Pension Scheme For Gig Workers: India’s pension fund regulator (PFRDA) has recommended the federal government introduce a UK-like pension scheme for the country’s gig workers, a move aimed at bringing about 90 per cent of the overall workforce into the pension fold under the National Pension Scheme (NPS) In a landmark UK Supreme Court ruling […]
Chess Olympiad 2022
Chess Olympiad 2022: With 8 wins in a row at the Chess Olympiad 2022, Dommaraju Gukesh became the new poster boy for Indian chess. In 2019, he became the youngest Indian and then-second-youngest Grandmaster ever (youngest – Abhimanyu Mishra). Recently at the age of 16 he won gold at the Chess Olympiad. Gukesh won the […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 29th December 2022
Today’s Current Affairs: 29th December 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
National Mobile Monitoring System : MGNREGA
National Mobile Monitoring System : MGNREGA Digitally capturing the attendance of workers employed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGREGS) through NMMS has been made universal by the Centre from January 1, 2023. Any worksite having 20 or more workers under MGREGS are to compulsorily mark the attendance through NMMS The […]
e-HRMS 2.0 Portal
e-HRMS 2.0 Portal: Government (Department of Personnel and Training) launched revamped probity portal and e-HRMS 2.0 portal for central government employees. Previously, employees could avail of limited Human Resources Services and were not connected with other HR applications. Now with the revamped portal, employees will get end-to-end HR services and save time and money […]
Dhanu Yatra
Dhanu Yatra: The ‘Dhanu Yatra’ festival, considered to be the world’s largest open-air theatre, has commenced recently in the Western Odisha town of Bargarh. Dhanu Yatra: The plays in the festival start with the dethroning of Emperor Ugrasen of Mathura by angry Kansa over the marriage of his sister Devaki with Vasudev. The festival will […]
CAG Audit Report On Assam’s NRC
CAG Audit Report On Assam’s NRC: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has detected large-scale anomalies in the updating of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. At the time, the process to update the NRC was started in December 2014 with a deadline for completion in February 2015 and the project […]
Pralay Missile
Pralay Missile: The Ministry of Defense has procured indigenous Short-Range Ballistic Surface-to-Surface (SRBM) Missile Pralay, giving Indian military the heft to its war-fighting capabilities. Pralay’ is India’s first conventional quasi-ballistic missile and is an answer to any conventional missile attack from northern or western borders. A quasi-ballistic missile has a low trajectory, and while it […]
Naegleria Fowleri (Brain-Eating Amoeba) : South Korea Reported First Case
Naegleria Fowleri : South Korea Reported First Case South Korea reported its first case of the rare yet fatal infection – Naegleria fowleri or “brain-eating amoeba”. Naegleria fowleri: It is a single-celled organism which can infect humans. It was first discovered in Australia in 1965 and is commonly found in warm freshwater bodies, such as […]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” : Nepal’s New Prime Minister
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” : Nepal’s New Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” was sworn in as Nepal’s new Prime Minister. He sworn-in as the Prime Minister of Nepal for a third time, a day after the former guerrilla leader dramatically walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands […]
