Blue-finned Mahseer: Moved From Endangered To The Least Concern Status: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has moved Blue-finned Mahseer from Endangered to the Least Concern’ status on its Red List. The Mahseer belongs to the genus Tor, of which there are several subspecies to be found in India and in other range […]
Month: June 2021
Vigilance Clearance : Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC): The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has laid down a defined procedure to be followed by government organisations for getting vigilance clearance before employing a retired official on a contractual or consultancy basis. Before offering employment to retired All India Services and Group A officers of the Central government or their […]
Davinci+ and Veritas Missions To Venus : NASA
Two New Missions To Venus: NASA: The last US probe to visit the planet was the Magellan orbiter in 1990. Now, NASA has announced two new missions to Venus. These two sister missions both aim to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world, capable of melting lead at the surface. These include: 1. Davinci+: The […]
International Nitrogen Initiative Conference
International Nitrogen Initiative Conference: The 8th International Nitrogen Initiative Conference (INI2020) was scheduled to convene in Berlin, Germany, from 3-7 May 2020. But, due to the pandemic, it was canceled last year and was held recently- virtually. About the International Nitrogen Initiative Conference: Set up in 2003 under the sponsorship of the Scientific Committee on […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 3rd June 2021
Today Current Affairs: 3rd June 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Palestine and India : Issue Regarding Human Rights
Palestine Blamed India For Suppressing Its Human Rights Of All People: Palestine blamed India for suppressing its human rights of all people as India abstained from the latest resolution on the Palestinian issue. India abstained from voting on a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that came up in the backdrop of […]
New Pension Rules For Civil Servants
New Pension Rules For Civil Servants: The Central Government has amended its pension rules putting new restrictions on officials of intelligence and security organizations after retirement. The government has amended Rule-8(3)(a) of the CCS (Central Civil Services) Pension Rules-1972. The Centre has notified Central Civil Services (Pension) Amendment Rules, 2020. The said rules were first […]
Artificial Sun Experiment : China
Artificial Sun Experiment: CHINA: China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), also known as the ‘Artificial Sun’ experiment, has set a new record in the latest experiment, where it achieved a plasma temperature of 216 million Fahrenheit (120 million C) for 101 seconds. It is believed that the temperature at the core of the Sun is […]
United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly: India has decided to vote in support of Maldives’ Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid in the election of the President of the United Nations General Assembly. This time the UNGA head will be chosen from the Asia-Pacific grouping. Asia- Pacific group of the UN: Consists of 53 Member States and is […]
What is Digital Services Tax?
Digital Services Taxes: The United States recently announced 25% tariffs on over $2 billion worth of imports from six nations over their digital services taxes, but immediately suspended the duties to allow time for international tax negotiations to continue. The S. Trade Representative’s office had approved the threatened tariffs on goods from Britain, Italy, Spain, […]
