36th National Games: Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the mascot and the anthem for the 36th National Games at Trans Stadia in Ahmedabad. The mascot is named as Savaj which means cub in Gujarati. T he anthem is based on the theme of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. The National Games will be organised between […]
Month: September 2022
Ramon Magsaysay Award
Ramon Magsaysay Award: Former Kerala Health Minister and Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] central committee member K.K. Shailaja, MLA, has declined the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation’s offer to consider her for the international honour in 2022. The foundation wanted to honour her for the public service and community leadership during the Nipah outbreak and […]
India Became The World’s Fifth-Largest Economy
India Became The World’s Fifth-Largest Economy: India became the world’s fifth largest economy by overtaking the United Kingdom. Now, the United States, China, Japan, and Germany are the only nations with economies larger than India’s. The real Gross Domestic product (GDP) growth of 6-6.5% in a world full of uncertainties is the new normal and […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 5th September 2022
Today Current Affairs: 5th September 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Jigyasa 2.0
Jigyasa 2.0: Ministry of S&T recently organized Jigyasa 2.0 for the renewable fuel program Jigyasa, a student-scientist connect programme by CSIR in collaboration with Kendriya Vidyalaya and is aimed at connecting school students and scientists so as to extend students’ classroom learning with that of a very well-planned research laboratory-based learning. It would inculcate the […]
SPARK Program
SPARK Program: The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), has started the Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research Ken (SPARK) for Ayurveda (BAMS) students studying in recognised Ayurveda colleges. Aim is To help students develop an acumen for research and to further support and incentivise their research ideas. The selected students will be offered […]
Grievance Redressal Index 2022
Grievance Redressal Index 2022: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has topped among all Ministries/Departments for resolving Public Grievances in the ranking report published by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). UIDAI has been a top performer in the resolution of cases received through the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System […]
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT): The Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) concluded last week in New York. The NPT is a multilateral treaty aimed at limiting the spread of nuclear weapons including three elements: Non-proliferation Disarmament Peaceful use of nuclear energy. The treaty was signed in […]
Smart Solutions Challenge And Inclusive Cities Awards 2022
Smart Solutions Challenge And Inclusive Cities Awards 2022: Smart Solutions Challenge and Inclusive Cities Awards 2022 were awarded by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. In the category of early-stage innovations, the winner was a wearable technology product, Fifth Sense by Glovatrix Pvt. Ltd. This product translates sign language gestures to speech and text […]
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Scheme
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Scheme: The Ministry of Education informed Lok Sabha that, during 2021-22, more than 3 Lakh women were trained under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) scheme. Skill India Mission was launched by the government in 2015 under which the flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is run. […]
