Asian Power Index For 2021: Asian Power Index ranks 26 nations and territories. It is released by the Sydney-based Lowy Institute. Highlights of the latest report: India has risen as the 4th most powerful country in the Asia-Pacific region for comprehensive power out of 26 countries, with an overall score of 37.7 out of 100. […]
Bank Deposit Insurance Program
Bank Deposit Insurance Program: The Central government has highlighted the significance of increase in bank deposit insurance cover, in case of problems occurring such as closure, from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. PM Modi is to address the nation on Bank Deposit Insurance. Earlier, there used to be a bank deposit insurance cover […]
New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Voters in the French island territory of New Caledonia chose overwhelmingly to remain part of France, in a referendum boycotted by pro-independence forces and closely watched around the South Pacific. New Caledonia is a sui generis collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km east of […]
Buxa Tiger Reserve: In News
Buxa Tiger Reserve: An increase in the forest density and the big cat prey base, especially deer, had attracted a Royal Bengal tiger, a first such sighting in 23 years, to the Buxa Tiger reserve They believed that a favourable habitat at the tiger reserve would invite more tigers, which had migrated to neighbouring Bhutan. […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 13th December 2021
Today Current Affairs: 13th December 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Black Box Of The Planet
Black Box Of The Planet: Australian scientists and artists are going to make black box of the planet to hold the world accountable for their actions by creating a black box of the planet The box will be constructed in Tasmania, an Australian island state off the south coast. It will be made with 3-inch […]
SAMPANN Project
SAMPANN Project: Over one lakh people have received pensions directly in their bank accounts through the SAMPANN (System for Accounting and Management of Pension) project. It was launched in 2018. It is a seamless online pension processing and payment system for Department of Telecommunications pensioners. It provides direct credit of pension into the bank accounts […]
Ramanujan Prize 2021
Ramanujan Prize: The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries has been given to Professor Neena Gupta. She is a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata and has been awarded for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. She is the third woman to receive the Ramanujan Prize. Her […]
RATS-SCO: India assumed the Chairmanship
Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure Of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (RATS-SCO): India assumed the Chairmanship of Council of Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (RATS-SCO) in 2021 for a period of one year. In pursuance of this, the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) in association with Data Security Council of India (DSCI), organized a Seminar on Securing […]
Protests In Balochistan
Protests In Balochistan: Over the last few weeks,there have been continuous protests in Gwadar, Balochistan against mega development plans of the port city as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The protesters have sought to draw attention to marginalisation of the local people in the development of the port. Pakistan claims that India has been […]