IMF Bailouts: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently confirmed a USD 3 billion bailout plan (under Extended Fund Facility (EFF)) for Sri Lanka’s struggling economy. Bailout is a general term for extending financial support to a company or a country facing a potential bankruptcy threat. It can take the form of loans, cash, bonds, or […]
Women’s World Boxing Championship
Women’s World Boxing Championship: Nikhat Zareen (2nd world title) and Lovlina Borgohain (1st world title) won two gold medals for India in the Women’s World Boxing Championship. Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain made gold for India at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi. While Nikhat Zareen won the gold in the 50kg category, […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 27th March 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 27th March 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Disqualification Of Member Of Parliaments
Disqualification Of Member Of Parliaments: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha recently. Disqualification of Member of parliaments:- The provision for disqualification is given in Article 102 of the Constitution. It specifies that a person shall be disqualified for contesting elections and being a Member of Parliament under certain conditions: If […]
Guillotine
Guillotine: The ongoing stalemate in the Indian Parliament has led to the possibility of the government using ‘guillotine’ to fast-track the passage of the Finance Bill without any discussion in the Lok Sabha. This has led to confusion and questions about what exactly guillotine means in legislative parlance. The term guillotine originally referred to an […]
Abel Prize
Abel Prize: Luis Caffarelli has won the 2023 Abel Prize for his contributions to regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations, including free-boundary problems and the Monge-Ampère equation. The Abel Prize is a prestigious award in mathematics that recognizes pioneering scientific achievements in mathematics. It is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. The Norwegian […]
Aravalli Green Wall Project
Aravalli Green Wall Project: The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched the Aravalli Green Wall Project at a function organised to celebrate the International Day of Forests at Tikli Village in Haryana. Aravalli Green Wall Project is a major initiative to green the 5 km buffer area around Aravalli Hill. The Aravalli […]
MSP For Jute
MSP For Jute: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister of India, has given its approval for the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Raw Jute for the 2023-24 season. Jute is one of the most important natural fibres after cotton in terms of cultivation and usage India is the largest producer […]
OSIRIS-Rex Mission
OSIRIS-Rex Mission: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on the final leg of its two-year journey back to Earth after collecting samples from the rocky surface of the asteroid Bennu which will touch down in a desert in Utah on September 24, 2023. OSIRIS-Rex Mission: The Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security – Regolith Explorer was launched […]
Vedic Heritage Portal : New Delhi
Vedic Heritage Portal : New Delhi The Union Home Minister inaugurated the Vedic Heritage portal in New Delhi Vedic heritage portal is developed by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts The portal will be a one-stop solution for the user, who would like to search for any information regarding the Vedic heritage. The […]
