GAS HYDRATES AND GLOBAL WARMING
WHAT ARE GAS HYDRATES? • Gas hydrates are an ice-like combination of natural gas and water that can form in deep-water ocean sediments near the continents, and…
BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money)
What is BHIM? BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) is a mobile payment app developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), based on the Unified Payments…
Tax to GDP ratio
What is tax-to-GDP ratio? Tax-to-GDP ratio represents the size of a country’s tax kitty relative to its GDP. It is a representation of the size of the…
Budgetary Deficit – How to reduce it?
What is budgetary deficit? Budgetary deficit is the difference between all receipts and expenses in both revenue and capital account of the government. Budgetary deficit is the…
Great Observatories program
NASA’s series of Great Observatories satellites are four large, powerful space-based astronomical telescopes. Each of the four missions was designed to examine a specific wavelength/energy region of…
Bio-medical Waste – Definition and Categories
For Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 2016 and Amendment 2018 refer Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 2016 and Amendment 2018 What is bio-medical waste? Bio-medical waste is any solid…
Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 2016 and Amendment 2018
For Bio-medical Waste – Definition and Categories refer https://fotisedu.com/bio-medical-waste-definition-and-categories/ Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 In 2016, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests had issued new Bio-medical…
Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe)
What is IN-SPACe? Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) is a single-window, independent, nodal agency that functions as an autonomous agency in the Department of…
H1N1- subtype of Influenza A virus
What is H1N1 virus? H1N1 flu is a subtype of influenza A virus (a communicable viral disease), which causes upper, and potentially, lower respiratory tract infections in…
Asymmetry between ‘near side’ and ‘far side’ of moon
The Moon is our planet’s natural satellite, the closest neighbour, and the only extraterrestrial body where humans have ever set foot. Still, there is a lot about…