GI Status For Kerala’s Five Agricultural Products: Five agricultural products of Kerala- Attappady Attukombu Avara, Attappady Thuvara, Onattukara Ellu, Kanthalloor-Vattavada Veluthulli, and Kodungalloor Pottuvellari have been granted Geographical Indication (GI) status. The Gamosa (traditional cloth) of Assam, Alibag White Onion from Maharashtra, Ladakh Raktsey Karpo Apricot and Tandur Redgram of Telangana also got GI tag […]
Kazind – 2022
Kazind – 2022: The 6th Edition of India – Kazakhstan joint training exercise “KAZIND-22” is being conducted at Umroi (Meghalaya). Kazind – 2022 is a joint annual training exercise with the Kazakhstan Army and was instituted in 2016 as Exercise Prabal Dostyk, which was later upgraded to a company level exercise and renamed as Ex […]
First Global Water Survey Satellite
First Global Water Survey Satellite: NASA to conduct the first global survey of Earth’s surface waters, shedding new light on the mechanics and consequences of climate change. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite, or SWOT, incorporates advanced microwave radar technology to collect high-definition measurements of oceans, lakes, reservoirs, and rivers over 90% of the […]
Sanskrit Problem In Panini’s ‘Ashtadhyayi’ Solved
Sanskrit Problem In Panini’s ‘Ashtadhyayi’: A grammatical problem that has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by Rishi Rajpopat, an Indian PhD student at the University of Cambridge. Experts are calling the discovery revolutionary, as it may allow Panini’s grammar to be taught to computers for the first time. […]
E20 Fuel : Soon To Be Launched
E-20 Fuel: Soon To Be Launched Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister has recently said that India will soon launch E-20 fuel with 20% blending of ethanol. The E20 fuel is a twenty percent blend of Ethanol and eighty percent of fossil-based fuel. The introduction of E20 fuel has the motive of reducing the reliance […]
Group Of Friends : To Promote Accountability For Crimes Against Peacekeepers
Group Of Friends : To Promote Accountability For Crimes Against Peacekeepers India, Bangladesh, Egypt, Morocco and Nepal will co-chair the ‘Group of Friends’ to promote accountability for crimes against peacekeepers. India will soon launch a database that will record all crimes against the Blue Helmets UN Peacekeeping: Peacekeeping by the United Nations is a role […]
India’s First 5G-Enabled Auto Manufacturing Unit
India’s First 5G-Enabled Auto Manufacturing Unit: Bharti Airtel and Tech Mahindra have announced a strategic partnership under which they have deployed a “5G for Enterprise” Solution i.e., a ‘captive private network’ at Mahindra and Mahindra’s Chakan facility in Maharashtra, making it India’s first 5G- enabled auto manufacturing unit. The partnership is in line with Tech […]
What is Doxxing?
Doxxing: Twitter has recently suspended the account of several journalists, and according to its owner Elon Musk, this was in continuation of the social media platform’s new anti-doxxing policy. Doxxing :A contraction of the phrase, “dropping documents”, doxxing is the act of revealing personal or identity-revealing information about someone online, such as their real name, […]
Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2022-23 – Series III
Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2022-23 – Series III: RBI has announced the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2022-23 – Series III, which will be open for subscription from December 19 to December 23. Gold bonds are government securities denominated in grams of gold. They are substitutes for holding physical gold. Investors have to pay the issue […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 17th December 2022
Today Current Affairs: 17th December 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc