Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addressed the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is a global platform for parliamentary diplomacy and cooperation, founded to promote peace, democracy, and human rights. Established in: 1889 (Paris) – First multilateral political organization globally Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland Members: […]
Month: April 2025
President Murmu Receives City Key of Honour
President Murmu Receives City Key of Honour: President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu’s visit to Portugal on April 7, 2025, marks a significant milestone in the diplomatic relationship between India and Portugal, especially as both nations celebrate 50 years of bilateral relations. The visit emphasized cultural ties, technological collaboration, and mutual aspirations as knowledge-based economies. […]
Virat Kohli Becomes First Indian to Score 13,000 Runs in T20 Cricket
Virat Kohli Becomes First Indian to Score 13,000 Runs in T20 Cricket: Virat Kohli, one of the most consistent and celebrated batters in modern-day cricket, etched his name into the history books once again by becoming the first Indian cricketer to complete 13,000 runs in T20 cricket. The landmark was achieved during an IPL 2025 […]
Brazil’s Proposal for a UN-Backed Global Climate Action Council
Brazil’s Proposal for a UN-Backed Global Climate Action Council: Brazil has proposed the establishment of a Global Climate Action Council under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to boost global climate efforts. This proposal comes ahead of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), which will take place in Belem, Brazil, in November […]
Haryana Government Announced 20% Quota for Agniveers in Haryana Police
Haryana Government Announced 20% Quota for Agniveers in Haryana Police: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini recently made significant announcements aimed at enhancing the welfare of Agniveers, who are part of the Agnipath Scheme. The state will now provide a 20% reservation for Agniveers in police jobs, making it the first state to offer such […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 8th April 2025
Today’s Current Affairs: 8th April 2025 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
University Grants Commission : In News
University Grants Commission : In News The University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified the “Recognition and Grant of Equivalence to Qualifications Obtained from Foreign Educational Institutions Regulations, 2025”. These regulations were finalised after public feedback on the 2023 draft and aim to provide a transparent, structured, and standardised process for recognising foreign academic qualifications. This […]
River Blindness
River Blindness: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) study on blackflies offers hope for river blindness control, Researchers worked on four species collected from eight locations in the central Himalayan region A new study by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has introduced DNA barcoding to accurately identify blackfly species—the carriers of Onchocerca volvulus, the parasitic […]
Hadean Protocrust
Hadean Protocrust: A new international study led by Macquarie University, Australia, suggests that the chemical signatures attributed to plate tectonics were already present in the Hadean protocrust. The Hadean protocrust refers to the earliest known crust of the Earth—its outermost solid layer—that formed during the Hadean aeon, the planet’s first geologic era, which began around […]
Long-snouted Vine Snake
Long-snouted Vine Snake: A rare long-snouted vine snake (Ahaetulla longirostris) was rediscovered in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh during a rhino release operation in the Palia Kheri division. This marks the first recorded sighting in Uttar Pradesh and only the second documented instance in India. The species was previously seen only in Valmiki Tiger Reserve, […]
