Parliamentary Privileges: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who chairs the Parliamentary Standing Committee on science and technology, has moved a privilege motion against news channel Times Now for “falsified and mischievous” reporting of the proceedings of the panel’s meeting. Parliamentary Privileges: Parliamentary Privileges are certain rights and immunities enjoyed by members of Parliament, individually and collectively, […]
Month: June 2021
Cipla to Import Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine
Moderna’s Vaccine: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to Mumbai-based pharma major Cipla to import Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the fourth vaccine in the country to be given the emergency use authorisation (EUA). India has made available three COVID vaccines — Covaxin, Covishield and Sputnik. The vaccine, mRNA-1273, manufactured by […]
Covishield not in EU Vaccine Passport Programme
Vaccine Passport Programme: Covishield, manufactured by Serum Institute of India, is not among the vaccines which have been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its “vaccine passport” programme that allows free movement of people in and out of Europe. The EMA list only includes four vaccines now Vaxzevria (Oxford-AstraZeneca), Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech), Spikevax (Moderna) […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 29th June 2021
Today Current Affairs: 29th June 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Exercise Sea Breeze
Exercise Sea Breeze: Ukraine and the United States launched joint naval Exercise ‘Sea Breeze’ in the Black Sea in a show of Western cooperation with Ukraine as it faces off with Russia. The drills come just days after the British Royal Navy’s HMS Defender passed near Russian-annexed Crimea in the Black Sea. The exercise Sea […]
Baihetan Dam: World’s Second Biggest Hydropower Dam
Baihetan Dam: World’s Second Biggest Hydropower Dam: China has put into operation the Baihetan Dam, world’s Second Biggest Hydropower Dam. The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydropower dam in the world and is also along China’s Yangtze River. It began operations in 2003. It is on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze […]
World’s 100 Best Medical Colleges For The Year 2021
World’s 100 Best Medical Colleges For The Year 2021: Six medical colleges from India have found a place in the list of the World’s 100 best medical colleges for the year 2021, in a ranking released by CEO World Magazine. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi has bagged 23rd position, while […]
Relief Package : Corona 2nd Wave
Relief Package : Corona: Union Finance Minister announced a slew of measures to provide relief to diverse sectors affected by the 2nd wave of COVID-19 pandemic. She announced a relief package of Rs 6,28,993 crore to support Indian economy in fight against COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 17 measures amounting to Rs. 6,28,993 crore were […]
Agni-P (Prime) Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile
Agni-P (Prime): A new-generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile, Agni-P (Prime) was successfully test-fired by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam island, Balasore, off the coast of Odisha. The ‘Agni Prime’ is the advanced version of the ‘Agni-1’ missile. The ‘Agni Prime’ is a short-range ballistic missile that will have […]
Rock Phosphate in DAP And NPK Fertilisers.
Rock Phosphate, The Key Raw Material Of DAP And NPK Fertilisers.: In order to improve the availability of phosphatic fertilisers (DAP and NPK) and to reduce the dependence on imports, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers chaired a meeting. Government ready with Action Plan to make India Aatmanirbhar in Rock Phosphate, the key raw […]
