Exercise “SURYA KIRAN”2022: The 16th Edition of exercise “SURYA KIRAN” will be conducted at Nepal Army Battle School, Saljhandi, and continue up to 29 December 2022. It is an Indo-Nepal joint army training exercise. It is conducted annually between India and Nepal with the aim to enhance inter-operability in jungle warfare and counter-terrorism operations in […]
Methane Emissions
Methane Emissions: A study has been published titled- “Wetland emission and atmospheric sink changes explain methane growth in 2020’, which states that low nitrogen oxide pollution and warming wetlands likely drove global methane emissions to record high levels in 2020. Findings: Global methane emissions reached roughly 15 parts per billion (ppb) in 2020 from 9.9 […]
Gond Tribes And Hattee Community
Gond Tribes And Hattee Community: A motion has been initiated in Lok Sabha to include Hattee community of Sirmaur district’s Trans-Giri region in the Scheduled Tribes list of Himachal Pradesh. Also, a bill to move in the Gond community from SC to the ST list in four districts of UP has been approved by the […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 16th December 2022
Today Current Affairs: 16th December 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Aeronomic Studies
Aeronomic Studies: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology recently informed that ISRO has taken initiatives for feasibility studies on missions to Venus as well as Aeronomy studies. The term “aeronomy,” coined and introduced about 60 years ago. It refers to the scientific study of the upper atmospheric regions of the Earth and […]
Orcas : Killer Whales
Orcas : Killer Whales Two cities in United States’ state of Washington have taken steps to formally declare their support for legal rights for a group of endangered orcas. City of Port Townsend and City of Gig Harbor in the Pacific Northwest have signed proclamations to secure the inherent rights of the Southern Resident Orcas. […]
Orunodoi Scheme : Assam
Orunodoi Scheme : Assam 10.54 In lakh, the additional number of people will benefit from Assam government’s second edition of ‘Orunodoi’. With this, the total number of beneficiaries will come to 27 lakh. It is a scheme of the Government of Assam is launched on 2nd October 2020. Under ‘Orunodoi’, monetary benefits have been envisaged […]
Cervical Cancer : Report
Cervical Cancer : Report More than 6,00,000 new cases of cervical cancer and more than 3,40,000 deaths from the disease were reported around the world in 2020, according to an observational study published in The Lancet Global Health journal. India reported 1,23,907 new cases of cervical cancer and 77,348 deaths, according to the study. The […]
Beypore Uru : Applied For a GI Tag
Beypore Uru : Applied For a GI Tag The District Tourism Promotion Council, Kozhikode has applied for a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the famous Beypore Uru (boat). It is a wooden dhow (ship / sailing boat / sailing vessel) handcrafted by skilled artisans and carpenters in Beypore, Kerala. It is mainly made of Malabar […]
GLAAS Report 2022
GLAAS Report 2022: The Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) report was released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN-Water. Highlights of the Report: Less than one-third of countries reported maintaining enough human resources to manage essential Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) tasks. 45% of countries are on track to meet […]
