Earth Day: On 22nd April 2022, the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day was celebrated. Earth Day is an international event celebrated around the world to pledge support for environmental protection. The theme for Earth Day 2022 is “Invest In our Planet”. Earth Day was first observed in 1970 when 20 million took to the streets […]
Europa
Europa: Researchers have said that there might be an abundance of water pockets beneath formations called double ridges on Jupiter’s moons Europa. Europa’s surface is mostly solid water ice. Double ridges are the formations which are most common on Europa’s surface and are similar to those seen on Earth’s Greenland ice sheet. Europa is slightly […]
NASA-ISRO NISAR Mission
NASA-ISRO NISAR Mission: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States of America to jointly realise a satellite mission named ‘NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)’ for scientific studies of Earth. The NISAR mission is scheduled for launch in 2023. NISAR is optimised for studying […]
Regulatory Framework For Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
Regulatory Framework For Special Purpose Acquisition Companies: The government is reportedly considering a regulatory framework for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). An SPAC, or a blank-cheque company, is an entity specifically set up with the objective of acquiring a firm in a particular sector. An SPAC aims to raise money in an initial public offering […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 22nd April 2022
Today Current Affairs: 22nd April 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
SAANS Campaign
SAANS Campaign: Health and Medical Education Minister of Karnataka, K. Sudhakar launched the ‘Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully’ (SAANS) on 20th April 2022. SAANS is a campaign that has been launched to ensure early detection and greater awareness of pneumonia in children under the age of five Pneumonia is a lung infection […]
Mysterious Liver Disease Reported In Spain, Denmark And Netherland
Mysterious Liver Disease Reported In Spain, Denmark And Netherland: Some Cases of a Mysterious Liver Disease have been reported in Spain, Denmark and the Netherlands, besides the US and UK. Mysterious Disease: Children between the age of 1 to 6 years old have been the target of the disease. According to reports, the disease might […]
Mugger Crocodile
Mugger Crocodile: The Indian Railways has delivered water to Pali district in western Rajasthan to ensure survival of Mugger Crocodile or Marsh Crocodile as the region’s water bodies have dried up due to a hot March. Scientific Name: Crocodylus palustris Description: An egg-laying and hole-nesting species, also known to be dangerous. Habitat: Mainly restricted to […]
Pre-Eruption Warning Signals At Volcanoes
Pre-Eruption Warning Signals At Volcanoes: New research detected pre-eruption warning signals at Whakaari White Island and other active volcanoes, majorly from New Zealand. Every volcano behaves differently, some have crater lakes while others are “dry”, they have diverse magmas and rise to different elevations. Despite these differences volcanoes such as Whakaari, Ruapehu and Tongariro in […]
What Are The Naga Ceasefire Agreements?
What Are The Naga Ceasefire Agreements? The centre has extended the ceasefire agreements between the Central government and three Naga groups by a year which was signed on 19th April 2022. The Naga groups include National Socialist Council of Nagaland-NK (NSCN-NK), National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Reformation (NSCN-R) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland-K-Khango (NSCN-K-Khango). All […]