New Study On Monkeypox : The Lancet A new study on monkeypox published in The Lancet suggests that some antiviral medications might have the potential to shorten symptoms and reduce the amount of time a patient is contagious. The study documents patients’ response to two antiviral medications – brincidofovir and tecovirimat. These were developed to […]
Qutub Minar Not a Place Of worship: ASI
Qutub Minar Not a Place Of worship: ASI The Qutub Minar complex is not a place of worship when it was first notified as a protected monument in 1914 and its character cannot be changed now, the Archaeological Survey of India submitted in a Delhi court. It said this while opposing a plea challenging the […]
4th Quad Leaders Summit
4th Quad Leaders Summit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has concluded his official visit to Japan for the 4th Quad leaders summit in Tokyo. This was the second in-person summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad. They announced the formation of the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA), which will build a “faster, wider, […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 25th May 2022
Today Current Affairs: 25th May 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Indira Gandhi Shahri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana
Indira Gandhi Shahri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana: The Rajasthan government has come up with the job description under its much-touted Indira Gandhi Shahri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana. Announcing the employment scheme for urban areas on the lines of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for rural areas in his budget speech While MGNREGA assists people in rural areas, there is […]
Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)
Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF): India’s Prime Minister participated in an event in Tokyo to launch the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). This economic initiative came a day before the second in-person summit of the Quad leaders (India, the US, Australia and Japan) in Tokyo. It is a US-led initiative that aims to strengthen economic partnership among […]
New Karst Sinkhole
New Karst Sinkhole: A cave exploration team has discovered an ancient forest with trees nearly 40 metres high at the bottom of a giant karst sinkhole in Leye County in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. In Mandarin, giant sinkholes are called Tiankeng or “heavenly pit”. Sinkholes are depressions formed in the ground when layers […]
India, US Ink Investment Incentive Agreement
India, US Ink Investment Incentive Agreement: The Government of India and the Government of the United States of America has signed an Investment Incentive Agreement (IIA) at Tokyo, Japan. This IIA supersedes the Investment Incentive Agreement signed between the two sides in 1997. Significant developments have taken place since the signing of the earlier IIA […]
Defamation Suit Against Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut
Defamation Suit Against Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut: BJP leader Kirit Somaiya’s wife Medha has filed a civil defamation suit against Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut. Somaiya sought court to direct Raut either pay her Rs 100cr or deposit amount in CM relief fund. Raut had repeatedly made defamatory public statements against her and her husband, she […]
World Of Work Report : ILO
World Of Work Report : ILO The “world of work” is being buffeted by multiple crises, says the ninth edition of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Monitor. After significant gains during the last quarter of 2021, the number of hours worked globally dropped in the first quarter of 2022, to 3.8 per cent below the […]
