Strategic Partnership : India And Egypt The Egyptian President Sisi ,as the Chief Guest of the 2023 Republic Day celebrations of India. With the trade between the countries touching 12 billion USD in the last five years, the countries have now entered into Strategic Partnership. With Egypt, India has signed the agreement on terrorism. The […]
Month: January 2023
She Feeds The World Programme
She Feeds The World Programme: The philanthropic foundation of PEPSICO and CARE joined together and launched the “She Feeds the World” program in India. The program is to empower women in the agriculture sector. The program will mainly focus on small-scale women producers. Initially, the program is to be implemented in Cooch Behar district and […]
Competition (Amendment) Bill
Competition (Amendment) Bill: The Competition Act aims to promote healthy competition in India. The main intention of the act is to avoid monopoly. The act was legislated in 2002. In 2022, the Government of India proposed certain changes and additions to the act. The amendment is still pending and the GoI recently added some more […]
Monument Mitra Scheme : Monuments Under The Private Sector
Monument Mitra Scheme : Monuments Under The Private Sector The government will hand over around 1,000 monuments to the private sector for their upkeep under the Monument Mitra Scheme. Monument Mitra Scheme / Adopt A Heritage Scheme was started a few years back under the Ministry of Tourism. It is now transferred to the Ministry […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 26th January 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 26th January 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
SCO Meet : To Be Held In August 2023
SCO Meet : To Be Held In August 2023 The Shanghai Cooperation Meet is to be held in August 2023 under India’s chairmanship. 2023 is India’s year as the country is hosting two major international meets the SCO and the G-20. The Global South looks up to these meetings. SCO members rotate the chairmanship amongst […]
Nagaland Orange Festival
Nagaland Orange Festival: Nagaland is celebrating the Orange Festival for two days. Nagaland Fruit Festival is being organized in the state to praise the hard work of orange growers. Revenue from oranges in the state almost doubled recently. The festival is to be celebrated in Rusoma village near Kohima. The 2023 Nagaland Fruit festival is […]
Skyglow : New Study
Skyglow : New Study A new study has found that non-natural light had increased the brightness of Skyglow, by 9.2-10% every year between 2011 and 2022 with significant ecological, health and cultural implications. Researchers have analyzed a global database of what the dimmest star visible from a particular location is; the database had more than […]
WEF’s Gender Gap Reports : Changes
WEF’s Gender Gap Reports : Changes The World Economic Forum (WEF) will take into account the participation of women at the panchayat level to rank countries in its future Global Gender Gap reports. This will improve India’s position at the global level Currently India ranks 135 Out Of 146 in the 2022 Gender Gap report […]
National Tourism Day 2023
National Tourism Day 2023: National Tourism Day is celebrated every year on January 25 to recognize India’s natural beauty and raise awareness about the importance of tourism for the Indian economy. India is one of the top tourist attractions for visitors from all around the globe. Hence tourism holds so much importance in India, both […]
