Indus River Dolphin: Punjab’s wildlife preservation wing has batted for conservation of Indus river dolphins and also their natural habitat. The Indus river dolphin was declared the State aquatic animal of Punjab in 2019. Scientific Name: Platanista gangetica minor According to a recent study of South Asian river dolphins, Indus and Ganges River dolphins are […]
Puri Heritage Corridor Project
Puri Heritage Corridor Project: The Odisha Government is expected to soon lay the foundation stone of the Puri heritage corridor, which is being developed at a cost of Rs 800 crore. The project is a part of the Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of Heritage and Architecture (ABADHA) scheme for developing Puri as a […]
Bribery Risk Matrix 2021: TRACE
Bribery Risk Matrix 2021: Bribery Risk Matrix 2021 was released by TRACE, an anti-bribery standard setting organisation. It measures business bribery risk in 194 countries, territories, and autonomous and semi-autonomous regions. It was originally published in 2014 to meet a need in the business community for more reliable and nuanced information about the risks of […]
Digital India Land Record Modernisation Programme (DILRMP)
Digital India Land Record Modernisation Programme (DILRMP): The Ministry of Rural Development inaugurated ‘Bhumi Samvaad’ – National Workshop on Digital India Land Record Modernisation Programme (DILRMP). The Ministry also launched the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) portal and Dashboard. The DILRMP was approved by the Cabinet on 21st August, 2008. For modernization of land […]
National Epilepsy Day 2021
National Epilepsy Day: The National Epilepsy Day was observed on November 17, 2021. Epilepsy is a chronic non-communicable disease of the brain that affects around 50 million people worldwide. It is characterized by recurrent seizures, which are brief episodes of involuntary movement that may involve a part of the body or the entire body and […]
International Students Day 2021
International Students Day: The International Students’ Day is being observed on November 17, 2021. The day is celebrated every year to focus on availing education for all students. The day aims to ensure that every student has access to education around the globe. The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond […]
16th Annual Status Of Education Report 2021
16th Edition Of The Annual Status Of Education Report (ASER 2021): The percentage of rural children who were not enrolled in school doubled during the pandemic, with government schools seeing an increase in enrolment at the expense of private schools, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), 2021. Over a third of children […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 18th November 2021
Today Current Affairs: 18th November 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
National Register Of Citizens (NRC)
National Register Of Citizens (NRC): Only little over a thousand doubtful cases in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Assam have been referred to the concerned district commissioners for necessary action. More than 19 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants in Assam were excluded from the final draft register published on […]
G.N. Bajpai Committee
G.N. Bajpai Committee: The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), with an objective to develop the financial products and services International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) has constituted an Insurance Committee under the Chairmanship of Mr. G.N. Bajpai, former Chairman LIC and SEBI, to identify key areas for the development of insurance and reinsurance business from […]
