World Ozone Day: World Ozone Day, also known as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, is observed annually on September 16 to bring attention to the ozone layer and the dangers of ozone depletion. This years theme is “Montreal Protocol@35: Global Cooperation Protecting Life on Earth” which recognises the wider impact […]
Month: September 2022
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 17th September 2022
Today Current Affairs: 17th September 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
26th Meeting Of The Financial Stability And Development Council
26th Meeting Of The Financial Stability And Development Council: The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs chaired the 26th Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC). Key Highlights: The council stressed on the early warning indicators for the economy and the preparedness to deal with them, improving the efficiency of the existing […]
AgriTech Summit
AgriTech Summit: The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare addressed the ‘Outlook Agritech Summit and Swaraj Awards 2022’. AgriTech Summit: Agritech Summit is a platform to bring together the top political leadership, policymakers, thought leaders and companies involved in agriculture-related technology to share knowledge and recognise the best practices in the field of agriculture […]
Ramakrishna Mission’s Awakening Programme
Ramakrishna Mission’s Awakening Programme: The Union Minister for Education launched Ramakrishna Mission’s ‘Awakening’ Programme for school students. It is an initiative towards ensuring overall personality development of a child in line with the philosophy of National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. It is for the students of classes I to V. Ramakrishna Mission, Delhi branch, from […]
India Discrimination Report
India Discrimination Report: The India Discrimination Report which is released by Oxfam India highlighted that women and marginalized communities suffered discrimination in the job market. Highlights of the Report: The dataset was taken from the 61st round of the National Sample Survey on employment unemployment (2004-05), the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) in 2018-19 and […]
Shallow Water Mining
Shallow Water Mining: A group of researchers has suggested that Shallow Water Mining is in direct conflict with Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainability Goals, as the activity poses severe environmental risks. Shallow-water mining takes place at depths less than 200 metres and it has been touted as less destructive than terrestrial mining and less risky than […]
Automobile Industry In India
Automobile Industry In India: The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry addressed the 62nd Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) Annual Session. The Theme of the session was ‘Future of Mobility – Transforming to be Ahead of Opportunity’. The ACMA is the apex body representing the interest of the Indian Auto Component Industry. Its membership of […]
La Niña
La Niña: The Australian Bureau of Meteorology on September 13 confirmed the occurrence of La Niña phenomenon for the third consecutive year in the Pacific Ocean. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on August 31 had stated that the oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon would last until at least the end of the year, and for the […]
Tribals Peace Agreement
Tribals Peace Agreement: A tripartite peace agreement was signed between Centre, Assam Government and eight tribal groups of Assam in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi. The agreement was signed to end decade old crisis of tribal groups and tea garden workers in Assam. The tribal groups which have signed […]
