Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary : Bird Census 2023 During Bird Census 2023 conducted by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department at Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary as many as 69 species of terrestrial birds were observed. Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary was established in the year of 1967 and is situated in the state of Tamil Nadu. It […]
Month: March 2023
ASEAN-India Business Summit
ASEAN-India Business Summit The Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology addressed the addresses 5th ASEAN-India Business summit. ASEAN-India Business summit is being held as part of the ASEAN-India Year of Friendship to commemorate the more than three-decade-long engagement between India and the 10-member bloc in Kuala Lumpur. ASEAN is a group of the […]
3rd Session Of The National Platform For Disaster Risk Reduction :10th March
3rd Session Of The National Platform For Disaster Risk Reduction :10th March Prime Minister of India will inaugurate the 3rd Session of the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 10th March 2023 National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) was established by the Indian government in 2013 to […]
Hallmark Unique Identification Number
Hallmark Unique Identification Number: Bureau of India Standards (BIS) has prohibited the sale of hallmarked gold jewelry or gold artefacts without 6-digit alphanumeric Hallmark Unique Identification Number (HUID) after 31st March 2023. Hallmarked jewelry lying with consumers as per old schemes shall remain valid. Earlier, the old hallmarked jewelry with 4 marks without HUID was […]
Har Payment Digital Mission
Har Payment Digital Mission: At the launch of the ‘Har Payment Digital’ mission during the Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched a programme to adopt 75 villages and convert them into digital payment enabled villages in observance of 75 years of independence. Under the initiative, Payment System […]
Threat To Mugger crocodile
Threat To Mugger crocodile: According to a recent study, anthropogenic threats like illegal fishing and sand mining pose a threat to the mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus plaustris) of the Rapti River flowing along the Chitwan National Park. The mugger or marsh crocodile is one of the 24 extant species of crocodilians found globally. It is native […]
International Women’s Day 2023
International Women’s Day 2023: The theme for International Women’s Day 2023 is ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality. According to a UNICEF report, as many as 90% of the jobs in the world today have a digital component. These jobs, however, are available only to the digitally able, and to more men than women. […]
Attukal Pongala
Attukal Pongala: The Attukal Pongala falls on the ninth day of the annual ten-day festival at the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram. It is one of the world’s largest gatherings of women. Pongala is a ten-day-long festival of Attukal Bhagavathy Temple. The festival commences with the musical rendering of the story of the Goddess (Kannaki Charitam) […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 7th March 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 7th March 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) : Extension
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) : Extension The Union government is looking at a possible extension of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) amid global economic uncertainty and expectation of slower domestic growth next fiscal. Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) was launched by the Government of India in 2020 as a special […]
