‘One Nation One Standard’ Mission Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal has stressed on the need for ‘One Nation One Standard’ to bring uniformity and said labs testing in India should be of global standards. The minister said this while reviewing the work of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). What is it? The ‘One
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TRIFED The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) came into existence in 1987. It is a national-level apex organization functioning under the administrative control of Ministry of Tribal affairs. TRIFED has its Head Office located in New Delhi and has a network of 13 Regional Offices located at various places in the country.
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) About NHRC of India is an independent statutory body established on 12 October, 1993 as per provisions of Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, later amended in 2006. NHRC has celebrated its Silver Jubilee (25 years) on October 12, 2018. Its headquarter is located in New delhi. It is the
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AmbiTAG Why in News Recently, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, Punjab has developed a first- of-its-kind IoT (Internet of Things) device – AmbiTag that records real-time ambient temperature during the transportation of perishable products, vaccines and even body organs and blood. The device has been developed under Technology Innovation Hub – AWaDH (Agriculture and
Sun Halo/Kaleidoscope Effect The people of Bangalore witnessed a bright rainbow ring around the sun for a few moments – a rare optical and atmospheric phenomenon called “22 degree circular Halo”. Key Point The phenomenon popularly known as the 22 degree circular halo of the sun or occasionally the Moon (also called a moon ring
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Statehood Day of Goa The Statehood Day of Goa (30th May), the Prime Minister greeted the people of the state. Key Points About: Goa is located on the southwestern coast of India within the region known as the Konkan, and geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Capital: Official Language: o Konkani which
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The Nation Can Learn Lessons On Sustainability From Marginalised Tribal Communities The systematic methods of locality drainage systems, crop rotational farming, rainwater harvesting, usage of earthen utensils and other rational methods have been practised in every tribal household for thousands of years. They have only conveniently, yet, sustainably updated themselves without causing much harm to
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Kalahandi’s Kutia Kondhs: Subsistence a struggle for this tribe of nature worshippers Despite living in abject poverty and depending on natural resources for survival, the Kondhs do not use wood from the forests for fuel and also prevent illegal tree The Kutia Kondhs are a particularly vulnerable tribal groups in Kalahandi district, Odisha. They
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Royal Past & Islamic Matrilineal Kinship: Lakshadweep’s Rich History Has Always Left Chroniclers At Sea Opposition parties in Lakshadweep and Kerala are up in arms against various measures initiated by the Administrator of the group of islands, terming them as “anti-people” and have sought his recall. However, this is not the first time that Lakshwadweep
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