Decline In Immunisation Coverage: A report by World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) highlighted the impact of covid-19 pandemic on immunisation programs globally and in India as well. DPT vaccine is considered a marker for immunization coverage across countries. Key Highlights of the Report: Three million children have not received the […]
First Indian To Enter Men’s Long Jump
First Indian To Enter Men’s Long Jump: Murali Sreeshankar becomes first Indian to enter men’s long jump final at World Athletics Championships In the World Athletics Championships, Murali Sreeshankar has become the first Indian to enter the men’s long jump final at Oregon, USA. He leapt 8 meter in the qualification round. The 23-year-old from […]
INS Sindhudhvaj
INS Sindhudhvaj: The Navy’s Kilo class submarine INS Sindhudhvaj was decommissioned from service at Visakhapatnam after 35 years in service. With this, the Navy now has 15 conventional submarines in service. She had many a firsts to her credit, including operationalisation of the indigenised sonar USHUS, indigenised satellite communication system Rukmani and MSS, inertial navigation […]
Farm Loan Waivers Scheme
Farm Loan Waivers Scheme: Only about half of the intended beneficiaries of farm loan waivers announced by nine States since 2014 have actually received debt write-offs, shows a study by State Bank of India researchers. As of March 2022, the poorest implementation of farm loan waiver schemes in terms of proportion of eligible farmers who […]
Goods And Services Tax
Goods And Services Tax: Customers will have to pay a 5% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on pre-packed, labelled food items such as atta, paneer and curd, besides hospital rooms with rents above ₹5,000, starting from 18 July 2022. Hotel rooms with tariffs of up to ₹1,000 a day, maps and charts, including atlases, will […]
Forest Fires
Forest Fires: In France, Greece, Portugal and Spain, wildfire destroys thousands of hectares of land, forces thousands from their homes and kills several emergency personnel. A wildfire is a major fire that breaks out unpredictably in combustible environments such as dry forests or bush and often burns uncontrollably over a large area and length of […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 18th July 2022
Today Current Affairs: 18th July 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Bundelkhand Expressway
Bundelkhand Expressway: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bundelkhand Expressway at Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh. The 296-kilometre long, four-lane Bundelkhand Expressway passes through seven districts, Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah. The 296-Km, four-lane expressway has been constructed at a cost of around 14,850 crore rupees. […]
Great Indian Bustard
Great Indian Bustard: Only four Female Great Indian Bustards (GIB) are left in Gujarat. According to a 2018 count, India has fewer than 150 GIBs, of which 122 are in Rajasthan Great Indian Bustard: It is the State bird of Rajasthan and is considered India’s most critically endangered bird. It is considered the flagship grassland […]
Build Operate Transfer Model
Build Operate Transfer Model: For new projects, NHAI will prefer the build-operate-transfer model Under the BOT model, a private player will finance, build and operate a project for a period of time (20 or 30-year period). The developers will be recouping the investments by way of user charges or tolls charged from customers using the […]
