YadavFebruary 13, 20220

The erstwhile USSR, in the 1990s, disintegrated and Russia came out as a successor. But, have you ever wondered what kind of political system was established in Russia after the downfall of the communist ideology? Whenever we think of Russia, one man who comes into our mind is Vladimir Putin. Is Russia a dictatorship or a democratic or a communist country? Let's decode what kind of political system formed there after the end of 75 years of communist ideology. Many independent countries were formed out of USSR and the then President of Russia Boris Yeltsin was constantly working on reforms for the country. But it was challenging because they had started from zero. They had a baby country in front of them whose growth and prosperity was new concept that needed to be decided. In n...

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