Polygonum Chaturbhujanum : New Plant Species A new plant species of Polygonum genus has been discovered at Gol Pahadi Island of the Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Maharashtra during a survey. New plant species named Polygonum Chaturbhujanum has been discovered at Gol Pahadi island of PTR. It is an herb. Six plant species endemic to […]
Month: January 2024
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 4th Jan 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 3rd Jan 2024 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Banking Current Affairs : 4th Jan 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 4th Jan 2024 for SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc: UPI transactions hit a new record: The volume of UPI (Unified Payments Interface) transactions continues to rise month after month as the total monthly transaction amount touched ₹18.23 lakh crore in Dec last year, 54 percent higher […]
Hattee Community : Scheduled Tribe Status
Hattee Community : Scheduled Tribe Status The Himachal Pradesh state government has finally issued notification to give Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Hattee community of Trans-Giri area of Sirmaur district. Hattee community are a close-knit community who got their name from their tradition of selling homegrown vegetables, crops, meat and wool etc. at small […]
Direct-To-Mobile (D2M) Technology Services
Direct-To-Mobile (D2M) Technology Services: Indian telecom operators have asked the government to auction the spectrum that will be used for direct-to-mobile (D2M) technology services. D2M is similar to that of an FM radio, where a receiver within the device can tap into different radio frequencies. This new-age technology is a combination of broadband and broadcast […]
UN Statistical Commission : India Four Year Term Member
UN Statistical Commission : India Four Year Term Member India started its four-year term as a member of the United Nations Statistical Commission. UN Statistical Commission was established in 1947 and is the highest body of the global statistical system. It brings together the Chief Statisticians from member states from around the world. It is […]
Breach Of Genocide Convention 1948
Breach Of Genocide Convention 1948: South Africa moved the International Court of Justice (ICJ), for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention. The term ‘genocide’ is often loosely used when speaking of attacks against various communities across the world. It has been defined using set […]
New Hit-And-Run Law : Protest All Over India
New Hit-And-Run Law : Protest All Over India The countrywide truckers’ stir has been called off recently as the government assured that it would consult stakeholders before implementing a contentious law against hit-and-run. New hit-and-run law: As per the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), if a driver causes a serious road accident due to careless driving […]
River Devika Project At Its Final Stage
River Devika Project At Its Final Stage: North India’s first river rejuvenation project, ‘Devika’, is in the final stages. and it will be soon dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister. River Devika Project built on the lines of ‘Namami Ganga’, the project was launched in February 2019. It is north India’s first river […]
Green Honeycreeper : Sighted
Green Honeycreeper : Sighted Ornithologists in Colombia recently photographed a wild green honeycreeper with distinct half-green, or female, and half-blue, male, plumage. This distinct honeycreeper discovered had male plumage on one half of its body and female coloring on the other. This differs from the typical males of this species, which are bright blue with […]
