Second Floating Jetty: Union Minister For Ports, Shipping & Waterway: Union Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways inaugurated the second floating jetty at Old Goa. The jetty will offer safe, hassle-free transportation to tourists. The Minister lauded the work done by the Government of Goa in making the tourism sector a growth engine of the […]
Tardigrades in Space : International Space Station
International Space Station: Research purposes: On June 3, NASA will send 128 glow-in-the-dark baby squids and some 5,000 tardigrades (also called water bears) to the International Space Station for research purposes. The water animals, which will be launched aboard SpaceX’s 22nd cargo resupply mission to the ISS, are part of experiments that could help scientists […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 29th May 2021
Today Current Affairs: 29th May 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors
YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors: Ministry of Education has launched “YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors”. YUVA is an Author Mentorship program that will train young and budding authors aged below 30 years in order to promote reading, writing, and book culture in India. It will also project India and […]
Near Isothermal Forging Technology : DRDO
Near Isothermal Forging Technology : DRDO: Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has established the near isothermal forging technology to produce all the five stages of high-pressure compressors (HPC) discs out of difficult-to-deform titanium alloy using its unique 2000 MT isothermal forge press. The technology has been developed by the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), […]
US- Russia Open Skies Treaty
US- Russia Open Skies Treaty: US administration led by Biden does not seek to re-join Open Skies Treaty with Russia. The treaty is a key arms control agreement, that allowed the US and Russia to fly surveillance aircraft over their military facilities According to the US administration, the US does not seek to renter the […]
Steadfast Defender 21 War Games: NATO
Steadfast Defender 21 war games: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is organizing “Steadfast Defender 21 war games” military exercises in Europe as tensions with Russia increases. In the war names, NATO troops, warships, and dozens of aircraft are taking part. Military exercises are taking place across the Atlantic, through Europe, and into the Black Sea […]
What Are Sherpas? BRICS
What Are Sherpas? BRICS: The second BRICS Sherpas’ and Sous Sherpas’ meeting was conducted to discuss preparations for scheduled meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers on 1st June. The BRICS Sherpas’ and Sous Sherpas’ meeting was convened under India’s Chair-ship from 25th to 28th of May. During the meeting, BRICS partners negotiated key deliverables for India’s […]
Transplantation Of Trees
Transplantation Of Trees: The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) wants to transplant over 1,800 trees which are inside what used to be the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) complex, as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project. A tree cannot be transplanted by simply uprooting it and placing it in a pit […]
What is Yellow Fungus?
Yellow Fungus: After black and white fungus, the recent case of yellow fungus has become a cause for concern. Yellow fungus, also called mucor septic, initially develops by the presence of moulds (a type of fungi) in the environment. It may be present with unnecessary fatigue, rashes, burning sensation on skin, etc. Humidity levels below […]
