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Launch of ‘EV-Yatra portal’ and Mobile App: ✅The Bureau of Energy Efficiency has developed a mobile application titled “EV Yatra” that has been designed and developed to facilitate in-vehicle navigation to the nearest public EV charger and a web-portal to enable Charging Point Operators (CPOs) to register their charging details securely into the National Online […]

SURFACE WAVES ( L-WAVES) Topic — Interior of Earth ✓ The body waves interact with the surface rocks and generate new set of waves called surface waves (long or L-waves). These waves move only along the surface. ✓ Surface Waves are also called long period waves because of their long wavelength. ✓They are low-frequency transverse

Amarkantak Mountain Range ▪️ The Amarkantak region is a unique natural heritage area and is the meeting point of the Vindhya and the Satpura Ranges, with the Maikal Hills being the fulcrum. ▪️ Location : District Anuppur, State Madhya Pradesh ▪️ This is where the Narmada River, the Son River and Johila River emerge. ▪️

eSanjeevani ✅It is a national doctor to doctor telemedicine service that strives to provide an alternative to the conventional physical consultations via digital platform. ✅e-Sanjeevani is a cohesive part of Ayushman Bharat digital Health mission ( ABDHM) and more than 45,000 ABHA IDs have been generated via eSanjeevani application. ✅Leading ten states for usage of

Performance of National Clean Air Programme: Positive ✅• Monitoring station: Out of the targeted 1500 manual monitoring stations to be installed across the country, 818 have been installed. ✅• Region-specific programme: city-specific action plan has been developed for all the major cities of India. For instance, Delhi, Mumbai etc. ✅◦ 131 cities of the country

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samruddhi Kendras (PMKSK) ✅under the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilisers. ✅ Under the scheme, the retail fertiliser shops in the country will be converted into PMKSK in a phased manner. ✅ PMKSK will cater to a wide variety of needs of the farmers and provide agri-inputs (fertilisers, seeds, implements), testing facilities for

Ayushman Bharat digital mission ABDM and Integration of Apps – What is the Significance ABDM is a national digital health eco-system that supports Universal health coverage  in an efficient, accessible, inclusive, and affordable manner, through the provision of a wide range of information and infrastructure services. ✅It aims to develop the backbone necessary to support

Indian Footwear and Leather Development Programme Scheme ✅It is a central sector scheme  which aims at development of infrastructure for the leather sector, address environmental concerns specific to the leather sector, facilitate additional investments, employment generation and increase in production. ✅It was launched by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade under the Ministry

Waste-to-Energy Program ◦ The program is part of an umbrella scheme, the National Bioenergy Programme. ◦ The government will offer financial assistance to project developers, while implementing agencies, including inspection firms, will be paid service charges for commissioning the waste-to-energy plants. ▪ Implementing Agency: ◦ Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) will be the implementing

e-SCR Portal: ✅The portal is the repository of the electronic version of Supreme Court Reports (SCR) ✅It provides free access and an elastic search facility to about 34,000 of its judgments. ✅Benefits of e-SCR: The move has benefitted law students, young lawyers who cannot afford expensive books which record apex court judgments and even the