SITA Passenger Service System: National carrier Air India has notified its passengers of a data breach that occurred in February 2021 at the SITA passenger service system. The airline said the breach involved data of 45 lakh passengers being leaked. SITA or Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques is a multinational information technology company providing IT […]
Month: May 2021
Mount Nyaragongo in Congo Erupted Again
Mount Nyaragongo: Erupted Again: As the active volcano in Congo, Mount Nyaragongo, erupted again, the Indian Army contingent under the United Nations peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) assisted in protecting civilians and U.N. officials as well as assets during the evacuation. Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of 3,470 m in the Virunga Mountains […]
IAEA and Iran : Recent Developments
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY: Iran said that a three-month monitoring deal between Tehran and IAEA has expired and that its access to images from inside some Iranian nuclear sites would cease. The announcement raised further questions about the future of indirect talks underway between the United States and Iran on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 22nd May 2021
Today Current Affairs: 22nd May 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Kyasanur Forest Disease
Kyasanur Forest Disease: A new point-of-care test has been found to be highly sensitive in the rapid diagnosis of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD). This disease is also known as monkey fever. Point-of-care Test: It is developed by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology. It includes a battery-operated Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) analyser, […]
International Day for Biological Diversity
International Day for Biological Diversity: The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) (International Biodiversity day) is observed on 22nd May every year. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 1993 proclaimed 22nd May as IDB to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. The UNGA also declared the period 2011-2020 as the United Nations (UN) […]
7th Meeting Of The BRICS Astronomy Working Group (BAWG)
7th Meeting Of The BRICS Astronomy Working Group (BAWG): India virtually hosted the 7th meeting of the BRICS Astronomy Working Group (BAWG) under the Science, Technology, and Innovation track of the BRICS 2021. The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, and Department of Science and Technology (DST) coordinated the meeting. BRICS is an […]
Kalakshetra: Centre For Artistic Endeavour
Kalakshetra: Centre For Artistic Endeavour: It is an arts and cultural academy dedicated to the preservation of traditional values in Indian art and crafts, especially in the field of Bharatanatyam dance and Gandharvaveda music. Founded in 1936 by the vibrant visionary Rukmini Devi Arundale. The Institution stands testimony to her dream of creating a space […]
Personal Guarantors Liable For Corporate Debt: SC
Personal Guarantors Liable For Corporate Debt: SC: The Supreme Court upheld a government moves to allow lenders to initiate insolvency proceedings against personal guarantors, who are usually promoters of big business houses, along with the stressed corporate entities for whom they gave a guarantee. It held that November 15, 2019, government notification allowing creditors, usually […]
DIPCOVAN
DIPCOVAN: Defense Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has developed an antibody detection-based kit ‘DIPCOVAN’, the DIPAS-VDX COVID-19 IgG Antibody Microwell ELISA for sero-surveillance. The DIPCOVAN kit can detect both spike as well as nucleocapsid (S&N) proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high sensitivity […]
