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1.World Homeopathy day. In News: A two-day convention on ‘Homoeopathy – Roadmap for Integrative Medicine’ was inaugurated at New Delhi. Important Information: About World Homoeopathy Day: April 10 is observed as World Homoeopathy Day to honour Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, whose birth anniversary falls on this day. Born in 1755, Hahnemann was a German […]

1.NanoSniffer IN NEWS: Union Education Minister, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ today launched NanoSniffer, the world’s first Microsensor based Explosive Trace Detector (ETD) developed by NanoSniff Technologies, an IIT Bombay incubated startup. KEY POINTS: Nanosniffer is world’s first Explosive Trace Detector using microsensor technology. It uses MEMS system. MEMS is Micro-Electromechanical System. NanoSniffer is a 100% […]

1.Meeting of International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) IN NEWS: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman here today attended the Plenary Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the virtual Spring Meetings 2021. The meeting was attended by […]

1. India-Seychelles High Level Virtual Event. IN NEWS: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will take part in a high level virtual event with the President of the Republic of Seychelles H.E. Wavel Ramkalawan on April 8, 2021 to inaugurate a range of Indian projects in Seychelles. Key features of event: Joint e-inauguration of the new […]

1.National Dialogue on ‘Manufacturing Excellence & Innovation for Competitiveness & Sustainability of Chemicals Manufacturing’. In News: Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda virtually addressed at National Dialogue on Manufacturing Excellence and Innovation for Competitiveness and Sustainability of Chemicals Manufacturing in New Delhi . Key takeaways: Union minister said that the Chemicals […]

Celebrated Indian-American author Ved Mehta, who overcame blindness and became widely known as the 20th century writer most responsible for introducing American readers to India, died in the U.S. , with complications from Parkinson’s disease Ved Parkash Mehta (1934 –2021) was an Indian-born writer who lived and worked mainly in the United States. He lost […]

Union Minister for Environment released Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of 146 National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries in the Country At present, India has a network of 903 Protected Areas in the country covering about 5% of the total geographic area of the country. In order to assess the efficacy of Protected Areas, evaluation of management […]