AIM-PRIME: The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog launched AIM-PRIME (Program for Researchers on Innovations, Market-Readiness & Entrepreneurship). Atal Innovation Mission: AIM is the Government of India’s flagship initiative to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. Objective: To develop new programs and policies for fostering innovation in different sectors of the […]
Armenian Genocide : Important Points
Armenian Genocide: US President Joe Biden is preparing to formally acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. Every year, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day will be marked on April 24. Armenian Genocide: The Armenian Genocide is often called the first genocide of the twentieth century. It refers to the systematic annihilation of Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire between […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 22nd April 2021
Today Current Affairs: 22nd April 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Boao Forum For Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2021
Boao Forum For Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2021: The opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2021 was recently held in Boao, south China’s Hainan Province. The BFA, this year, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. About BFA Annual Conference 2021: The forum witnessed more than 2500 participants coming from more than […]
Gender Bias And Inclusion In Advertising In India: UNICEF
Gender Bias And Inclusion In Advertising In India:: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (GDI) released a report titled “Gender Bias and Inclusion In Advertising In India”. The research has shown that while ads in India are superior to global benchmarks insofar as girls and women […]
U.S. Commission On International Religious Freedom Report
U.S. Commission On International Religious Freedom Report: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent bi-partisan commission, has released its 2021 annual report. Highlights of the report: The report designated 14 countries as “countries of particular concern (CPCs)” as “their governments are engaged in or tolerate “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious […]
Appointment Of Ad-Hoc Judges In High Courts
Appointment Of Ad-Hoc Judges In High Courts: The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the appointment of retired judges as ad-hoc judges in High Courts under Article 224A of the Constitution to deal with the mounting backlog of cases. Terming pendency of around 57 lakh cases in High Courts as “docket explosion”, the […]
Russia Withdrawal from International Space Station Programme
International Space Station programme: Russia’s space agency said it hoped to launch its own orbital station in 2025 as Moscow considers withdrawing from the International Space Station program to go it alone. Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said work had begun on the first module of a new station, after officials warned that Russia was considering […]
Electoral Bonds And JMM
Electoral Bonds: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is the first Political party in the country that has declared the name of the entity which made donations to it through electoral bonds, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a poll rights group, said. A declaration of a ₹1 crore donation was made in the party’s 2019-20 […]
What is Reward Policy of Punjab?
Reward Policy: Punjab: The Punjab government has approved a reward policy to encourage information and inputs leading to the recovery of drugs under the Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The policy will recognize government servants-informers-sources for their role in providing inputs leading to the recovery of the substantial quantity of drugs and in […]
