NTPC’s Biodiversity Policy: NTPC Ltd, India’s largest integrated energy producer has issued renewed Biodiversity Policy 2022 to establish a comprehensive vision and guiding principle for conservation, restoration, and enhancement of biodiversity. This Biodiversity Policy is an integral part of NTPC’s Environmental Policy. NTPC was the first PSU to issue Biodiversity Policy in 2018. In the […]
Month: June 2022
UN-Habitat Plan For Jaipur
UN-Habitat Plan For Jaipur: The UN-Habitat has identified issues associated with Jaipur city like multi hazard vulnerabilities, weak mobility and Green-Blue economy and has laid out a plan to increase sustainability in the city. The urban problems which persist in Jaipur are the same for other cities. UN-Habitat has based its findings on sustainable cities […]
ASTRA MK-I BVRAAM
ASTRA MK-I BVRAAM: Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for supply of ASTRA MK-I Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Air to Air Missile (AAM) and associated equipment for the Indian Air Force & Indian Navy at a cost of Rs 2,971 crore under Buy (Indian-IDDM) category. Till now, the technology […]
Fiscal Deficit Improved To 6.71% Of The FY22
Fiscal Deficit Improved To 6.71% Of The FY22: Fiscal deficit improved to 6.71% of the FY22 GDP over the revised budget estimate of 6.9% mainly on account of higher tax realisation. Unveiling the revenue-expenditure data of the Union government, the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) said that the fiscal deficit in absolute terms was ₹15,86,537 […]
World Summit Of Information Society (WSIS) 2022
World Summit Of Information Society (WSIS) 2022: Union Minister for Communications attended the opening ceremony of World Summit of Information Society (WSIS) 2022, being organized by International Telecommunications Unions(ITU) at its headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland from 30th May to 3rd June, 2022. The participation comes with India contesting the re-election to the ITU Council, for […]
India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Growth Slowed
India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Growth Slowed: India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to a four-quarter low of 4.1% during the January-March period, from 5.4% in the preceding quarter, as manufacturing output shrank, provisional national income estimates show. As a result, full-year growth came in at 8.7% — a tad lower than the […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 1st June 2022
Today Current Affairs: 1st June 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Operation Rakth Chandan
Operation Rakth Chandan: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 14.63 MT of Red Sanders worth Rs. 11.70 crore under Operation Rakth Chandan. Red Sanders is a flora-species that is endemic to a distinct tract of forests in Eastern Ghats region of Andhra Pradesh and fall under ‘endangered list’ in the International Union for Conservation […]
Gen Next Democracy Network
Gen Next Democracy Network: Indian Council for Cultural Relations’s (ICCR) ten days programme Gen Next Democracy Network concluded. Youth from democratic countries come to India under the Gen Next Democracy Network programme. During the programme, they get acquainted with India’s heritage, culture and functioning of Indian democracy. In the closing ceremony, 27 delegates from six […]
Cardinal (Catholic Church)
Cardinal (Catholic Church): Pope Francis announced that he will create 21 new Cardinals, including two from India at a Consistory on, 27 August, 2022. The two Cardinals from India are Archbishop Filipe Neri António Sebastião di Rosário Ferrão, Archbishop of Goa and Damão and -Archbishop Anthony Poola, Archbishop of Hyderabad. These cardinals represent the Church […]
