Caribbean Volcano: The Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) emissions from a volcanic eruption in the Caribbean (La Soufriere Volcano) have reached India, sparking fear of increased pollution levels in the northern parts of the country and acid rain. The Caribbean is the region roughly south of the United States, east of Mexico, and north of Central and […]
Britcoin : Digital Currency Of Britain
Britcoin: British authorities are exploring the possibility of creating a Central Bank Digital Currency, being touted as “Britcoin.” It is a step towards future-proofing Pound Sterling (currency of the United Kingdom) against cryptocurrencies and improving the payments system. About Britcoin: In the wake of declining cash payments in the country partly due to the Corona […]
Startup India Seed Fund Scheme : Important Points
Startup India Seed Fund Scheme: The Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) has been launched. The Fund aims to provide financial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market-entry, and commercialization. 945 Crore corpus will be divided over the next 4 years for providing seed funding to eligible startups through eligible […]
Committee on Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs): RBI
Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs): The RBI has set up a committee headed by Sudarshan Sen to undertake a comprehensive review of the working of asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) in the financial sector ecosystem and recommend suitable measures for enabling them to meet the growing requirements. Terms of reference: To review the existing legal and regulatory […]
NASA’S Ingenuity Helicopter : First Flight
Ingenuity: NASA announced that Ingenuity had performed its first flight of an aircraft on another planet. Ingenuity, the first helicopter to fly on Mars was carried by NASA’s rover called Perseverance that was launched in July last year and will help collect samples from the surface from locations where the rover cannot reach. Perseverance landed […]
Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) : Important Points
The Vande Bharat Mission (VBM): The Vande Bharat Mission (VBM), which started repatriating Indians stranded abroad due to COVID-19 and the resultant lockdowns since May 7, 2020, has turned out to be one of the largest evacuations of civilians by a country. Into the middle of Phase 10, the VBM has surpassed the large-scale airlift […]
Who is Miguel Diaz-Canel?
Miguel Diaz-Canel: Cuba marked the end of an era with the transfer of power from the Castro clan, in charge for six decades, to the communist country’s first-ever civilian leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel. As Raul Castro, 89, enters retirement, he handed the all-powerful position of the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba to Mr. […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 19th April 2021
Today Current Affairs: 19th April 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Two Great Indian Bustards Shot In Pakistan
Two Great Indian Bustards Shot In Pakistan: A group of hunters shot down two Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) in a protected area of southern Punjab’s Cholistan in Pakistan. The Great Indian Bustard (GIB), the State bird of Rajasthan, is considered India’s most critically endangered bird. It is considered the flagship grassland species, representing the health […]
India’s First Bamboo-Dwelling Bat
India’s First Bamboo-Dwelling Bat: Meghalaya has yielded India’s first bamboo-dwelling bat with sticky discs, taking the species count of the flying mammal in the country to 130. The disc-footed bat (Eudiscopus denticulus) was recorded in the north-eastern State’s Lailad area near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1,000 km west of its nearest known habitat in […]
