UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Exercise Sea Dragon 23

It has been conducted by the United States Navy since 2015. It is a biennial coordinated multilateral anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise. P8I aircraft of the Indian Navy were sent to...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

PM-KUSUM Scheme

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan Yojana.   The scheme comes under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).   It aims to ensure energy security for...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Quadruped Robot And Exoskeleton

India’s first indigenous quadruped robot and exoskeleton for the defense sector have been developed recently. They are four-legged robots and can carry 25 kg in payload. It has been dev...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Operation Trishul

It has been one of the operations under the The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In the past one year, the body has extradited 33 fugitives involved in various criminal activities under...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Barda Wildlife Sanctuary

It is located in the state of Gujarat, and lies in the districts namely-Porbandar and Jamnagar. Wildlife Institute of India (WII), the Gujarat government has planned to translocate 40 adult a...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

McMahon Line

The McMahon Line is a boundary between China and India in the Eastern Sector. It was drawn during the Shimla Convention of 1914. The line mainly involves the boundary between Arunachal...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

United Nations - Water

UN-Water is a coordination mechanism which coordinates the United Nations' work on water and sanitation. In the UN, there is a single Agency, fund or program exclusively for water....

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Rooftop Scholar Scheme

The scheme is under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Recently the Union Minister of Power & NRE announced that 3377 MW capacity has been allocated to States under this scheme....

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Exercise Bold Kurukshetra

Its 13th edition occurred Recently and the Singapore Army and Indian Army participated in it. It was held at Jodhpur Military Station, India. It is a bilateral military exercise held be...

UPSC   |   11 month(s) ago

Nanakshahi Samat 555

The Prime Minister had recently greeted the Sikh community on commencement of Nanakshahi Samat 555. It is a calendar system introduced in 2003 by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee....