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Month: February 2024
Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Sci-fi writers
Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Sci-fi writers 1 / 5 | Which author first coined the term ‘genetic engineering’? H. G. Wells H. P. Lovecraft Jack Williamson Howard Fast The term ‘genetic engineering’ was invented by science-fiction author Jack Williamson in his 1951 novel, Dragon’s Island. Next 2 / 5 | Often referred…
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Budget for Census slashed, population count may not take place in first quarter
The allocation for Census Survey and Statistics has been slashed to ₹1,277.80 crore from ₹1,546.65 crore in 2023-24, a further indication that the Census exercise, which was to be initially completed in 2021, is not planned in the first quarter of the fiscal. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Union Home Ministry has been…
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WHO applauds extension of healthcare coverage to ASHA, anganwadi workers and helpers
Given that Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers, anganwadi workers, and helpers are at the forefront of health care delivery at the grassroots level, the World Health Organization (WHO) has applauded February 1 Union Budget announcement on extending healthcare coverage to them under Ayushman Bharat. Roderico H. Ofrin, WHO’s representative in India, said that various…
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The Hindu Daily Quiz | On Union Budget – Feb 1, 2024
Daily Quiz | On Union Budget Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presented the budget at 11 a.m., for the first time, instead of doing it at 5 p.m. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | The Government presents it on the first day of February so that it can be materialised before the beginning of…
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2024 Interim Budget | Space gets nominal hike, likely boost for spaceflight start-ups
A PSLV rocket carrying the X-Ray Polarimetry Satellite (XPoSat) lifts off from the Sriharikota spaceport, January 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI/ISRO With no major space missions slated for 2024, the Department of Space has recieved only a nominal hike of 4% in its allocation in the Interim Union Budget for 2024-25, from ₹12,545 crore…
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India negotiating bilateral investment treaties with different countries to promote foreign inflow: FM
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Interim Budget 2024 in the Lok Sabha, at Parliament House in New Delhi on Feb. 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI India is negotiating bilateral investment treaties with different countries with a view to promote foreign inflows, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on February 1. She said that…
Interim Budget 2024: Spending on IITs and IIMs declines as a share of total Budget | Data
Higher education Budget allocation: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi main gate, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena In FY25, the government is expected to spend ₹47,619 crores on higher education. The allocation declined by ₹9,624 crore, when compared with the revised estimates for the year FY24. The reduction in overall spending on…
2024 Interim Budget | India increasing allocation for Maldives, ₹400 crore revised to ₹770.9 crore
The Maldives, which was in hot water over boycott calls, has seen a hike in budgetary allocation for the Maldives from ₹400 crores in 2023-24 to ₹770.90 crores in the current fiscal. | Photo Credit: AFP India’s neighbourhood received a substantial share of the annual allocation under the Ministry of External Affairs for the 2024-25…
Budget 2024 | Road sector budget sees a nominal hike of 2.7%
The Centre has allocated ₹1.68 lakh crore to NHAI in the interim Budget. File | Photo Credit: PTI After a massive jump in allocation every consecutive year in the recent past, this year’s budgetary allocation for the road sector saw a measly 2.7% increase. The Interim Budget set aside ₹2,78,000 crore for the Ministry of…
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