Air Quality Database 2022: WHO Ahead of the World Health Day (7th April), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has released Air Quality Database 2022, which shows that Almost the entire global population (99 %) breathes air that exceeds WHO’s air quality limits. The WHO for the first time has taken ground measurements of annual mean […]
Month: April 2022
IPCC: Sixth Assessment Report
IPCC: Sixth Assessment Report The United Nations’ climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the third part of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). This second part of the report was published in March 2022 which was about climate change impacts, risks and vulnerabilities, and adaptation options. The first part of this […]
Cybersecurity Skills Development Campaign : Microsoft
Cybersecurity Skills Development Campaign : Microsoft Microsoft has introduced a cybersecurity skills development campaign in 23 geographies, including India, to address the alarming shortage of internet security professionals. By 2025 there will be 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs available globally, representing a 350% increase over an eight-year period, as per Cybersecurity Ventures. By that time, India […]
mRNA Technology From WHO Transfer Hub
Biological E. Has Been Selected To Receive mRNA Technology From WHO Transfer Hub: Vaccine maker Biological E. has been selected to receive mRNA technology from the World Health Organization technology transfer hub. WHO’s technology transfer hub primarily set up to address the Covid-19 emergency, WHO’s technology transfer hub has the potential to expand manufacturing capacity […]
Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
Appearance Of Amazon And Future Group Before Singapore International Arbitration Centre: Amazon and Future Group have agreed to appear before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the parties informed the Supreme Court (SC) recently. The Supreme court was hearing Amazon’s application seeking directions to restrain Future Retail from alienating its retail assets till the arbitration […]
What Is a War Crime?
What Is a War Crime? Germany, France and other countries have accused Russia of war crimes in the town of Bucha just outside Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. The mayor of Bucha said on Saturday that 300 residents had been killed by Russian troops during a month-long occupation. Victims were seen by Reuters in a mass grave […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 5th April 2022
Today Current Affairs: 5th April 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Indian Navy’s Second P-8I Squadron INAS 316 ‘Condors’
Indian Navy’s Second P-8I Squadron INAS 316 ‘Condors’: Recently, the Indian Navy commissioned its second P-8I aircraft squadron – Indian Naval Air Squadron 316 –at INS Hansa, Goa. P-8I is a long-range, multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft. The P-8I aircraft is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft (MMA) operated by the US Navy. […]
Khelo India University Games 2021 : Mascot And Logo
Khelo India University Games 2021: 2021 Khelo India University Games logo was unveiled recently. It will be held in Karnataka from 24th April 2022. At the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru the logo was unveiled. The Jain University, Bengaluru will be hosting this event from 24th April to 3rd May 2022. Anurag Thakur, Union Sports Minister, […]
Viktor Orban: Hungary’s New Prime Minister
Viktor Orban: Hungary’s New Prime Minister Viktor Orban has again been elected as the Prime Minister of Hungary for the fourth time. He won the 4th term by a huge margin more than what was predicted in the pre-election polls. After the win, he addressed a jubilant crowd who were chanting his name. Many people […]
