Today Current Affairs: 31st August 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Day: August 31, 2022
Scheme For Economic Empowerment Of Denotified, Nomadic, Semi-nomadic (SEED) Tribes.
Scheme For Economic Empowerment Of Denotified, Nomadic, Semi-nomadic (SEED) Tribes: The Union Social Justice Ministry received 402 applications online from across the country for benefits under the Scheme for Economic Empowerment of Denotified, Nomadic, Semi-nomadic (SEED) Tribes. More than 10 crore Indians from 1,400 communities belong to these groups, show the latest estimates available with […]
UN High Seas treaty
UN High Seas treaty: Negotiations involving 168 countries, including the European Union, to agree on a UN treaty for protecting oceans failed on August 27. Also referred to as the ‘Paris Agreement for the Ocean’, the treaty to deal with Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction has been under discussion for several years. The proposed treaty concerns […]
Accidental Deaths & Suicides In India Report 2021
Accidental Deaths & Suicides In India Report 2021: Violent crimes such as rape, kidnapping, atrocities against children, and robberies registered across India increased in 2021, after the pandemic-related restrictions led to a decline in these severe offences in 2020. Murders, which did not come down even in 2020, continued to increase in 2021 too, according […]
Registry To Check Bank Fraud
Registry To Check Bank Fraud: The Reserve Bank is considering setting up a fraud registry to create a database of fraudulent websites, phones and various modus operandi used for digital fraud. Such a database would help prevent fraudsters from repeating the offence as the websites or phone numbers would be blacklisted, RBI executive director Anil […]
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands: India extended support to Argentina’s campaign to restart international negotiation on the Falklands Territorial Issue. Falkland Islands, also called Malvinas Islands or Spanish Islas Malvinas, internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean. It lies about 300 miles northeast of the southern tip of South America and a […]
Atal Bridge
Atal Bridge: This bridge is built on the banks of the Sabarmati Riverfront, Sabarmati River which flows through the city of Ahmedabad. This bridge is about 300 meters long and 14 meters wide. Sabarmati River is a monsoon-fed river originating in Aravalli hills (Udaipur) and draining in the Gulf of Cambay in the Arabian Sea. […]