WHO prequalifies Serum’s low-cost Pneumococcal Vaccine

Pneumococcal vaccine developed by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India has been pre-qualified by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Pneumococcal Vaccine Pneumococcal vaccination is a method of preventing a specific type of lung infection (pneumonia) that is caused by the pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumonia) bacterium. There are more than 80 different types of pneumococcus bacteria –… Continue reading

India’s policies for ‘Urban Lakes’

Context Historically, cities were built along waterways or lakes. Over time, human settlements near water bodies and lakes have transformed the natural environment into the towns and cities we see today. Urban lakes are an important part of city ecosystems as they play a major role in providing environmental, social and economic services. Famous Urban… Continue reading

Turtle rehab centre in Bhagalpur, Bihar

A first-of-its-kind rehabilitation centre for freshwater turtles will be inaugurated in Bihar’s Bhagalpur forest division in January 2020. About the rehab centre The centre, spread over half a hectare, will be able to shelter 500 turtles at a time. Earlier, rescued turtles were released into rivers without much treatment in the absence of any facility.… Continue reading

[pib] Patola Saree

In a historic initiative taken by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), a first Silk Processing Plant was inaugurated at Surendranagar in Gujarat. It would help cut down the cost of production of silk yarn drastically and increase the sale and availability of raw material for Gujarati Patola Sarees. Patola Sarees Patola is a double… Continue reading

Non-Nuclear Aggression Agreement

Pakistan has recently shared a list of its nuclear installations with India under the said bilateral agreement. Exchange of list of nuclear installations The list was handed over to an Indian High Commission in accordance with Article-II of the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India. It was… Continue reading

2020 as the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has selected the year 2020 as the international “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”. Year of the Nurse and Midwife It was decided in the honour of 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale. WHO said that nurses and midwives are the people who devote their lives to caring for children and… Continue reading

‘MANI’ app

With an eye to aid the differently-abled, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched a mobile app to identify currency notes. MANI App ‘MANI’, is an acronym for Mobile Aided Note Identifier. The visually challenged can identify the denomination of a note by using the application, which can also work offline once it is… Continue reading

National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP)

Union Finance Minister has unveiled Rs 102 lakh crore of infrastructure projects, under National Infrastructure Pipeline. It will be implemented in the next five years as part of the government’s spending push in the infrastructure sector. What is the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP)? NIP includes economic and social infrastructure projects. During the fiscals 2020 to… Continue reading

[pib] Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System (PPRTMS)

In order to enable applicants to track the status of the application, the Election Commission of India has launched a “Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System (PPRTMS)”. About PPRTMS The salient feature in the PPRTMS is that the applicant, who is applying for party registration from 1st January, 2020 will be able to track the progress of… Continue reading

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