Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister’s Visit: The Indian External Affairs Minister met the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. About the Meeting: Cooperation in Multilateral Forums: Discussed bilateral cooperation in multilateral forums such as the United Nations, G-20 and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). India is not a member of GCC. Implementation of the Strategic […]
Month: September 2021
Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 in Jammu and Kashmir
Forest Rights Act: The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to implement the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, which will elevate the socio-economic status of a sizable section of the 14-lakh-strong population of tribals and nomadic communities. FRA enacted in 2006 recognises the rights of forest-dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers to forest […]
Mount Kun
Mount Kun: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh flagged-in, in New Delhi on September 20, 2021, a team of National Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports (NIMAS) Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, which completed a mountaineering expedition to Mount Kun (7,077 metres). The team, led by Institute Director Colonel Sarfraz Singh, conducted the expedition to the Nun-Kun Mountain […]
Plant Discoveries 2020: Botanical Survey of India
Plant Discoveries 2020: The Botanical Survey of India, in its new publication Plant Discoveries 2020 has added 267 new taxa/ species to the country’s flora. The 267 new discoveries include 119 angiosperms; 3 pteridophytes; 5 bryophytes, 44 lichens; 57 fungi, 21 algae and 18 microbes. In 2020, 202 new plant species were discovered across the […]
Exercise Samudra Shakti 2021
Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’: Indian Naval Ships Shivalik and Kadmatt arrived at Jakarta, Indonesia on 18 September 2021 to participate in the 3rd edition of Bilateral Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ with the Indonesian Navy scheduled off the approaches to Sunda Strait from 20 Sep to 22 September, 2021. The exercise aims to strengthen the bilateral relationship, enhance […]
3rd State Food Safety Index 2021
3rd State Food Safety Index: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya released Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s 3rd State Food Safety Index (SFSI) to measure the performance of States across five parameters of food safety. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare felicitated nine leading States/UTs based on […]
Global Innovation Index 2021
Global Innovation Index 2021: India has climbed 2 spots and has been ranked 46th by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in the Global Innovation Index 2021 rankings. India has been on a rising trajectory, over the past several years in the Global Innovation Index (GII), from a rank of 81 in 2015 to 46 […]
National Florence Nightingale Award 2020
National Florence Nightingale Award 2020: Deputy Director General of Military Nursing Service (MNS) Brig S V Saraswati has been bestowed with the National Florence Nightingale Award 2020 National Florence Nightingale Award is the highest national distinction a nurse can achieve for selfless devotion and exceptional professionalism. President Shri Ram Nath Kovind conferred the award for […]
Vishnuonyx Fossils
Vishnuonyx: Between 12.5 million and 14 million years ago, members of a genus of otters called Vishnuonyx lived in the major rivers of southern Asia. Fossils of these now extinct otters were first discovered in sediments found in the foothills of the Himalayas. Now, a newly found fossil indicates it had travelled as far as […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 21st September 2021
Today Current Affairs: 21st September 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
