Today’s Current Affairs: 21st March 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Day: March 21, 2023
Kudumbashree And Project Unnati
Kudumbashree And Project Unnati: The President attended celebrations of Kudumbashree and Project Unnati-associated events in Kerala. Kudumbashree, the Kerala State Poverty Eradication Mission was launched in May 1998. It was inaugurated by the Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Objective: to eradicate absolute poverty within a definite time frame of 10 years under the leadership […]
Matua Dharma Maha Mela
Matua Dharma Maha Mela: The Prime Minister has urged people to visit Matua Maha Mela in large numbers and paid tribute to Shri Shri Harichand Thakur Ji for showing the path of kindness and service. The Mela is being organised to celebrate the 212th Birth Anniversary of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur ji. It highlights the […]
Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) Platform
Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) Platform: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor recently said that the TReDS platform introduced in 2014 for MSMEs to finance or discount their invoices — finances around 35,000 factoring units (FUs) monthly. Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) platform is an electronic platform for facilitating the financing/discounting of trade receivables […]
Tamil Nadu Kasanoi Erappila Thittam
Tamil Nadu Kasanoi Erappila Thittam: The state of Tamil Nadu in India has successfully reduced early tuberculosis (TB) death rate through a new initiative called the Tamil Nadu Kasanoi Erappila Thittam (TN-KET). The initiative was launched in April 2022 and implemented in over 2,500 public healthcare facilities in 30 districts. It utilizes a differentiated TB […]
herSTART
herSTART: The government has launched a new platform called ‘herSTART’ to encourage and promote women entrepreneurs. The platform was launched in October 2022 by the Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council (GUSEC). The platform aims to provide resources and training modules free of cost to aspiring women entrepreneurs. It also provides a digital community for […]
Global Conference On Millets
Global Conference On Millets: At the inaugural edition of the global conference on millets, the PM of India spoke about how millets, considered to be “high-fibre foods”, are effective for health. Based on India’s proposal, the year 2023 was declared the International Year of Millets (IYM) by the UNGA. In order to make the IYM […]
GPT-4 : OpenAI
GPT-4 : OpenAI OpenAI has recently launched its ChatGPT Plus subscription for Indian users, providing them with early access to the latest language model GPT-4. This move comes at a time when tech giants are competing to offer the best generative AI to the customers. According to OpenAI, GPT-4 is more advanced than its predecessors […]
Arrest Warrant For War Crimes For President Vladimir Putin : ICC
Arrest Warrant For War Crimes For President Vladimir Putin : ICC The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for war crimes for President Vladimir Putin and a second Russian official. This is the first time that the ICC has issued an arrest warrant against one of the five permanent members of the United […]
World’s First Sand Battery
World’s First Sand Battery: Finland has installed the world’s first sand battery that can store heat from renewable energy sources for months Sand Battery made of sand collected from construction sites, can solve the problem of round-the-year energy supply, a known limitation of renewable energy sources that can be harnessed intermittently. Sand can be heated […]