Water And Heritage Shield Award: A sacred Hopi site in Arizona was awarded the ICOMOS Water and Heritage Shield The purpose of the Shield is to help the public become aware of the significance of water and indigenous sacred sites all over the world and the right to cultural and historical memory. The Sípàapu is […]
Month: March 2023
RoDTEP Scheme : Extended Export Benefits
RoDTEP Scheme : Extended Export Benefits The central government has extended export benefits under the RoDTEP scheme to 18 items related to the textiles sector, including saari and lungi, intending to boost shipments of these goods. The RoDTEP scheme would refund to exporters the embedded central, state and local duties or taxes that were so […]
Planetary Parade Or Alignment
Planetary Parade Or Alignment: Five planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus will align in the sky which is often called a planetary parade or alignment, and will be visible to the naked eye. The best viewing time is on March 28th 2023, shortly after the sun sets below the horizon. Venus will be […]
National Rabies Control Programme (NRCP)
National Rabies Control Programme (NRCP): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched the National Rabies Control Programme (NRCP) for prevention and control of Rabies. Objectives of NRCP : Provision of rabies vaccine & rabies immunoglobulin through national free drug initiatives; Training on appropriate animal bite management, prevention and control of rabies, surveillance and […]
IMF Bailouts
IMF Bailouts: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently confirmed a USD 3 billion bailout plan (under Extended Fund Facility (EFF)) for Sri Lanka’s struggling economy. Bailout is a general term for extending financial support to a company or a country facing a potential bankruptcy threat. It can take the form of loans, cash, bonds, or […]
Women’s World Boxing Championship
Women’s World Boxing Championship: Nikhat Zareen (2nd world title) and Lovlina Borgohain (1st world title) won two gold medals for India in the Women’s World Boxing Championship. Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain made gold for India at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi. While Nikhat Zareen won the gold in the 50kg category, […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 27th March 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 27th March 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Disqualification Of Member Of Parliaments
Disqualification Of Member Of Parliaments: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha recently. Disqualification of Member of parliaments:- The provision for disqualification is given in Article 102 of the Constitution. It specifies that a person shall be disqualified for contesting elections and being a Member of Parliament under certain conditions: If […]
Guillotine
Guillotine: The ongoing stalemate in the Indian Parliament has led to the possibility of the government using ‘guillotine’ to fast-track the passage of the Finance Bill without any discussion in the Lok Sabha. This has led to confusion and questions about what exactly guillotine means in legislative parlance. The term guillotine originally referred to an […]
Abel Prize
Abel Prize: Luis Caffarelli has won the 2023 Abel Prize for his contributions to regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations, including free-boundary problems and the Monge-Ampère equation. The Abel Prize is a prestigious award in mathematics that recognizes pioneering scientific achievements in mathematics. It is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. The Norwegian […]
