Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund For Sportspersons: The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) has approved an amount of Rs 2 Lakh for Karnataka’s V Tejaswini Bai, who won the Arjuna Award in 2011 and was a member of the Women’s Kabaddi team that won gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Asian […]
Month: May 2021
Surplus Transfer : RBI
Surplus Transfer : RBI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a surplus transfer of ₹99,122 crore for the 9-month period from July 2020 to March 2021. The higher-than-expected dividend or surplus transfer to the government comes as the government is expecting a sharp sequential fall in tax collections due to the severe second wave […]
Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) App And Area Officer Monitoring App
Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) App And Area Officer Monitoring App: Union Minister of Rural Development launched National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) app and the Area officer monitoring App. The NMMS App permits taking real-time attendance of workers at Mahatma Gandhi NREGS worksites along with a geotagged photographs, which will increase citizen oversight of the program […]
Who Was Sunderlal Bahuguna?
Sunderlal Bahuguna: Well-known environmentalist and Gandhian Sunderlal Bahuguna passed away at the age of 94 due to COVID-related complications. Sunderlal Bahuguna (1927 – 2021) was an Indian noted Garhwali environmentalist. He was one of the early environmentalists of India. He was one of the founders of the Chipko, or hug the tree movement, in the […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 21st May 2021
Today Current Affairs: 21st May 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
What is New Big 5 Project?
New Big 5 project: It has named the five animals for framing instead of firing at. These are the elephant, polar bear, gorilla, tiger, and lion. All the New Big 5 animals are keystone species, essential to the balance of nature in their habitats, biodiverse ecosystems, and the survival of other species, including humans. It […]
Coviself : Self Testing Kit
Coviself: Self Testing Kit: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) approved India’s first self-use Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for Covid-19 named as CoviSelf. It is developed by MyLab Discovery Solutions, a Pune-based molecular company. ICMR is the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, and is one of […]
India And Oman : MoUs On Military Cooperation and Maritime Security
India and Oman: MoUs on military cooperation as well as on maritime security: India and Oman renewed the Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) on military cooperation as well as on maritime security. India-Oman Relationship: The Sultanate of Oman is a strategic partner of India and an important speaker at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Arab League […]
Strategically Significant Highway : China
Strategically Significant Highway : China: China has completed the construction of a strategically significant highway enabling greater access to remote areas along the disputed border with Arunachal Pradesh in India. The construction began in 2014 and is part of a wider infrastructure push in border areas in Tibet. The highway passes through the Grand Canyon […]
World Bee Day 2021
World Bee Day: On the occasion of World Bee Day, Union Agriculture Minister launched the project to establish a regional honey quality testing laboratory at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, New Delhi. It has been set up for quality testing of honey and other products of beekeeping under the National Beekeeping and Honey […]
