Vintage Motor Vehicles.: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has amended CMVR 1989, formalising the registration process of vintage motor vehicles. This is aimed at preserving and promoting the heritage of old vehicles in India. Salient Features: All 2/4 wheelers, 50+ years old, maintained in their original form and which have not undergone any […]
Protests In Cuba
Protests In Cuba: Thousands of Cubans took to the streets across the country to protest longstanding restrictions on rights, scarcity of food and medicines, and the government’s poor response to the Covid-19 pandemic. These protests are the biggest anti-government demonstrations on the Communist-run island in decades. Ongoing Protests: The anti-government protests erupted amid Cuba’s worst […]
Pegasus Spyware
Pegasus Spyware: It has been reported that Pegasus, the malicious software, has allegedly been used to secretly monitor and spy on an extensive host of public figures in India. About Pegasus: It is a type of malicious software or malware classified as a spyware. It is designed to gain access to devices, without the knowledge […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 19th July 2021
Today Current Affairs: 19th July 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Adjournment Motion
Adjournment Motion: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has decided to move an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha against the government on the three controversial farm laws, over which it walked out of the NDA government. The motion requires the signatures of 50 MPs to be admitted. The laws — the “Farmers’ Produce Trade and […]
National Mission For Clean Ganga : Rejuvenation of Rivers in Uttarakhand
National Mission For Clean Ganga (NMCG): The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in its 36th Executive Committee has approved new projects for rejuvenation of six rivers in Uttarakhand. The projects shall cover the six polluted river stretches in the Kumaon region. About the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG): It was registered as a […]
UDAN Scheme : UDAN 4.0
UDAN Scheme: The government has announced new flights under the UDAN scheme to connect small cities with the metros. The flights utilises less used airports in the country and seeks to offer affordable flights to the people of the country. The Centre plans to operationalise 100 unserved and underserved airports and start at least 1,000 […]
What is Re-Wilding Of Abandoned and Injured Animals?
Re-Wilding Of Abandoned Or Injured Animals Under The Lens.: The recent attempt of Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) to reintroduce into the wild an abandoned nine-month-old cub named Mangala after rearing it in ‘captivity’ for two years has once again brought the controversial concept of ‘re-wilding’ of abandoned or injured animals under the lens. As per […]
Supreme Court on Kanwar Yatra
Kanwar Yatra: The Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of a report on the decision by the Uttar Pradesh government to allow Kanwar Yatra this year with certain restrictions, even as the Uttarakhand government had suspended the yatra amid fears of a possible Covid-19 outbreak. The Kanwar Yatra is a pilgrimage organised in the Hindu […]
IMD Doppler Radar in Mumbai
Doppler Radar: The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) only Doppler radar in Mumbai, which surveys weather patterns and forecast, stopped working again , when the city was witnessing rainfall. In radars, a beam of energy– called radio waves– is emitted from an antenna. When this beam strikes an object in the atmosphere, the energy scatters in […]
