Today Current Affairs: 26th August 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Day: August 25, 2021
GM Soya Cake Imports
GM Soya Cake Imports: With rising soyabean prices escalating the poultry industry’s costs, the Centre has allowed the import of 1.2 million metric tonnes of crushed and de-oiled genetically modified (GM) soya cake till October 31, 2021. Soyabean meal is an essential raw material for the poultry industry, but prices have more than doubled over […]
Chakma And Hajong Communities
Chakma And Hajong Communities: The Chakma organisations have opposed the proposed deportation of 60,000 people belonging to the Chakma and Hajong communities from Arunachal Pradesh. They are ethnic people who lived in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, most of which are located in Bangladesh. Chakmas are predominantly Buddhists, while Hajongs are Hindus. They are found in […]
UN : Resolution 1988 Committee Meeting
Delisting Taliban From Sanctions: UN: The United Nations (UN) officials claimed that there are no requests from the UN Security Council Permanent members for the delisting of the Taliban’s top leadership from sanctions thus far. They also refuted reports that the next meeting of the Taliban Sanctions Committee also known as the resolution 1988 committee, […]
SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0 Platform
SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0 Platform: Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) Bangalore, under the SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0 Platform organized a webinar on “Expert Talks from Samarth Udyog Centres” to celebrate the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. The objective was to listen to the experts of the Samarth Udyog Centres on the indigenous technology developments & the […]
What is a Saroop?
What Is Saroop? Among the most striking images emerging from the flight of Sikhs from Afghanistan have been those of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri carrying on his head, one of the saroops of the holy Guru Granth Sahib flown in from that country. Saroop is a physical copy of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, also […]
FIRs Against Narayan Rane – Provisions
Three FIRs Have Been Registered Against Narayan Rane: Three FIRs have been registered against Union Minister and Rajya Sabha member Narayan Rane in connection with a speech at Raigad where he spoke against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Procedure: If Parliament is not in session, a cabinet minister can be arrested by a law enforcement agency […]
AK-203 Assault Rifles
AK-203 Assault Rifles: India has finally signed a deal with Russia for the procurement of 70,000 AK-203 assault rifles to be bought off the shelf. The development happens in spite of the joint venture of both the countries to manufacture 7.5 lakh AK-203 rifles in India. Reportedly, the deliveries would begin within three months and […]
Global Manufacturing Risk Index 2021
Global Manufacturing Risk Index: India has overtaken the United States (US) to become the second-most sought-after manufacturing destination globally, driven mainly by cost competitiveness in the Global Manufacturing Risk Index 2021. China remains at number one position In last year’s report, the US was at second position while India ranked third. About the Global Manufacturing […]
Forum For Decarbonizing Transport – NITI Aayog
Forum For Decarbonizing Transport: NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute(WRI), India, jointly launched the ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India as part of the NDC-Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA) project on August 23, 2021. NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute India Jointly Launch ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India The project aims at bringing down […]
