Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0: The Ministry of Health virtually launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0. India is implementing the largest immunisation programme globally where it annually covers more than three crore pregnant women and 2.6 crore children through the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). It will ensure that Routine Immunization (RI) services reach unvaccinated and […]
Earth Observation Satellite EOS-04
Earth Observation Satellite EOS-04: Indian Space Research Organisation’s earth observation satellite EOS-04 and two small satellites (INSPIREsat-1 and INS-2TD) were successfully placed into the intended orbit by the PSLV-C52 rocket. This launch was the 54th flight of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, and the 23rd of its most powerful XL-version that has […]
Repo Rate Unchanged
Repo Rate Unchanged: The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept key policy rates – Repo rate, Reverse repo rate and the Bank rate – unchanged and retained the accommodative policy stance. This is the tenth consecutive time that the repo rate has remained unchanged. The central bank […]
What Is Chintamani Padya Natakam?
What Is ‘Chintamani Padya Natakam’? The Andhra Pradesh government has banned a 100-year-old play named ‘Chintamani Padya Natakam The play was written in 1920 by playwright Kallakuri Narayana Rao, who was also a social reformer. The play is about Chintamani, a courtesan and a devotee of Lord Krishna, who finds salvation by singing bhajans. […]
Haryana Prevention Of Unlawful Conversion Of Religious Bill, 2022
Haryana Prevention Of Unlawful Conversion Of Religious Bill, 2022: The Haryana government is set to enact legislation to prevent unlawful religious conversions. So far Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh have enacted legislations to prevent unlawful religious conversions. Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religious Bill, 2022 Aimed at prohibiting religious conversions […]
HelioSwarm And MUSE: NASA
HelioSwarm And MUSE: NASA has selected two science missions – the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm – to help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the Sun, the Sun-Earth connection, and the constantly changing space environment. These missions will provide deeper insights into our universe and offer critical information to help protect […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 15th February 2022
Today Current Affairs: 15th February 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP)
Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP): The Union government has filed a draft red herring prospectus with the stock market regulator for selling 5% of its shares in the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India. A Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) is a document that is prepared to introduce a new business or product to […]
Charak Shapath to Replace Hippocratic Oath?
The Hippocratic Oath: The National Medical Commission (NMC), the regulator for medical education and practices that replaced the Medical Council of India in 2020, has suggested to medical colleges that the traditional Hippocratic Oath should be replaced by a “Charak Shapath”. The Hippocratic Oath is attributed to Hippocrates of the island of Kos, a […]
PSLV-C52 Mission
PSLV-C52 Mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO has successfully launched the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C52 from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The PSLV-C52 mission has also injected three satellites into the orbits. PSLV C52 placed an EOS-04 radar imaging satellite weighing 1710 kgs into orbit. EOS-04 […]
