‘Vesak’, the Day of the Full Moon is observed in the month of May by the United Nations on 7 May 2020. The day commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and Death of Lord Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, all of which is said to have taken place on the same day. The birth anniversary of Gautam […]
According to a new report of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) an estimated 19 million children, more than ever before, were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019. The report highlighted that 19 million children were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence
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AYUSH Minister and Health Minister has jointly launched three AYUSH based studies related to COVID-19 situation in New Delhi. The initiatives are taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic problem in the country through clinical studies including prophylactic and add-on interventions, of AYUSH systems. The AYUSH Ministry also studies the impacts of AYUSH based prophylactic interventions
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Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has announced the setting up of integrated soil nutrient management a farmers’ movement. During 2020-21, the major focus of the Soil Health Programme would be on a mass awareness programme for farmers in over 1 lakh villages covering all districts of the country. The mission mode awareness of the
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The ‘Aarogy Setu Interactive Voice Response System’ has been implemented to include citizens with feature phones and landline connections under the ambit of the ‘Aarogya Setu’ mobile application. The ‘Aarogy Setu Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS)’ is a toll-free service, available across the country, wherein citizens can give a missed call to the number ‘1921’
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World Athletics Day is celebrated on 7 May to boost participation in athletics among youngsters. The date of observation is subjected to change as International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) decides the date every year, but the month remains the same which is May. World Athletics Day falls under the social responsibility project of IAAF ‘Athletics
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A recipient of the INSPIRE Faculty Award instituted by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) has made significant achievements in developing nanomaterials based supercapacitors to achieve high energy density and power density of supercapacitors, along with his group. The supercapacitors will help meet the energy demand due to the growth of the human population
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Iran’s government debated changing the national currency, the rial, by basically slashing four zeros off its face value, an acknowledgment of how American sanctions and economic mismanagement have contributed to inflation in the country. The move by the Iranian government aims to simplify financial transactions. Once the law is ratified, the Central Bank of Iran
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Scientists at the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune have come up with plant data of the Northern Western Ghats which indicates that plateaus, in addition to the forests, should be prioritized for conservation of the Northern Western Ghats. The data said that the plateaus and the cliffs that harbour most of the endemic species and
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has started to include Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Muzaffarabad in its meteorological sub-division of Jammu & Kashmir. The daily region-wise forecasts are for the entire sub-division, and not for any specific areas within. The first such forecast for Gilgit was uploaded on 6 May. The move by IMD
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