Digital Time Vouchers: The Election Commission of India has decided to issue digital time vouchers to National & State political parties for campaigning on Doordarshan & All India Radio during elections. The Election Commission of India has amended the existing scheme for the use of Government-owned electronic media by political parties. This has been done […]
Month: July 2023
UNAIDS Report: Progress & Challenges In HIV/AIDS Fight
UNAIDS Report: Progress & Challenges In HIV/AIDS Fight A recent report titled “The Path That Ends AIDS” by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) sheds light on the progress made in combating reveals the ongoing challenges and progress in the global fight against Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The […]
Steel Slag Roads
Steel Slag Roads: India has developed the world’s latest Steel Road technology by using steel slag. Steel slag is a byproduct of steelmaking, and is produced during the separation of molten steel from impurities in steel-making furnaces. Steel slag roads are roads constructed using steel slag. Instead of discarding this waste material, it is processed […]
19th Session Of The Commission On Genetic Resources For Food And Agriculture
19th Session Of The Commission On Genetic Resources For Food And Agriculture: The 19th session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) was held in Rome, Italy. 19th session of the CGRFA ,venue: FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. Date: from 17 to 21 July 2023. Organized by: Food and Agriculture Organization […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 19th July 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 19th Jul 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Alzheimer’s Disease : New Criteria For Detecting
Alzheimer’s Disease : New Criteria For Detecting New criteria for detecting Alzheimer’s disease created by physicians and researchers from around the world were recently presented at the International Alzheimer’s Congress (AAIC) in Amsterdam. Alzheimer’s Disease is a progressive and degenerative neurological disorder that affects the brain, leading to memory loss, cognitive decline, and behavioural changes. […]
BIMSTEC : Meeting
BIMSTEC : Meeting The first-ever Foreign Ministers’ meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) recently began in Bangkok BIMSTEC is a regional organization comprising seven Member States lying in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal, constituting a contiguous regional unity. It came into being […]
Advance Authorisation Scheme : Implementation
Advance Authorisation Scheme: Implementation The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) implemented the Advance Authorisation Scheme under the Foreign Trade Policy, which allows duty-free import of inputs for export purposes. Advance Authorisation Scheme allows duty free import of inputs, which are physically incorporated in an export product. In addition to any inputs, packaging material, fuel, […]
National Multidimensional Poverty Index
National Multidimensional Poverty Index: According to the ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023, India has registered a significant decline of 9.89 percentage points in the number of multidimensionally poor, from 24.85% in 2015-16 to 14.96% in 2019-2021, It claims that about 13.5 crore people came out of multidimensional poverty during the period, assessed […]
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever: As Europe reels under a heat wave and wildfires, the rising temperatures have also raised fears of spread of viral haemorrhagic fever generally not found in colder climates. Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever usually transmitted by ticks. It can also be contracted through contact with viraemic animal tissues (animal […]