United Nations Global Compact: Nord Security, home to NordVPN, NordLayer, NordPass, and NordLocker, recently joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) community. United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Launched in 2000, […]
Month: July 2023
Industrial Park Rating System
Industrial Park Rating System: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) successfully organized the National Workshop on Industrial Park Rating System in New Delhi. Industrial Park Rating System was launched by DPIIT in 2018 with the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). Industrial […]
India-France Maritime Partnership Exercise
India-France Maritime Partnership Exercise: Indian Naval ships INS Rana and INS Sumedha undertook a Maritime Partnership Exercise with French Navy ship FS Surcouf in the Bay of Bengal on 30th June 2023. India-France Maritime Partnership Exercise: INS Rana, a guided missile destroyer and INS Sumedha, an indigenously built offshore patrol vessel were from the Indian […]
Nano Urea Plants To Be Set Up Across The Country By 2025
Nano Urea Plants To Be Set Up Across The Country By 2025: The Chemical and Fertilizer Minister said Nine Nano Urea plants to be set up across the country by 2025 The ministry is aiming to manufacture 44 crore bottles of Nano Urea by the year 2025. To achieve the target nine plants will be […]
27th Signatory To The Artemis Accords : India
27th Signatory To The Artemis Accords : India India became the 27th signatory to the Artemis Accords, a set of non-binding guidelines that underpin the Artemis programme, a U.S.-led project to return humans to the moon permanently. Artemis Accord named after the Greek Moon goddess, represents a comprehensive agreement drawn up by the US to […]
LIGO Detectors
LIGO Detectors: Scientists have found evidence to suggest that the universe is replete with low-frequency gravitational waves ripples in the fabric of space-time, predicted by Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity more than 100 years ago. Gravitational Waves were first detected in 2015 using an experiment involving Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory (LIGO) detectors. But those […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 1st July 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 1st Jul 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
American Bald Eagle : Removed From The Endangered Species List
American Bald Eagle : Removed From The Endangered Species List The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list in 2007, marking a significant milestone in its conservation. The bird’s population has steadily increased since then, with a 2021 report stating that the number of bald eagles in the wild has quadrupled since […]
Short-Lived Halogens : Contributions To Cooling The Environment
Short-Lived Halogens : Contributions To Cooling The Environment The recently published report of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology said that halogens’ contributions to cooling the environment could increase to 18-31 per cent by 2100. Key findings of the report: Oceans, along with absorbing carbon dioxide and moderating the climate, also cool the planet by releasing […]
PEN Pinter Prize 2023
PEN Pinter Prize 2023: Michael Rosen, a British children’s writer and performance poet, has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 2023. The prize is given to a writer from the UK, Ireland, and the Commonwealth who is committed to fearless exposition of truth about contemporary life. Michael Rosen works is known for his accessible poetry […]