Today Current Affairs: 16th July 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Day: July 16, 2022
World’s Greatest Places Of 2022
World’s Greatest Places Of 2022: Ahmedabad and Kerala have been named by TIME magazine among the 50 extraordinary destinations to explore in its list of the World’s Greatest Places of 2022. These are two major tourist destinations in India. Besides Ahmedabad and Kerala, other cities which made to the list of top 50 include Seoul, […]
Dunagiri, a Project 17A Frigate
Dunagiri, a Project 17A Frigate: Dunagiri, a Project 17A frigate, will be launched into the Hooghly river at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited, Kolkata on 15 July 2022. Christened after a mountain range in the state of Uttarakhand, ‘Dunagiri’ is the fourth ship of P17A Frigates. These are follow-on of the P17 Frigates (Shivalik […]
Integrated Food Parks
Integrated Food Parks: India will provide “appropriate land” for “food parks” across the country that will be built in collaboration with Israel, the United States and the United Arab Emirates. The plan for the “integrated food parks” was announced in a joint statement after the leaders of the I2U2 grouping — India, Israel, the UAE […]
Horticulture Production In 2021-22
Horticulture Production In 2021-22: The total horticulture production in 2021-22 is estimated to be 341.63 million tonnes (MT), an increase of about 7.03 MT or 21% over the 2020-21 figure, according to the second advanced estimates of area and production of various horticultural crops released by the Union Agriculture Ministry. Last year, the total horticulture […]
Monkeypox In India
Monkeypox In India: The first known lab-confirmed case of monkeypox in India has been reported in a 35-year-old man in Kerala, who reached the State capital three days ago from the UAE. Monkeypox initially presents like any tropical disease with fever, headache, joint ache and possible swelling of the lymph glands. The incubation period for […]
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022: The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), is yet again the top higher educational institute in the country followed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, and IIT Bombay, according to the Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022. Among the universities, IISc, Jawaharlal Nehru University, […]
Platform of Platforms (PoP) Under The National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)
Platform of Platforms (PoP) Under The National Agriculture Market (e-NAM): The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched the Platform of Platforms (PoP) under the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) on the side-lines of the State Agriculture and Horticulture Ministers’ Conference in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Platform of Platforms (PoP): e-NAM integrates the platform of Service Providers […]
Mission Shakti
Mission Shakti: The Ministry of Women and Child Development has issued detailed guidelines for the ‘Mission Shakti’ scheme. The norms of ‘Mission Shakti’ will be applicable with effect from 1st April 2022. Mission Shakti’ was launched during the 15th Finance Commission period 2021-22 to 2025-26. Mission Shakti is an integrated women empowerment programme is launched […]
India Stack Knowledge Exchange 2022
India Stack Knowledge Exchange 2022: As a part of the Digital India week celebrations, a three day dedicated event titled ‘India Stack Knowledge Exchange’ programme was organised. India Stack refers to ambitious project of creating a unified software platform to bring India’s population into the digital age. India Stack Knowledge Exchange Programme (ISKE): The idea […]
