ICICI Bank Records Lowest Attrition Rate Among Private Peers for Three Consecutive Years: ICICI Bank, India’s second-largest private sector lender, has emerged as the best performer in employee retention among major private banks for the third consecutive year. According to its Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) report, the bank’s attrition rate fell to 18% […]
Sikkim CM Launches ‘Nari Adalat’ on 1st Amma Samman Diwas to Empower Women in Local Justice
Sikkim CM Launches ‘Nari Adalat’ on 1st Amma Samman Diwas to Empower Women in Local Justice: On the occasion of the first Amma Samman Diwas, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang inaugurated ‘Nari Adalat’ at Rongpo. This innovative, women-led community justice forum is designed to provide accessible, informal, and empathetic conflict resolution, particularly for rural […]
Maharashtra Launches ‘Disha Abhiyan’ for Uniform Education of Students with Intellectual Disabilities
Maharashtra Launches ‘Disha Abhiyan’ for Uniform Education of Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Maharashtra has taken a pioneering step in inclusive education by successfully implementing ‘Disha Abhiyan’, a programme designed to provide uniform and quality education for students with intellectual disabilities. Announcing the initiative, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated that it has already been rolled out […]
WHO Declares Kenya Free of Sleeping Sickness
WHO Declares Kenya Free of Sleeping Sickness: The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially certified Kenya free of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)—commonly known as sleeping sickness—as a public health challenge. This milestone makes Kenya the 10th country to achieve elimination status, marking a significant victory in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)WHO Director-General Dr. […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 11th August 2025
Today’s Current Affairs: 11th August 2025 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
National Centre for Disease Control : Issued Guidelines
National Centre for Disease Control : Issued Guidelines The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recently issued several guidelines to combat illnesses arising out of water contamination. National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is an institute under the Indian Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The institute was established to […]
Muthuvan Tribe : Protest
Muthuvan Tribe : Protest A rare convention of the Muthuvan community has taken on a novel mission to protect their language and culture, organising a three-day special conference as part of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The Muthuvans, or Mudugars, live on the border hill forests of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. There […]
Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve
Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve: Two prominent religious institutions and two businessmen are among those served eviction notices in the Biligiri Ranganatha Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve recently. It is located in the BR Hills (Biligirirangana Hills) in Chamarajanagar District of Karnataka. This unique Bio-geographical habitat is in the middle of the bridge between Western and […]
Kasargodia sheebae and Pilarta vaman
Kasargodia sheebae and Pilarta vaman: Researchers have led to the discovery of a new genus and two new species of freshwater crabs named Kasargodia sheebae and Pilarta vaman from Western Ghats regions in Kerala. Kasargodia sheebae and Pilarta vaman are two new species of freshwater crabs. They are discovered in the Western Ghats regions in […]
Biosafety Levels
Biosafety Levels: Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad, will soon establish a Biosafety Level-3 (BSL-3) laboratory, the first of its kind in southern India, enabling rapid diagnosis, post-mortem analysis and research on zoonotic diseases. Biosafety levels (BSL), also known as biological safety levels or biohazard levels, define the necessary containment precautions for handling infectious agents in laboratory […]
