Context The guidelines, known as ‘IS 18149:2023 - Transportation of Dangerous Goods — Guidelines’, have been formulated under the Transport Services Sectional Committee, SSD 01, of BIS, and are expected…
Context The Indian army has put forth a proposal to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to buy 307 ATAGS i.e. Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems. About ATAGS The ATAGS is an indigenous…
Context A rare species, Polystoechotes punctata once common but thought to be extinct in the eastern U.S. for decades, has been rediscovered loitering at a Walmart. About Polystoechotes punctata The…
Context Launched in November 2019, SWAMIH investment fund has raised Rs 15,530 crore so far with an aim to provide priority debt financing for the completion of stressed, brownfield and…
Context India has set to launch International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), a mega global alliance under its leadership to protect big cats and assured support over five years with guaranteed…
Context Anthropogenic threats like illegal fishing and sand mining pose a threat to the mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus plaustris) of the Rapti river flowing along the Chitwan National Park (CNP) in…
Context The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be undertaking a challenging experiment of a controlled re-entry of the decommissioned Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT1) satellite. About Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT1) satellite The MT1 is a…
Context The UN’s World Meteorological Organization has come up with a new Global Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Infrastructure that aims to provide better ways of measuring planet-warming pollution and help inform…
Context Scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory, a unit of the Department of Space, have built a comprehensive 3D thermophysical model for the Moon to derive its surface and sub-surface…
Context The National Stock Exchange of India received the final approval from the markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to set up a Social Stock Exchange (SSE). What…
