FDI Inflows: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows grew 62% during the first four months (April-July period) of current FY 2021-22 over corresponding period last year (2020). India attracted a total FDI inflow of USD 27.37 billion during the four months. In the FY 2020-21, India saw growth of 10% (to $82 bn) in FDI. FDI […]
Climate-Induced Migration And Modern Slavery
Climate-Induced Migration And Modern Slavery: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and Anti-Slavery International released a report named Climate-Induced Migration and Modern Slavery. IIED is a policy and action research organisation promoting sustainable development and linking local priorities to global challenges. It is based in London, UK. Anti-Slavery International is the world’s oldest international […]
SAARC Foreign Minister Meeting 2021
SAARC: A meeting of foreign ministers from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries, which was set to be held in New York on Saturday, has been cancelled. Sources report that the member states were unable to agree upon the participation of Afghanistan, with Pakistan and India in particular at loggerheads over the […]
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA): India and UAE’s Commerce Minister have formally launched negotiations on the India-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The first round of CEPA negotiations will be held on 23-24 September 2021. CEPA will create new jobs, raise living standards, and provide wider social and economic opportunities in both nations. […]
Sign Language Day: September 23, 2021
Sign Language: The New Delhi- based Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), an autonomous body within the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, will be celebrating ‘Sign Language Day’ on September 23, 2021. Ever since the United Nations declared 23rd September as the […]
2021 Changemaker Award
2021 Changemaker Award: Fairooz Faizah Beether of Bangladesh has been chosen for the 2021 Changemaker Award for her work promoting good health and well-being by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Award celebrates an individual who has inspired change using personal experience or from a position of leadership. Fairooz Faizah is co-founder of Moner […]
Global Air Pollution Standards 2021 : WHO
Global Air Pollution Standards : WHO: The World Health Organization (WHO), in its first-ever update since 2005, has tightened global air pollution standards in recognition of the emerging science that the impact of air pollution on health is much more serious than earlier envisaged. The upper limit of annual PM2.5 as per the 2005 standards, […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 23rd September 2021
Today Current Affairs: 23rd September 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Kovalam in Tamil Nadu and Eden in Puducherry: Blue Flag Certification
Blue Flag Certification For 2 New Beaches: The globally recognized and the coveted International eco-label “Blue Flag”, has accorded the Blue Flag Certification for 2 new beaches this year –Kovalam in Tamil Nadu and Eden in Puducherry beaches. Foundation for Environment Education in Denmark (FEE) which accords the globally recognized eco-label – Blue Flag certification, […]
National Curriculum Framework (NCF)
National Curriculum Framework (NCF): The Centre has started the process to revise school textbooks by appointing former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Kasturirangan as the head of a 12-member steering committee responsible for developing a new National Curriculum Framework (NCF). Kasturirangan also chaired the drafting committee for the National Education Policy, 2020 which […]
