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INS Valsura Awarded With ‘Nishaan’ By President Ram Nath Kovind

Pooja YadavMarch 29, 20220

The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Valsura has been awarded the celebrated President’s Colour by President Ram Nath Kovind. It is the best award or honour that is bestowed upon India’s military units. This award is additionally called ′Nishaan′ because it is an emblem which is worn by the bestowed units’ officers on their left-hand sleeve of the uniform. This award refers as an acknowledgment of the receiving unit’s meritorious service. Although the practice of carrying the President’s Colour Award into battle has ceased, the custom of receiving, holding, and parading it's still practiced within the soldiers. This award is bestowed on a military force as an indication of recognition of remarkable service rendered to the country, both during war and peace. In 1942 INS Valsura ...

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India Crosses 50,000 Open Defecation-Free (ODF) Plus Villages

Pooja YadavMarch 29, 20220

The milestone of getting 50,000 open defecation-free (ODF) plus villages has been crossed by the country. The top-performing states under this programme are Telangana which has 13,960 ODF plus villages, followed by Madras and Madhya Pradesh. In 2020, the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase-II was launched with the aim of ensuring that each one of the villages across the country is declared as ODF Plus by the tip of the year 2024. According to the Jal Shakti ministry, achieving the ODF plus mission has several aspects that include the GOBARdhan Scheme, biodegradable waste management, plastic waste management, greywater management, and Faecal sludge management. Into three categories, the ODF Plus villages are divided. These categories are Rising, Aspiring, and Model, which display...

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Rough-Toothed Dolphins Sighted In Indian Waters; Know About This Species

Pooja YadavMarch 29, 20220

The Department of Environment and Forest’s Marine Mammals Research (MMR) team has reported the first-ever sighting of rough-toothed dolphins within the Indian waters around Lakshadweep. The rough-toothed dolphin is a species that is generally found within the tropical and deep warm waters around the globe. In 1823, natural scientists first described this species. The scientific name of this species is Steno Bredanensis. This species is the only member of the genus Steno, which in Greek means narrow. It beautifully describes the structure of this animal. This animal has no sub-species. This is an outsized species. The adult of this species ranges from 2.09 to 2.83 metres long and weighs around 90 to 155 kilograms. If we talk about the males of this species being larger than th...

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INDIA To Boost Nuclear Power With 10 NPPs Constructed In ‘Fleet Mode’

Sonia SolankiMarch 29, 20220

India has geared up to boost its nuclear power capacity in the upcoming years.  To achieve this goal the government has decided to construct 10 Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) in a fleet mode. The upsurge of nuclear capacity will begin from 2023  and will see construction of 10 Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR). How Fleet Mode Construction Will Help? In the fleet mode, the nuclear power plant will be completed within five years from the time of First Pour of Concrete (FPC). Not only this under the fleet mode the production cost and process time will be reduced greatly. Thus, helping the target of making India a nuclear forward country in minimum time and effective costing. The Centre nodded the construction of ten PHWR Nuclear power plants in 2017 with each PHWR  with capacity o...

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Delhi Government Proposes ‘Rozgar Budget’ for 2022-23; Shoots Up By 9.86%

Sonia SolankiMarch 28, 20220

Delhi's CM Arvind Kejriwal and his associate deputy CM Manish Sisodia have put up the "Rozgar Budget" for the year 2022-23. The size of the budget is increased by 9.86% as compared to the budget for 2021-22. The budget allocation for the present financial year is Rs 75,800 crores. The main focus of the budget though is on the generation of employment with almost 20 lakh jobs in five years. Along with this creating up an electronic city and promoting retail, wholesale markets are also key sectors to look upon. CM Kejriwal congratulated Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, for putting up a budget that caters to all aspects of society and the needs of people. The budget will help in creating more and more employment, especially for youngsters. As unemployment is a huge problem mainly due to th...

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Centre Designates October 5 As National Dolphin Day

Pooja YadavMarch 28, 20220

The Union environment ministry has designated October 5 as National Dolphin Day and it'll be observed annually ranging from this year. The National Board for Wildlife’s (NBWL) committee took the decision to designate October 5 as National Dolphin Day. The day will concentrate on generating awareness because it is an integral part of dolphin conservation including the Gangetic Dolphin. People’s participation to conserve Dolphins also will be focused upon nowadays. The focus will tend to improve the Ganga and its tributaries’ water quality and flow so Gangetic dolphins can survive. Dolphins act as an ideal indicator of a healthy aquatic ecosystem, thus the conservation of dolphins is of utmost importance. Doing so won't only benefit the survival of the species but also will help the...

