Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy”: Computer Emergency Response Team – India (CERT-In) successfully designed & conducted the Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy” for 13 Countries as part of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative. The exercise was conducted as part of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative- Resilience Working Group which is being led by India under the leadership […]
Best Aspirational District : Haridwar
Best Aspirational District : Haridwar NITI Aayog has declared Haridwar city of Uttarakhand as the best aspirational district on the basis of five parameters. Haridwar has secured first position in Basic Infrastructure theme. Now an additional allocation of Rs 3 crore will be made to this city. The programme was launched in January 2018 aims […]
Delhi Model Virtual School (DMVS)
Delhi Model Virtual School (DMVS): The Delhi government has started the “Delhi Model Virtual School” to provide opportunities to the students of the National Capital Region and beyond. It is an online platform, which will conduct completely online classes, and will help the students to complete their studies without visiting the school. This school will […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 1st September 2022
Today Current Affairs: 1st September 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev: Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 – 2022) was a Russian and Soviet politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union. As the country’s head of state from 1988 to 1991, he served as […]
Muslim Personal Law Practices
Muslim Personal Law Practices: A five-judge Constitution Bench on Tuesday impleaded the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the National Commission of Women (NCW) and the National Commission of Minorities as parties in a batch of petitions challenging the Muslim Personal Law practices such as polygamy and nikah halala. The Supreme Court also issued notice in […]
Special Marriage Act, 1954 Challenge Dismissed
Special Marriage Act, 1954: The Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the Constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 under which couples seek refuge for inter-faith and inter-caste marriages. The petition challenged the Constitutional validity of certain provisions of the SMA, calling it violative of the right to privacy guaranteed […]
Inflation
Inflation: There are wide disparities in the pace of price rise experienced by consumers across the country, with a dozen States clocking an average inflation of less than 6% and another 12 States averaging more than 7% through 2022 so far. Headline inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index has averaged 6.8% in the first […]
Cloud Seeding
Cloud Seeding: Countries in middle-east and north Africa are racing to develop chemicals to get rain drops out of the cloud. Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification that aims to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds by dispersing substances (such as silver iodide, potassium iodide and dry ice […]
PAREKH
PAREKH: Union government is planning to set up a national regulator PAREKH (Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) for achieving a benchmark framework to assess students at the secondary and higher secondary level. PARAKH, is also part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. PAREKH is a proposed regulator, which will […]
