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Daily Current Affairs  – 15 April 2021

    Facts in News
                                             Facts in News Kunpengopterus antipollicatus (Monkeydactyl) It is a species of pterosaur, which were reptiles, close cousins of dinosaurs and the first animals after insects to evolve powered flight. A new pterosaur fossil has been […]
    Indian Rhino Vision 2020
    In News Recently, the ambitious Indian Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV2020) has come to a close with the release of two rhinos in Assam’s Manas National Park transported from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. About Indian Rhino Vision 2020 IRV 2020 was designed by Rhino Task Force 2005. Aims To increase Assam’s rhino population to 3000 by 2020, […]
    Various Traditional Festivals
    In News The Vice President of India greeted the people on festivals ‘Chaitra Sukladi, Gudi Padwa, Ugadi, Cheti Chand, Vaisakhi, Vishu, Puthandu, and Bohag Bihu’.? Gudi Padwa It is celebrated in the first month of Chaitra, Gudi Padwa is primarily celebrated by the people in Maharashtra and Goa. The festival derives its name from two […]
    Bhim Rao Ambedkar Jayanti
    In News Every year, 14th April is observed as Ambedkar Jayanti to celebrate Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar’s birthday. The year 2021 marks his 130th birth anniversary. About Dr BR Ambedkar Birth: In a Dalit (Hindu Mahar) family on 14th April 1891 in a small town at Mhow Cantt in erstwhile Central Provinces (now Madhya Pradesh). […]
    Risk Reduction Guidelines on Zoonosis
    In News Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO), World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have laid down fresh guidelines for governments to reduce the risk of transmission of zoonotic pathogens to humans in food production and marketing chains. The call for action comes as the world grapples with […]
    National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE)
    In News A team of scientists from the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) has been awarded for Excellence in Dissemination of agricultural practices and technologies from Lab to Farm by Agriculture. The group worked under the National Mission on Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE). About The Task Force on Himalayan Agriculture under NMSHE as part […]