Indian Army Gets AK-203 Rifles: The Indian Army has received the first batch of 27,000 units of Russian AK-203 assault rifles. Under a contract signed between India and Russia in July 2021, over 6.1 lakh AK-203 assault rifles are to be manufactured in India with technology transfer from Russia. The joint venture Indo-Russian Rifles Private […]
Month: May 2024
Tokyo Atacama Observatory : Inaugrated
Tokyo Atacama Observatory : Inaugrated The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) has recently been inaugurated. It is now the highest astronomical observatory (altitude of 18,500 feet) in the world, even surpassing the famous Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), which stands at 16,570 feet. The TAO telescope, measuring 6.5 metres in optical-infrared capacity, is perched […]
India Observes State Mourning For Iran President
India Observes State Mourning For Iran President: The Government of India has announced a day of state mourning on 21st May 2024, following the tragic death of Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi and other senior officials in a helicopter-related incident. As part of the state mourning, the national tricolour will be flown at half-mast at […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 21st May 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 21st May 2024 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Blood Scandal : UK
Blood Scandal : UK The independent investigation into the contaminated blood scandal in the UK is set to release its findings in May 2024. People in the National Health Service (NHS) say that this incident is one of the worst cases of bad care in their history. The British government plans to give more than […]
Lunar Polar Exploration Mission : Scheduled Flight In Few Years
Lunar Polar Exploration Mission : Scheduled Flight In Few Years The India-Japan partnership for their joint moon mission, Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX), is likely to take flight in a few years, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said in an interview recently. Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX) is a collaborative endeavor between Indian Space […]
Commission On Crime Prevention And Criminal Justice
Commission On Crime Prevention And Criminal Justice: After five days of discussions to strengthen crime prevention, criminal justice responses and cooperation, the 33rd session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, came to a conclusion recently. Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) is a commission of the United Nations Economic and […]
Project Astra
Project Astra: Google at the company’s annual developer conference, presented an early version of Project Astra. Project Astra is a new multimodal AI agent developed by Google. It is capable of answering real-time questions fed to it through text, video, images and speech by pulling up the relevant information. It can see the world, remember […]
Bacterial Pathogens Priority List : World Health Organization List
Bacterial Pathogens Priority List : World Health Organization List The World Health Organization (WHO) released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024. Bacterial Pathogens Priority List is an important tool in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance. In 2017, WHO developed the first BPPL to guide investment into the R&D of new antibacterials and […]
Asset Reconstruction Companies
Asset Reconstruction Companies: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised supervisory concerns regarding the functioning of asset reconstruction companies (ARCs). Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) are financial institutions that acquire and manage stressed assets from banks and financial institutions. Registered under Section 3 of the SARFAESI Act, 2002, ARCs face several challenges, including issues like […]
