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The 9th National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-IX) was conducted by the Indian Coast Guard off Vadinar, Gujarat recently. It demonstrates the level of preparedness and coordination between various resource agencies to respond to a marine oil spill invoking provisions of the National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP). The Indian Coast Guard functions as the Central Coordinating Authority for response to Oil spills in Indi

1st Night Sky Sanctuary

South East Asia's 1st Night Sky Sanctuary will be setup in Ladakh with the help of Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru. It will be located within the Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent to the Indian Astronomical Observatory (2nd-highest optical telescope in the world).

Leh Berry

Leh Berry is a juice made from the sea buckthorn fruit of Leh, Ladakh. The sea buckthorn fruit is known as the "King of Vitamin C". It contains over 100 nutrients, 8 vitamins, 24 minerals, 18 amino acids, and antioxidants. It got Geographical Indication (GI) tag recently.

YANTRA platform

The Union Minister of AYUSH has recently participated in the Yoga and Ayurveda in Neurosciences, Therapeutics and Research Approaches (YANTRA) conference, 2023 recently. YANTRA, 2023 is an international conference on Integrative Medicine with a theme on models of integration in healthcare. It was held at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in association with Jignasa, which provides a common platform to address all aspects related to AYUSH systems.

National Cadet Corps (NCC)

NCC celebrated its 75th Anniversary on November 26, 2023. It was established in 1948 as a largest uniformed youth organization of Indian Armed Forces with its headquarters in New Delhi. It aims at developing character, comradeship, discipline, secular outlook, the spirit of adventure and ideals of selfless service amongst young citizens. It is open to school and college students on voluntary basis as a Tri-Services Organization, comprising the Army, the Navy

Ayushman Arogya Mandir

The Union Government has decided to rename the existing Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) as ‘Ayushman Arogya Mandir’ The new tag line will be Arogyam Parmam Dhanam. National Health Policy, 2017 envisioned the Health and Wellness Centres.

Solar flares

Recently scientists have detected disturbances in Earth’s magnetic field called G1 geomagnetic storms, which are temporary disturbances in the planet’s magnetic field due to solar sparks. As a result of this geomagnetic storm, people living in northern and southern latitudes can witness more beautiful northern and southern lights, also known as aurorae Solar flares are categorised into 4 different classes B (Too small to harm Earth), C (Noticeable

Yuva Sangam

Ministry of Education has recently launched the 3rd phase of Yuva Sangam under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat campaign. Under the programme, the students within the age group of 18 to 30 will get multi-dimensional exposure in 5 broad areas. Paryatan (tourism), Parampara (traditions), Pragati (development), Prodyogik (technology) and Paraspar sampark (people-to-people connect) in the host States. Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) is a governmen