Category: Prelims Current Affairs

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has named its new integrated food security scheme under National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 as ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)’.

After 4 months and 55 deaths, the latest Ebola epidemic in Uganda (worst in 2 decades) was declared over by the WHO.

Union Cabinet approved setting up of 3 National Level multistate cooperative society under the Multi State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002.

Nickel Alloy Coating, Paigah Tombs, Prithvi-II, Indian Skimmer

As per the Asian Waterbird Census 2023, the Godavari estuary in Andhra Pradesh has become a prime and safe habitat for the Indian Skimmer. Around 250 Indian Skimmers, were sighted in Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary.

Recently, DRDO carried out a successful test launch of tactical ballistic missile Prithvi-II from a test range off the Odisha coast.

The US Govt will extend financial support of USD 250,000 towards the conservation and restoration of 6 of the Paigah tombs, built in 18th-19th centuries, in Hyderabad.

As per an autonomous Research and Development Centre of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), a new method of deposition of Nickel alloy coatings on engineering-grade materials can replace environmentally toxic chrome plating.

Open access movement, ‘One Nation One Subscription’ (ONOS) scheme and Plan S, USB under BIS, Ozone Healing, Dams in India, Deepor Beel

Recently, Guwahati Wildlife Division of the Assam Forest Department conducted the 2nd Bird Species Count Exercise after February 2022 in Deepor Beel Wetland.

According to the Study conducted by UN University Institute on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) – UN’s think tank on water, 3,700 Indian dams will lose 26% of their total storage by 2050 due to accumulation of sediments.

According to a new U.N. report, earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years.