Chenkurinji: Saving Chenkurinji from climate change The Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary derives its name from Gluta travancorica, a species endemic to the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve known as ‘Chenkurinji’ in local parlance. Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in the Western Ghats, India, located in Kollam district of Kerala and comes under the control of Agasthyamalai […]
Large Hadron Collider
Large Hadron Collider: The world’s most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), will begin smashing protons into each other at unprecedented levels of energy beginning July 5. It is expected to throw up evidence of “new physics” — or physics beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics, which explains how the basic building […]
Niti Aayog Report On Alternatives To Plastics
Niti Aayog Report On Alternatives To Plastics: A Niti Ayog report has suggested on plastic alternatives or technologies making plastic degradable According To Report: India produces 3.47 mn tn of plastic waste/year, out of which 60% is collected for recycling. Goa, Delhi & Kerala have reported the highest per capita plastic waste generation, while Nagaland, […]
Development Of Enterprise And Service Hubs (DESH)
Development Of Enterprise And Service Hubs (DESH): The government plans to table the Development of Enterprise and Service Hubs (DESH) Bill to overhaul the special economic zones (SEZ) legislation. DESHs as the DESH Act will replace the current SEZ Act of 2005. WTO’s dispute settlement panel has ruled that India’s export-related schemes, including the SEZ […]
INAS 324 Squadron
INAS 324 Squadron: The Indian Navy commissioned a new Indian Naval Air Squadron 324 at eastern Naval Command. It will enhance the surveillance capability on the Eastern Seaboard. The unit is the Eastern Seaboard’s first Naval Squadron to use indigenously designed and built Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III (MR) helicopters. It has been named […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 5th July 2022
Today Current Affairs: 5th July 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Foreign Contribution(Regulation) Act (FCRA)
Foreign Contribution(Regulation) Act (FCRA): The Union Home Ministry has amended certain rules related to the Foreign Contribution(Regulation) Act (FCRA), allowing Indians to receive up to ₹10 lakh in a year from relatives staying abroad without informing the authorities. The earlier limit was ₹1 lakh. In a notification, the Ministry also said that if the amount […]
125th Birth Anniversary Of Alluri Sitarama Raju
125th Birth Anniversary Of Alluri Sitarama Raju: PM Modi to launch the year-long celebrations on the 125th birth anniversary of Alluri Sitarama Raju, enabling a new generation to be aware of the heroics of Alluri and the sacrifices he made for the tribal community. Alluri Sitarama Raju (1897 – 1924) was an Indian revolutionary who […]
Australopithecus
Australopithecus: The fossils of our earlier human ancestors, located in a cave in South Africa, are a million years older than previously understood according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The researchers analysed the fossilised remains of Australopithecus from Sterkfontein caves and argued they lived at […]
Earthquake Of Magnitude 5.9 In Afghanistan
Earthquake Of Magnitude 5.9 In Afghanistan: Recently a powerful earthquake of magnitude 5.9 on the Richter scale struck a remote town in Afghanistan, killing over a thousand and injuring many more. According to the theory of plate tectonics, the Earth’s crust and upper mantle are made of large rigid plates that can move relative to […]
