India And SDG 13: In a written reply to Rajya Sabha Union Minister for State (Environment, Forest & Climate) said that India is constantly achieving its Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to […]
Month: August 2022
Food Security And Gender Equality: CARE
Food Security And Gender Equality: CARE A report was released named “Food Security and Gender Equality: A synergistic understudied symphony”, which highlighted a global link between Gender Inequality and Food Insecurity. The Report was released by CARE, which is an international humanitarian organisation fighting global poverty and world hunger by working alongside women and girls. […]
Pharmacopoeia Commission For Indian Medicine
Pharmacopoeia Commission For Indian Medicine: The Government of India has established the Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Ayush. Government has merged the Pharmacopoeia Commission of Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) and the two central laboratories namely: Pharmacopoeia Laboratory for Indian Medicine (PLIM) and Homoeopathic […]
Badhe Chalo Campaign
Badhe Chalo Campaign: Ministry of Culture has launched the ‘Badhe Chalo Campaing’, with the aim of connecting with youth of India and infuse a deep sense of patriotism among them. It seeks to ‘create youth centric activation’ for sizeable outreach of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Campaign has been designed to involve the youth of India, […]
RBI Monetary Policy Committee Meeting
RBI Monetary Policy Committee Meeting: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) held meeting on August 5, 2022. MPC has decided to: Hike policy repo rate by 50 basis points, under liquidity adjustment facility (LAF). Repo rate now stands at 5.40%. Adjust Standing deposit facility (SDF) rate to 5.15%, marginal standing facility (MSF) rate to 5.65% and […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 6th August 2022
Today Current Affairs: 6th August 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
INAS 314
INAS 314: Indian Navy’s all-women crew creates history by completing first independent maritime surveillance mission over Arabian Sea. Indian Navy’s women officers have created history after they completed the first-ever all-women independent maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission in the North Arabian Sea onboard a Dornier 228 aircraft. The mission was carried out by five officers […]
Hasdeo Aranya
Hasdeo Aranya: On July 26, the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a private member resolution urging the Centre to cancel allocation of all coal mining blocks in the ecologically sensitive area of Hasdeo Aranya. Underneath the Hasdeo Aranya is a coalfield that comprises of 22 coal blocks. In 2010, the Centre categorised Hasdeo Aranya to […]
Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missiles ATGM
Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missiles ATGM: The indigenously developed Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missiles ATGM were successfully test-fired from Main Battle Tank MBT Arjun by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army at KK Ranges with support of Armoured Corps Centre and School Ahmednagar in Maharashtra. The missiles hit with precision and successfully destroyed the […]
AzaadiSAT
AzaadiSAT: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its smallest commercial rocket to unfurl Tricolour in space. The launch will take place from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. ISRO chairman S Somanath has called the new satellite a “game changer” that will drive India’s dreams of breaking into the lucrative and booming small […]
