Right To Be Forgotten: Last week, the Centre told the Delhi High Court that the “right to be forgotten” is part of the fundamental right to privacy, but added it has no significant role to play in the matter. Petitions across courts have been seeking enforcement of this “right” — a legal principle that is […]
Good Governance Index 2021
Good Governance Index 2021: Good Governance Index 2021 was launched on the occasion of the Good Governance Day (December 25). About the GGI: Prepared by the Department of Administration Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). The objectives of GGI are to provide quantifiable data to compare the state of governance in all states and union territories, […]
Discourse On Rural Financial Inclusion
Discourse On Rural Financial Inclusion: Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) organised a special event called “Discourse on Rural Financial Inclusion” on 18th December, 2021. As a part of the event, the facility for overdraft (OD of Rs. 5,000/- to verified SHG members under DAY – NRLM having accounts under the prime […]
Mission SAGAR
Mission SAGAR: As part of yet another deployment undertaken by Indian Navy since May 2020 under Mission SAGAR, Indian Naval Ship Kesari entered Port of Maputo, Mozambique on 25 December 2021. This is the eighth such deployment in consonance with the Prime Ministers vision of Security And Growth for All in the Region and is […]
Who was Archbishop Desmond Tutu?
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90. A contemporary of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, he was was one of the driving forces behind the movement to end the policy of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the white minority government […]
Madan Mohan Malaviya: Important Points
Madan Mohan Malaviya: The Prime Minister has paid tributes to Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya on his Jayanti Birth: 25th December 1861, in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) in Uttar Pradesh. He was a great educationist, pioneer, an eloquent rhetorician, and a national leader. He was given the title of ‘Mahamana’ by Mahatma Gandhi and the second President […]
Kisan Diwas 2021
Kisan Diwas: The ‘Kisan Diwas’ or National Farmers Day is observed across the country on 23rd December to celebrate the birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh, the former Prime Minister of India. It is celebrated to promote awareness among the citizens to understand the importance of the contributions of the farmers to the society and […]
DART Mission: NASA
DART Mission: NASA Just two weeks after its launch, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has opened its “eye” and returned its first images from space — a major operational milestone for the spacecraft and DART team. DART will reach its target on September 26, 2022. The main aim of the mission is to […]
Golan Heights
Golan Heights: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett recently said the country intends to double the number of settlers living in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights with a multimillion-dollar plan meant to further consolidate Israel’s hold on the territory. The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau with an area of 1,800km² on the border between Israel and […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 27th December 2021
Today Current Affairs: 27th December 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
