Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC): 18 Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC), who usually present a common front at climate negotiations issued a statement. Highlights: The COP 27 is scheduled to be held at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt in November this year. The LMDC statement reiterated about the inequity in fund allocations for global warming mitigation efforts. […]
Month: October 2022
New Species Of The Genus Allmania
New Species Of The Genus Allmania: A new species of the genus Allmania named Allmania multiflora has been identified. Allmania multiflora grows to a height of about 60 cm and is only the second species of this genus discovered to date. The first species, Allmania nodiflora, was originally published under the genus Celosia as Celosia […]
Sukapaika River
Sukapaika River: The Sukapaika River which stopped flowing 70 years ago, is set to be rejuvenated as the Odisha government has started working on its revival plan following a recent direction from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Sukapaika is one of the several distributaries of the mighty Mahanadi river in Odisha. It branches away from […]
77th Anniversary Of The United Nations
77th Anniversary Of The United Nations: The World has celebrated the 77th anniversary of the United Nations(UN) on 24th October 2022. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization founded in 1945. It has currently 193 Member States. Its mission and work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 25th October 2022
Today Current Affairs: 25th October 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Partial Solar Eclipse
Partial Solar Eclipse: India and a few other places in the world will witness a partial solar eclipse on October 25, 2022. An eclipse happens when the moon while orbiting the Earth, comes in between the sun and the Earth, due to which the moon blocks the sun’s light from reaching the Earth, causing an […]
Agni Prime : New Generation Ballistic Missile
Agni Prime: New Generation Ballistic Missile The Agni Prime new generation ballistic missile was successfully test fired off the coast of Odisha. The ‘Agni Prime’ is a two-stage canisterised solid-propellant missile with dual redundant navigation and guidance system. The nuclear-capable missile has been designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The […]
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana: According to the Union Health Minister Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana has significantly reduced patients’ out-of-pocket expenditure. Jan Aushadhi Scheme was launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals in 2008 across the country. In 2015, the Jan Aushadhi Scheme was revamped as Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana (PMJAY). In 2016, it […]
LVM3-M2 : ISRO
LVM3-M2 : ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s heaviest rocket LVM3-M2 lifts-off from a launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, recently. The rocket successfully placed 36 broadband communication satellites of OneWeb, on ISRO’s maiden commercial mission. This mission is being undertaken as part of the commercial arrangement between New Space India […]
Sandalwood Spike Disease (SSD)
Sandalwood Spike Disease (SSD): Sandalwood spike disease (SSD) has recently started spreading to private fields where the cultivation of sandalwood has been taken up on a commercial basis. It is caused by phytoplasma — bacterial parasites of plant tissues — which are transmitted by insect vectors. The disease was first reported in Kodagu in 1899. […]
