Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer: The European Space Agency has announced that the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission will be celebrated at an event in Toulouse, France, on 20 January next year. Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will be Europe’s first dedicated robotic mission to Jupiter. Juice is due to reach the planet in July […]
G20 Digital Innovation Alliance
G20 Digital Innovation Alliance: The Minister for Electronics & Information Technology launched G20-DIA as a part of India’s G20 presidency. It identify, recognize, and enable the adoption of innovative and impactful digital technologies developed by start-ups, from G20 nations as well as the invited non-member nations. It can address the needs of humanity in the […]
Marital Rape In India : Report
Marital Rape In India : Report Out of 185 countries in the world, 77 have laws that clearly criminalise marital rape while there are 34 countries that explicitly decriminalise marital rape, or in essence, offer immunity to men who perpetrate rape against their wives. India, is one of the 34 countries that have decriminalised marital […]
City Finance Rankings, 2022
City Finance Rankings, 2022: The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launched this City Finance Rankings, 2022 to evaluate, recognize and reward India’s Urban Local Bodies. The rankings aim to motivate city/state officials and decision-makers, to implement municipal finance reforms. The participating ULBs will be evaluated on 15 indicators across three key municipal finance assessment […]
National Tourism Policy
National Tourism Policy: Parliamentary committees have concluded that drafting a National Tourism Policy will not lead to the development of the tourism industry in the country. The committee has suggested fast-tracking the creation of a National Tourism Council on the lines of the GST council to directly make recommendations to the Central and State governments […]
Ethylene Glycol In Cough Syrups : Death Of 18 Children In Uzbekistan
Ethylene Glycol In Cough Syrups : Death Of 18 Children In Uzbekistan The Health Ministry of Uzbekistan has reported the death of 18 children with acute respiratory disease from taking excessive doses of a cough syrup – Doc-1 Max manufactured by an Indian firm. The cough syrups contained ethylene glycol, a substance that ought not […]
Pension Scheme For Gig Workers
Pension Scheme For Gig Workers: India’s pension fund regulator (PFRDA) has recommended the federal government introduce a UK-like pension scheme for the country’s gig workers, a move aimed at bringing about 90 per cent of the overall workforce into the pension fold under the National Pension Scheme (NPS) In a landmark UK Supreme Court ruling […]
Chess Olympiad 2022
Chess Olympiad 2022: With 8 wins in a row at the Chess Olympiad 2022, Dommaraju Gukesh became the new poster boy for Indian chess. In 2019, he became the youngest Indian and then-second-youngest Grandmaster ever (youngest – Abhimanyu Mishra). Recently at the age of 16 he won gold at the Chess Olympiad. Gukesh won the […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 29th December 2022
Today’s Current Affairs: 29th December 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
National Mobile Monitoring System : MGNREGA
National Mobile Monitoring System : MGNREGA Digitally capturing the attendance of workers employed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGREGS) through NMMS has been made universal by the Centre from January 1, 2023. Any worksite having 20 or more workers under MGREGS are to compulsorily mark the attendance through NMMS The […]
