AIP (Air-Independent Propulsion) Technology: France’s Naval Group declined the bid for the P-75I Project, citing it does not use AIP (Air-Independent Propulsion) Technology yet. Around 10 countries have developed or are close to building AIP technology, and almost 20 nations have AIP submarines. P-75I project: In June 1999, the Cabinet Committee on Security approved a […]
What Is Sedition Law?
What Is Sedition Law? The Government has sought more time to submit its written response to petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with the offense of sedition. In the year 2021, the CJI (Chief Justice of India) had questioned why a colonial law used against Mahatma Gandhi […]
Operation Satark
Operation Satark: RPF launches Focused effort under “Operation Satark” from 5th April to 30th April, 2022. Railway Protection Force (RPF) is a security force under the ownership of Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Government of India. It was formed in 1872 under the Railway Protection Force Act, 1957. It is the lead security agency in […]
National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) : Bengaluru
National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) : Bengaluru Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah inaugurated the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) campus in Bengaluru. The NATGRID CEO informed that the services of NATGRID solution will be available to 11 central agencies and police of all States and Union Territories. It will link user agencies with data […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 4th May 2022
Today Current Affairs: 4th May 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Transnistria : Russia-Ukraine War
Transnistria: Transnistria, the tiny breakaway region of Moldova, risks being dragged into the Russia-Ukraine war because of reports of a series of explosions in its territory. The de facto state lies between Moldova to its west and Ukraine towards its east. Often described as a “remnant of the Soviet Union”, Transnistria declared independence like Moldova […]
Stubble Burning : Chhattisgarh Model
What Is Stubble Burning? With wheat yield down this year, the rate of tudi is very high and farmers can earn huge profits by selling it. But despite that, 3,895 field fires have been reported from April 1 to April 29 in Punjab. Farmers opt for stubble burning because they do not have alternatives for […]
Basava Jayanti
Basava Jayanti: Basava Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of Lord Basavanna, the 12th-century poet-philosopher, and the founding saint of the Lingayat faith. This year it falls on 3rd May 2022 Basavanna was a philosopher, statesman, Kannada poet and a social reformer during the reign of the Kalachuri-dynasty king Bijjala I in Karnataka. Basavanna spread social […]
National Open Access Registry (NOAR)
National Open Access Registry (NOAR): National Open Access Registry (NOAR) has successfully gone live from 1st May 2022. NOAR is an integrated single window electronic platform accessible to all stakeholders including open access participants, traders, power exchanges, national/regional/state load despatch centres for electronic processing of short-term open access application thereby automating the administration of the […]
Sixth Edition Of The India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations
Sixth Edition Of The India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz today co-chaired the sixth edition of the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations-IGC in Berlin The biennial IGC is a unique dialogue format that also sees participation of several Ministers from both sides. This was the Prime Minister’s first IGC with Chancellor […]
