Who Are Dimasas?: A suspected militant attack left five truckers dead in Assam’s Dima Hasao hill district. Intelligence inputs suggest that an outfit called the Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) was behind the attack. The Dimasas (or Dimasa-Kacharis) are the earliest known rulers and settlers of Assam, and now live in Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong, […]
Month: August 2021
National Monetisation Pipeline : NITI Aayog Recommendations
National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP): To make the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) a success, the government should give Income Tax breaks to attract retail investors into instruments such as Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), the NITI Aayog has recommended. The Centre’s think tank driving the NMP, estimated to raise almost ₹6 lakh crore for the exchequer over […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 30th August 2021
Today Current Affairs: 30th August 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Bharat Series (BH-series) Vehicles
Bharat Series (BH-series): In order to facilitate seamless transfer of vehicles, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways vide notification dated 26 Aug 2021, has introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles i.e. “Bharat series (BH-series)”. A vehicle bearing this registration mark shall not require assignment of a new registration mark when the owner […]
Environment And Agricultural Ministerial Meeting : BRICS
Environment And Agricultural Ministerial Meeting: BRICS: The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Environment and Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting was held. BRICS brings together the major emerging economies of the world, hosting 41% of the world population, contributing 24% of the world Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and over 16% share in world trade. India […]
G20 Ministerial Conference On Women’s Empowerment
G20 Ministerial Conference On Women’s Empowerment The Union Minister of Women & Child Development, Smt. Smriti Irani addressed the First ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment which was held at Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy in a hybrid format. G20 Conference on Women Empowerment acknowledged the common objectives and shared responsibilities to advance the goals […]
Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2021-22 Series VI
Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2021-22 Series VI, which will be open for subscription for the period August 30-September 3, 2021. About the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme: The sovereign gold bond was introduced by the Government in 2015. Government introduced these bonds to […]
Merging of Black Holes
Three Supermassive Black Holes Has Been Spotted: A rare merging of three supermassive black holes has been spotted by a team of astrophysicists in India. All three merging black holes were part of galaxies in the Toucan constellation. The discovery was made using data from the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) onboard the first Indian space […]
Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary: Eco-sensitive Zone
Eco-Sensitive Zone Of The Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the eco-sensitive zone of the Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the south-western edge of Guwahati. The notification specified an area “to an extent varying from 294 metres to 16.32 km” as the eco-sensitive zone, with the total area […]
Animal Discoveries 2020: Zoological Survey of India
Animal Discoveries 2020: It is a document published recently by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI). It reveals that 557 new species have been added to India’s fauna in 2020, which includes 407 new species and 150 new records. The number of faunal species in India has climbed to 1,02,718 species. Important Species added: Trimeresurus […]
