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Why in News?Mr. Gadkari launches ‘Khadi Natural Paint’ – India’s first paint made from cow dung, developed by KVIC.The paint is free from heavy metals like lead, mercury, chromium, arsenic, cadmium and others.The eco-friendly, non-toxic

Why in News?In the Union Budget 2021, a universal water supply scheme for urban areas – Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) has been announcedKey Facts:Period of five years from 2021 to 2026.Under this, a provision of budget of 2,87,000 crore has been made.The obj

DFIs means – Development Financial InstitutionsWhy in News?Budget 2021 proposed the formation of bad banks to manage NPAs and DFI for raising funds.IntroductionIn Union Budget 2021 -22, Finance Minister has proposed to set up an ARC (Asset Reconst

Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare and aggressive type of skin cancer.Merkel cell carcinoma is associated with old age, excessive exposure to ultraviolet light and a weak immune system.Merkel cell polyomavirus can get integrated in the human genome and undergo a mutation which

Why in News? The government is all set to establish a Central Consumer Protection Authority.What is the Central Consumer Protection Authority?The authority is being constituted under Section 10(1) of The Consumer Protection Act, 2019. Aim: To protect the

Why in News?In a major boost to wheat exports, the first shipment of Geographical Indication (GI) certified Bhalia variety of wheat was  recently exported to Kenya and Sri Lanka from Gujarat.The GI certified wheat has high protein content and is sweet in taste. The crop is

Why in News?Kappa and Lambda variants have been labelled as Variants of Interest (VoI) by WHO.Concerns for India:Kappa was first detected in India and more than 3,500 of the close to 30,000 cumulative samples submitted by the country to the GISAID initiativeare

Why in news?Bihar government is setting up India’s first Dolphin observatory in the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary(VGDS).Facts:Gangetic river dolphin:It is India’s national aquatic animal found in parts of the Ganges, Meghna and Brahmaputra river systems in

Why in News?Recently, on World Environment Day, the Government announced the implementation of the Nagar Van scheme to develop 200 Urban Forests across the country in the next five years.Key Highlights: The scheme aims to develop 200 Urban Forests acro

Why in news?China was certified as malaria-free by World Health Organisation on June 30, 2021 after a 70-year effort of eradicating this mosquito-borne disease.HighlightsChina reported 30 million cases of Malaria annually in 1940s but no indigenous case was reported