New Shepard.: Billionaire Jeff Bezos has made a short journey to space, in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard. New Shepard, built by Bezos’ company Blue Origin, is designed to serve the burgeoning market for space tourism. The spacecraft lifted off from a private launch site near Van Horn, Texas. The […]
Month: July 2021
Commission For Air Quality Management In The National Capital Region And Adjoining Areas Bill, 2021:
The Commission For Air Quality Management In The National Capital Region And Adjoining Areas Bill, 2021:: The bill will be introduced in the parliament by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF). The bill will establish the commission and replace an ordinance. The Bill has taken into consideration the concerns of the farmers […]
Monsoon Session Of Parliament
Monsoon Session Of Parliament:: The monsoon session of Parliament has begun. The last session of Parliament was curtailed and ended sine die on March 25 and under the Constitutional norms, the next session has to be held within six months. This period ends on September 14. Article 85 requires that there should not be a […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 21st July 2021
Today Current Affairs: 21st July 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Indian Labour Conference
Indian Labour Conference: The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (labour union) wrote to the Prime Minister asking him to convene the Indian Labour Conference (ILC). It argued that since Indian Parliament has ratified Convention No 144 of the International Labour Organisation, it is now India’s legal obligation to hold the ILC in order to strengthen the […]
Indian Institute Of Heritage
Indian Institute Of Heritage: The government has decided to set up the ‘Indian Institute of Heritage’ at Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar. The Institute is being set up as Deemed to be University by integrating Institute of Archaeology (Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology), School of Archival Studies under National Archives of India, New Delhi, the […]
Dairy Investment Accelerator
Dairy Investment Accelerator: The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), Government of India, with a view to provide dedicated focus towards promoting & facilitating investments in the Indian Dairy sector, has setup Dairy Investment Accelerator under its Investment Facilitation Cell. This Investment Accelerator is a cross functional team constituted to serve as the interface […]
Green National Highway Corridor Project.
Green National Highway Corridor Project.: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways informed Rajya Sabha about the status of Green National Highway Corridor Project. The Government had signed loan agreement with the World Bank to develop Green National Highway Corridors (GNHCP). The project include Upgradation of about 781 km length of various National Highways passing […]
Ethanol Blending
Ethanol Blending: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas informed Lok Sabha about Ethanol Blending. The Notified National Policy on Biofuels – 2018, provided an indicative target of blending 20% ethanol in petrol by 2030. Ethanol Blending has Improved from 1.53% during Ethanol Supply Year 2013-14 to 7.93% ongoing ESY 2020-21 Ministry of Petroleum and […]
Monkey B Virus (BV)
Monkey B virus (BV): China has reported the first human infection case with Monkey B virus (BV) after a Beijing-based veterinarian was confirmed with the same a month after he dissected two dead monkeys in early March. Till date, only one case has been documented of an infected person spreading B virus to another person. […]
