Context India has become an OIML certificate-issuing authority. The Legal Metrology Division, Department of Consumer Affairs, is now authorised to issue OIML certificates. What is the OIML? The OIML stands…
Context Recently, Prime Minister launched the PM Vishwakarma scheme in New Delhi on the occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti, for giving government support to workers engaged in traditional crafts and skills.…
Context Humanity is struggling with a shortage of water as well as an excess. As the World Health Organization stated, “Floods are increasing in frequency and intensity, and the frequency…
Context The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Aditya L-1, its first space-based mission to study the Sun, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. How did the Aditya L-1…
Context Recently, the rise of Covid-19 infections in multiple countries, driven by a new Coronavirus variant called BA.2.86, which is informally being termed ‘Pirola’. Pirola has been witnessed in the US,…
Context The Centre recently set up a committee to examine various aspects, both legal and logistical, for implementing the “one nation one election” idea. While some amendments to the Constitution…
UPI QR Code Central Bank Digital Currency Context With banks enabling the interoperability of Unified Payments Interface’s (UPI) Quick Response (QR) code with their central bank digital currency (CBDC) or e₹ application,…
Context The CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) in Pune has successfully demonstrated the operations of a pilot plant capable of manufacturing Bisphenol-A, a key raw material with high demand for manufacturing…
Context Extreme heat has plagued the Mediterranean for weeks. Wildfires have raged across at least nine countries in the region from Algeria to Greece. The soaring temperatures are not only…
Context The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on recently released images of the Aditya-L1 mission — the space agency’s first attempt to study the Sun. Although the launch date of the…
