PM flags off country’s first Regional Rapid Transit System ‘Namo Bharat’ Context At the nation’s inaugural Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) launch on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the Namo Bharat train as a preview of India’s bright future. What is the Namo Bharat […]
Indore best city, M.P. top State in Smart Cities contest Context The best Smart City has been determined to be Indore, while the finest State for the Smart Cities Mission has been determined to be Madhya Pradesh. In the India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC), […]
Second bridge in bullet train project completed Context : The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL), the implementing organisation for the bullet train project to connect Mumbai and Ahmedabad, faced many difficulties when building a 360-meter-long bridge across the Purna river between Bilimora and Surat […]
Why did the govt impose a ceiling on wheat stocks? Context: The amount of wheat that merchants, wholesalers, retailers, large chain shops, and processors may hold is regulated by the Union Government. The goal is to maintain supply to stabilise the price of the necessary […]
Will A Hike In MSP Help Farmers? Context : To “ensure remunerative prices for growers for their produce and to encourage crop diversification,” the Centre announced last week the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for this year’s summer (Kharif) season crops, raising prices by between 5 […]
Three States Rebuff Directive To Test Transgenic Cotton Context: Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Telangana have rejected a plan to test a novel transgenic cotton seed that was approved by the Centre’s Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC). Points to Ponder: A plan to test a fresh transgenic […]
Own Standards To Assess Socio-Economic Progress Context: The Union government’s decision to abandon what it deems the universal worldwide data metrics used to gauge the socioeconomic development of the nation has divided health campaigners. National Family Health Survey Purpose: The NFHS is carried out in […]
Free Of Manual Scavenging Context: The Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry now claims that only 508 of the country’s 766 districts have been declared free of manual scavenging, despite claims made over the past few years that the practice had been eradicated and the […]
Seeing India’s Energy Transition Through Its States Context: India intends to advocate for several energy pathways at the upcoming G20 summit to take into account the various national circumstances and development paths. India’s domestic energy transformation will be determined by the diversity of its States, […]
Northeast Gets Its First Vande Bharat Express Context: On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually kicked off the inaugural Vande Bharat Express for the northeast. The five-and-a-half-hour rail ride will connect Guwahati in Assam with New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. Previously, it took the quickest […]