Mahila Samman Saving Certificate Scheme: Union Budget 2023 Finance Minister recently announced a new saving scheme ‘Mahila Samman Saving Certificate’ for women and girls in the Union Budget. Mahila Samman Saving Certificate’ Scheme offers deposit facility up to Rs 2 lakh in the name of women or girls for a tenor of 2 years. It […]
Ekalavya Model Residential Schools : Teachers To Be Hired
Ekalavya Model Residential Schools: Teachers To Be Hired Finance Minister recently said that as many as 38,800 teachers will be hired for Ekalavya Model Residential Schools. Ekalavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) started in the year 1997-98 to impart quality education to ST children in remote areas to enable them to access the best opportunities in […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 2nd February 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 2nd February 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Union Budget 2023-24 : Highlights
Union Budget 2023-24: Highlights The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023-24 in Parliament. Budget Estimates 2023-24: The total receipts other than borrowings are estimated at Rs 27.2 lakh crore and the total expenditure is estimated at Rs 45 lakh crore. The net tax receipts are estimated […]
Ukraine’s Odesa : UNESCO’s World Heritage In Danger
Ukraine’s Odesa : UNESCO’s World Heritage In Danger The World Heritage Committee decided to add the historic centre of Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa to its list of World Heritage sites. This decision recognizes the extraordinary universal value of the site and the duty of all humanity to protect it. The Historic Centre […]
iCET Initiative
iCET Initiative: India’s National Security Advisor hold talks with the US counterpart on the first dialogue on Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) in the US. Completing the work on the long-awaited NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) earth observation satellite is an excellent example of how the US-India partnership in space can benefit the […]
NASA’s Perseverance Rover : First Sample Depot
NASA’s Perseverance Rover : First Sample Depot NASA’s Perseverance rover recently completed the first “sample depot on another world” by dropping the tenth and final sample tube. The tube will be part of a depot that will be considered for the return to Earth as part of the Mars Sample Return Campaign. Perseverance rover is […]
Yaya Tso Lake : Ladakh’s First Biodiversity Heritage Site
Yaya Tso Lake : Ladakh’s First Biodiversity Heritage Site Yaya Tso Lake was declared Ladakh’s first biodiversity heritage site under the Biological Diversity Act. The Biodiversity Management Committee, the panchayat of Chumathang village, along with the SECURE Himalaya Project recently resolved the issue and declared Yaya Tso Lake a biodiversity heritage site. Lake Yaya Tso […]
Red-headed vulture : Spotted In The Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary
Red-headed vulture : Spotted In The Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary The Red-headed vulture was spotted in the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. Red-headed vulture is one of the 9 species of Vulture which are found in India It is also called the Asian King vulture or Pondicherry Vulture was extensively found in India but its numbers […]
Turnersuchus hingleyae : Fossils Of The ancient Marine Crocodile
Turnersuchus hingleyae : Fossils Of The ancient Marine Crocodile Palaeontologists have recently discovered fossils of the ancient ‘marine crocodile Turnersuchus hingleyae. Turnersuchus hingleyae: The fossils uncovered on the Jurassic Coast in the United Kingdom include part of the head, backbone, and limbs of Turnersuchus hingleyae. Its age dates back to the early Jurassic, Pliensbachian period, […]
