March 2022

Geospatial Energy Map of India: UPSC Daily Important Topi|c

Geospatial Energy Map of India: UPSC Daily Important Topic| 23 March 2022

Geospatial Energy Map of India ✅NITI Aayog launched a comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS)-based Geospatial Energy Map of India. ✅Earlier in July 2021, the Association of Geospatial Industries released a report titled “Potential of Geospatial Technologies for the Water Sector in India”. ✅It is developed by the NITI Aayog in collaboration with Indian Space Research […]

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Martyrs Day (Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru): 23 March

Martyrs Day (Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru): 23 March

March 23 is celebrated as Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs’ Day in India. The day commemorates the hanging of India’s three freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru.  It was on March 23 in 1931, in Lahore (Pakistan), that these three were hanged to death for assassinating John Saunders, a British police officer in

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World Meteorological Day 2022: 23 March

World Meteorological Day 2022: 23 March

World Meteorological Day takes place every year on 23 March and commemorates the coming into force on 23 March 1950 of the Convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization. The day also highlights the contribution that the National Meteorological and Hydro-logical Services make to the safety and well-being of society. The theme for 2022 World Meteorological

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New Delhi is world’s most polluted capital city: IQAir’s 2021 World Air Quality Report

New Delhi is world’s most polluted capital city: IQAir’s 2021 World Air Quality Report

New Delhi has emerged as the most polluted capital city in the world for the fourth year in a row in the latest World Air Quality Report for 2021. The report found that no country met the World Health Organization’s (WHO) PM2.5 annual air quality guidelines last year as it analysed PM2.5 air pollution measurements

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Cricketing legend G.R. Vishwanath launches his autobiography titled ‘Wrist Assured’

Cricketing legend G.R. Vishwanath launches his autobiography titled ‘Wrist Assured’

Cricketing legend Gundappa Ranganatha Viswanath’s autobiography ‘Wrist Assured’, co-authored by senior journalist R. Kaushik, was released on March 17, 2022 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. The book has been co-authored by senior journalist and cricket writer R. Kaushik. Rupa Publications India is the publisher of the book.

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Ministry of Heavy Industries extends Phase-II of FAME India Scheme for two years till 2024

Ministry of Heavy Industries extends Phase-II of FAME India Scheme for two years till 2024

Ministry of Heavy Industries had notified Phase-II of FAME India Scheme for three years from April 2019 to March 2022. However, the government has extended the FAME II scheme for 2 years. So now this scheme will be applicable till March 2024. However, the scheme has failed to take off with only 5%, or ₹492 crore, of the ₹10,000 crore allocated under

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