Kaziranga National Park: Rhino population rises marginally

The recent census carried out in Kaziranga National Park, Assam has revealed that there was a marginal increase in the population of the one-horned rhinoceros here. As per census report, currently there are 2,413 rhinos in Kaziranga National Park registering a marginal increase of 12 rhinos compared to last census. Out of the rhinos spotted, 642 ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018

Topics: Assam • Environment • Kaziranga National Park • UNESCO World Heritage Site • Wildlife

SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act: Government to File Review Petition

Union law ministry is preparing to file a review petition against the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 that puts a stop to immediate arrests in complaints filed under its provisions. Back ground Previously, in an attempt to curb the misuse of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act, ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018

Topics: CLAT • SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act • Scheduled Castes • Scheduled Tribes • Supreme court

PFMS portal processes record transactions on single day

The Public Financial Management System (PFMS) portal has processed record Rs 71,633 crore transactions on a single day. This was a historical record breaking volume of digital transactions achieved by PFMS. Public Financial Management System (PFMS) It is end-to- end solution for processing payments, tracking, monitoring, accounting, reconciliation and reporting. It is implemented by Controller ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018

Topics: Financial Transactions • Government Schemes • Ministry of Finance • PFMS • Public Financial Management System

Government launches Swachh Bharat Summer Internship

Government is going to launch Swachh Bharat Summer Internship (SBSI) 2018 aimed at engaging college youth with Swachhata work in villages in coming Summer vacation. The initiative will be launched by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, the convening and coordinating Ministry of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in association with Ministry of Human Resource Development. ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018

Topics: HRD Ministry • Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation • National • Swachh Bharat Mission • Swachh Bharat Summer Internship

ISRO successfully launches GSAT-6A satellite

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched GSAT 6A communication satellite on board of GSLV-F08 rocket from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. This was overall 12th GSLV flight (and fifth successful) and sixth flight with indigenously built cryogenic upper stage engine. GSAT-6A GSAT-6A is high power S-band communication satellite with a mission life of about 10 ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018

Topics: Communication Satellite • GSAT-6A • GSLV-F08 • ISRO • S-Band • Science and Technology

InSight Mission: NASA’s first mission to explore deep interior of Mars

NASA will send first-ever mission named as InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) dedicated to exploring the deep interior of Mars. InSight will be stationary lander that will be launched in May 2018. It will be first NASA mission since the Apollo moon landings to place seismometer, a device that measures ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018

Topics: InSight Mission • Mars • NASA • Science and Technology • Space Exploration Mission