The Union Cabinet has given its approval to introduce the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme in the following 10 key sectors for Enhancing India’s Manufacturing Capabilities and Enhancing Exports. For the scheme details please keep listening to the podcast.

It is an unincorporated territory of the United States. Puerto Ricans have been citizens of the United States since 1917, and can move freely between the island and the mainland. As it is not a state, Puerto Rico does not have a vote in the U.S. Congress, which governs the unincorporated territory with jurisdiction under the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950.

The resignation of the 15 remaining pro-democracy lawmakers has effectively removed political opposition from Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, also known as the LegCo. They are resigning from the city’s legislature in protest against the forced removal of four of their colleagues. To find out more detailed news please keep listening to this podcast.

ndia has recently added two more Ramsar sites. One is Lonar lake in Maharashtra which is the only crater lake of India. The other is Sur Sarovar, also known as Keetham lake in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. To find more details about the convention please listen to this podcast.

China has begun work on a strategically significant railway line. It will link Sichuan province with Nyingchi in Tibet, which lies close to Arunachal Pradesh border. For the route deatils please listen to the podcast.

Peru’s fifth president in five years, Manuel Merino, was forced out of power, just five days after taking office, as massive protests swept Peru over alleged bribery – charges on the Presidet.

The ship named Jag Anand been awaiting anchorage at the Chinese port Jingtang near Tangshan in China’s Hebei province since June this year. The ship got denial for its departure due to covid pandemic this year.

After Puducherry, Congress-ruled Rajasthan last week became the latest Opposition-ruled state to opt for a special borrowing window for meeting its compensation shortfall under Goods and Services Tax (GST). Other dissenting states — Kerala, Punjab, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand — are yet to join any of the borrowing options floated by the central government. According to the information Before GST, States had the power to levy some indirect taxes on economic activity. For more details please listen to the podcast.

The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance introduced “the Scheme for Financial Support to PPPs in Infrastructure” (Viability Gap Funding Scheme) in 2006. The revamped Scheme is mainly related to introduction of following two sub-schemes for mainstreaming private participation in social infrastructure. More details are in the podcast.

The air quality in Delhi continues to remain in ‘severe’ category. The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research, SAFAR has advised people to avoid all physical activity outdoors.

The government has set up a 22-member inter-ministerial committee in strengthening the Capital Goods (CG) Sector to make this sector globally competitive and to become the manufacturing hub for the world.

Under Operation Greens Scheme TOP to TOTAL, 50% transportation subsidy is now made available for air transportation for 41 notified fruits and vegetables from North-Eastern and Himalayan States to any place in India. For more detailed news please listen to the podcast.

Denmark, which has recorded more than 55,000 cases of COVID-19, has also recorded over 200 human cases infected with SARS-CoV-2 variants that are associated with farmed minks. Please listen to the podcast to find out more details.

The Union Ministry of Power, Government of India has issued a notification to cover all the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) under the preview of the Energy Conservation (EC) Act, 2001. For further details please listen to the podcast.

Russia brokered a new peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The two countries have been in a military conflict for over six weeks over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus. To find out in details please listen to the podcast.

Much of Europe is witnessing a menacing second wave of COVID-19, which is seemingly worse than the first.Living with the pandemic for months together has had a desensitising effect on the collective psyche.Owing to such ‘desensitisation’, disasters that are not sudden and striking – like the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic- tend to be minimised. These two affected Indias disaster management framework. For this reason few steps are taken to strengthen it. To know the details please listen to this podcast.

Plants which were transported from Kashmir to Sikkim, acclimatized there and are now flowering in Yangyang in the Southern part of Sikkim.To know kore details please listen to the podcast.

It will be held virtually this year given the ongoing pandemic. Ministry: Minister of Information Technology. For more details please listen to the podcast.

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Cyclones have been a common occurrence during the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon period, hitting the Indian coasts twice a year. Listen to the Podcast to know why they gave a miss this year.