Scheme For Providing Quality Education To Madrasas/Minorities: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment has enquired with the Union Government for the delay in approving the continuation of the Scheme for Providing Education to Madrasas/Minorities (SPEMM). SPEMM seeks to provide financial assistance to madrasas and minority institutes. Implementing Agency: The Department of School […]
Month: December 2022
17th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting
17th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting: The 17th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) was held in Singapore. Highlights of the Meeting: It brings together representatives of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations from Asia, the Pacific and the Arab states. The four key thematic areas of the 17th APRM included: Integrated […]
What Are Undertrials?
What Are Undertrials? The Indian President has raised the issue of the plight of a large number of undertrials holed up in the prisons. An undertrial is a person who is currently on trial or who is imprisoned on remand whilst awaiting trial or a person who is on a trial in a court of […]
National Policy Of Rare Diseases
National Policy Of Rare Diseases: A Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) raised concerns over National Policy of Rare Diseases (NPRD) as it did not reach any patient with rare diseases even after several months since its introduction. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare formulated launched NPRD in 2021 for the treatment of rare disease […]
Environment Education, Awareness And Training (EEAT)
Environment Education, Awareness And Training (EEAT): Environment Education scheme has been revamped into Environment Education Programme. Environment Education, Awareness and Training (EEAT) is a Central Sector scheme implemented by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change . Objective: To promote environmental awareness and mobilize students’ participation for environment conservation. Under this Scheme there are two […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 13th December 2022
Today Current Affairs: 13th December 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
HAKUTO-R Moon Mission: Japan
HAKUTO-R Moon Mission: Japan A Japanese space startup ispace Inc has launched its own private lander M1 to the Moon under its HAKUTO-R mission, from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It is Japan’s first-ever lunar mission and the first of its kind by a private company. The name HAKUTO-R refers to the white rabbit that […]
10th Meeting Of The Empowered Task Force (ETF) Of National Mission For Clean Ganga
10th Meeting Of The Empowered Task Force (ETF) Of National Mission For Clean Ganga: The Union Minister for Jal Shakti chaired the 10th meeting of the Empowered Task Force (ETF) of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). As part of its flagship Namami Gange programme, the Union government has shifted its focus from improving sanitation […]
World Malaria Report 2022
World Malaria Report 2022: The World Malaria Report 2022 was released by the World Health Organization (WHO). Highlights of the Report: Deaths came down to 619,000 in 2021 from 625,000 in the first year of the pandemic, it remained higher than the pre-pandemic level of 568,000 deaths in 2019. As for Malaria cases, the upward […]
G20 Development Working Group (DWG)
G20 Development Working Group (DWG): The 4-day meeting of G20 Development Working Group (DWG) will begin on December 13, 2022 in Mumbai under the India’s Presidency. The Development Working Group meetings aims to discuss developmental issues in Developing Countries, Least Developed Countries and Island Countries. Its a platform for G-20 member countries to come together […]
