Recently, KAPP-3, attained criticality, is India’s first 700 MWe unit, and the biggest indigenously developed variant of the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor– criticality’ — a term that signifies the initiation of a controlled but sustained nuclear fission reaction. Until now,…
Month: July 2020
New Education Policy 2020
Union cabinet approved the new Education policy that aims to overhaul the country’s education system. HRD Ministry to be renamed as education ministry. Education sector to get 6% of GDP, earlier it was 1.7% It aims at 50% gross enrolment ratio…
Kashmir saffron gets Geographical Indication Certificate
Kashmir saffron, which is cultivated and harvested in the Karewa (highlands) of Jammu and Kashmir,in a momentous decision, the Central Government issued certification of geographical indication (GI) . The spice is grown in some regions of Kashmir, including Pulwama, Budgam,…
First mega food park in Mizoram
Union food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday inaugurated Zoram Mega Food Park, the first in Mizoram LEARNING WITH TIMES/FROM HOME/WITHOUT CLASSES/BASICS The Scheme of Mega Food Park aims at providing a mechanism to link agricultural production to…
Consumer Protection Act, 2019
The Consumer Protection Act,2019 comes in to force from 20 July with its salient features including the establishment of the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) to promote, protect and enforce the rights of consumers; Consumer Protection Councils, Consumer Disputes Redressal…
COVID 19: SEROLOGICAL SURVEY
Delhi High Court directed the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to submit a report and analysis of the serological survey that was recently conducted in the national capital It has been observed that SARS-CoV-2 causes asymptomatic infection for which…
Rajasthan political crisis: the anti-defection law
Rajasthan Speaker has served notices to 19 Congress MLAs including Sachin Pilot asking them why they cannot be disqualified. LEARNING WITH TIMES/WITHOUT CLASSES/FROM HOME The Anti Defection Law was a landmark legislation o in 1985 which introduced the 52nd Amendment with…
India registers 7.4 pc decline in maternal mortality ratio
The maternal mortality ratio in India declined from 122 in 2015-17 to 113 in 2016-18, a 7.4 per cent decline, according to a special bulletin released by the Registrar General of India. India is on track to achieving the Sustainable…