GM Mustard Approval: Highlights of SC Verdict on GM Mustard: Justice Nagarathna criticised the GEAC for clearing the project without relying on any indigenous studies on the crop’s effect in India and its possible environmental ramifications and only foreign research studies were considered while making the recommendation. In contrast, Justice Karol upheld the GEAC’s clearance […]
Global Trade Research Initiative
Global Trade Research Initiative: India’s garment export industry, a significant contributor to employment, has been facing a persistent decline. A recent report by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) , a research Group focused on Climate Change, technology and trade, sheds light on the reasons behind this downturn, pointing to self-inflicted barriers rather than external […]
Humayun Tomb World Heritage Site Museum
Humayun Tomb World Heritage Site Museum: The Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site Museum is set to open for visitors. Nestled between Sunder Nursery and Humayun’s Tomb in Nizamuddin, Delhi, this museum promises to offer visitors a unique insight into the life and times of the second Mughal Emperor, Humayun. Key Highlights of Humayun’s Tomb Site […]
Neutrinos
Neutrinos: Neutrinos play an important role in particle physics and astrophysics. It is a fundamental elementary particle, and atmospheric neutrinos can be studied when solar radiation hits the Earth’s atmosphere. Neutrinos are subatomic particles that have no electric charge, have a small mass, and are left-handed (the direction of its spin is opposite to the […]
PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyaan
PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyaan: Finance Minister announced the launch of the PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyaan, aimed at providing basic facilities to five crore Scheduled Tribe families across 63,000 villages in tribal-majority and aspirational districts. This scheme is designed after PM-JANMAN for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups. The 2024-25 budget allocated ₹13,000 crore for the […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 25th July 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 25th July 2024 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Banking Current Affairs : 25th July 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 25th July 2024 for SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc MoC Minister releases ‘The Future is Now’ as Theme for 8th IMC: The Union Minister Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Ministry of Communications (MoC) unveiled the theme of the 8th India Mobile Congress (IMC) i.e. ‘The Future is Now‘. […]
Angel Tax : Union Budget 2024-2025
Angel Tax : Union Budget 2024-2025 The Union Minister for Finance proposed to abolish ‘angel tax’ for all classes of investors, while presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 in Parliament. Angel Tax was levied on the capital raised via the issue of shares by unlisted companiesfrom an Indian investor if the share price of issued shares […]
Clarion-Clipperton Zone
Clarion-Clipperton Zone: India will apply for licences from International Seabed Authority (ISA) to explore for deep-sea minerals in the Pacific Ocean especially plans to focus on the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) is a vast plain in the North Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Mexico. It is known to hold large volumes of polymetallic nodules […]
Climate Finance Taxonomy
Climate Finance Taxonomy: Presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25, the Finance Minister announced that the government would develop a ‘climate finance taxonomy’. Climate Finance Taxonomy is a system that classifies which parts of the economy may be marketed as sustainable investments. It helps guide investors and banks in directing trillions toward impactful investments to tackle […]