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COVID Vaccine Caller Tune Likely To End Soon; DoT Writes To Health Ministry

Gunjan ChaudharyMarch 28, 20220

The department of telecommunications (DoT) has written a letter to the Union ministry of health to shut down the caller tune related to the success of COVID vaccination. It has been running for the last two years. Whenever you call someone, first you have to listen to the COVID vaccination caller tune. People have complained many times about this that it is very disturbing. The caller tune was started to spread awareness against the pandemic. Initially, the caller tune was used to spread awareness about COVID-19 and now awareness is being spread through the caller tune regarding vaccination. Emergency Call Delay Many times during urgent or emergency calls, due to this caller tune, there is a delay in connecting the call, which causes a lot of trouble to the people, although pre...

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Bihar CM Punching Case: Did Accused Aim For Money? Surprising Claims By Neighbors

Gunjan ChaudharyMarch 28, 20220

Many things are now coming to the fore about the person Shankar Kumar Verma, who punched the chief minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar on Sunday in front of everyone. However, the truth will come out only after a thorough investigation. While the family members of the accused are saying that the person is mentally weak, now the claim of the neighbours has surprised everyone. Actually, neighbours have said, "Shankar Verma does not have any mental illness. He is already a lazy person and has taken loans from many people. If he was mad, we would have known about it." He was in the company of many miscreants. He has also taken loans from many people, which have not been repaid yet. Neighbours also claim that Shankar must have done this incident at the behest of someone or in the greed of mone...

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RBI Governor Inaugurates Innovation Hub; Rs 100 Crore Invested As Initial Capital Contribution

Pooja YadavMarch 28, 20220

The Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBiH) has been inaugurated by Shaktikanta Das, governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Bengaluru. RBiH has been founded as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the RBI with Rs 100 crore as an initial capital contribution. An independent board has been constituted for this hub with S. Gopalakrishnan selected because the Chairman. The board also has other individuals from academia still as an industry. RBI's initiative puts it among a pick few global central banks that try to give birth to change within the mode of engagement while trying to create innovations during this sector. The aim of the RBIH is to form an ecosystem that will target the promotion of access to varied financial products and services for the low-income group population acr...

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PM-GKAY Extended For Six Months; A Return Gift By BJP Government

Sonia SolankiMarch 28, 20220

The PM-GKAY will continue for the next six months as PM Modi has announced the news from a press release on TV. This is the 5th phase of this welfare food scheme. This extension is equivalent to a return gift by the BJP government post winning 4 states out of 5 in recent assembly polls. The decision was taken place during the cabinet meeting which was headed by PM Modi. The official statement of the meeting informs that the 5th phase of PM-GKAY will cost an additional Rs 80,000 crore in next six months. So, the total expenditure of the welfare scheme is touted at Rs 3.40 lakh crores till September 2022. The officials said that the decision by the cabinet is taken keeping the benefits it gives to poor and needy people. As COVID-19 is controlled yet not finished and many people are...

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Women Representation Decreasing In Parliament: CEC Chandra Expresses Concern

Gunjan ChaudharyMarch 26, 20220

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra on Saturday lamented the lack of representation of women in Parliament, saying there has been an increase in the number of women participating in the election process in recent years. He also expressed his concern over the time that is wasted in parliament due to disruptions and called it wrong for democracy. Chandra had arrived at an event in Delhi to present the Sansad Ratna Award. While addressing the program, he said that there were 15 women MPs in the first Lok Sabha and there are 78 women in the 17th Lok Sabha. He said progress has been made, but improvements are still needed. "We need to make our Parliament very inclusive," he said. Chandra also said that our Constitution of India guarantees one-third reservation for women in lo...

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Asia’s Largest Tulip Garden In Srinagar Reopens For Public After Nine Months Of Shutdown

Pooja YadavMarch 26, 20220

Asia’s largest tulip garden is found in Srinagar. This garden houses over 1,000,000 tulips. This garden has been a significant global tourist attraction in Kashmir since March 23, it's been reopened to the general public after being shut for the past nine months. Annually within the month of April, the Jammu and Kashmir government organises the tulip festival which kicks off the tourism season of the Union Territory. This festival includes multiple musical events, cultural programmes, conferences, and food fests. The blend of colours from the various types of tulips attracts many tourists to Kashmir from various parts of India. On the foothills of the Zabarwan range, the statesman Memorial Tulip Garden is found. It overlooks Srinagar’s Dal lake. In 2008 it had been ini...

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