Cardless Cash Withdrawals At ATMs : RBI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced cardless cash withdrawals at ATMs across the country which will enable consumers to use Unified Payment Interface (UPI) on their smartphones to withdraw cash from Automatic Teller Machine (ATMs). It would help prevent frauds like card skimming and card cloning. Currently, […]
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre : 103 Years Of The Incident
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre : 103 Years Of The Incident The Prime Minister paid tributes to people killed in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919. He asserted that their unparalleled courage and sacrifice will keep motivating the coming generations. 13th April, 2022 marks the 103 years of the incident. Earlier, the Gujarat government marked 100 years […]
Global Wind Report 2022 : Highlights
Global Wind Report 2022: The Global Wind Report for 2022 was published by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). GWEC was established in 2005 to provide a credible and representative forum for the entire wind energy sector at an international level. Highlights of the Report: Wind energy installations every year across the world must quadruple […]
SVANidhi Se Samriddhi’ Program
SVANidhi Se Samriddhi’ Program: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched ‘SVANidhi se Samriddhi’ program in additional 126 cities across 14 States/ UTs. Quality Council of India (QCI) is the implementing partner for the program. SVANidhi se Samriddhi is an additional program of PMSVANidhi, launched on 4th January 2021 in 125 cities […]
First Meeting Of The Inter-Ministerial Coordination Group
First Meeting Of The Inter-Ministerial Coordination Group: The first meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Coordination Group (IMCG) at Secretary level was convened by India’s Foreign Secretary. The IMCG has been set up as a high-level mechanism towards mainstreaming of India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy vision that sought to develop better relations with the country’s neighbours. IMCG is […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 13th April 2022
Today Current Affairs: 13th April 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Telangana Dalit Bandhu Scheme
Telangana Dalit Bandhu Scheme: Dalit activists from across India have appreciated Dalit Bandhu scheme. It is a scheme to uplift Dalits on all fronts and therefore activists have demanded the scheme be extended at the national level. Dalit Bandhu enables entrepreneurship among Dalits through a direct benefit transfer of Rs 10 lakh per family. This […]
Megaliths Of Assam
Megaliths Of Assam: The discovery of a number of megalithic stone jars in Assam’s Dima Hasao district has brought to focus possible links between India’s Northeast and Southeast Asia, dating back to the second millennium BC. The paper, ‘An archaeological survey of the Assam stone jar sites’ documents three distinct jar shapes (bulbous top with […]
5G Vertical Engagement And Partnership Program
5G Vertical Engagement And Partnership Program: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) for “5G Vertical Engagement and Partnership Program (VEPP)” initiative to build strong collaboration partnerships across 5G Use-case ecosystem stakeholders. It is an Initiative, where the DoT will “facilitate necessary approvals, regulatory clearances to enable use case prototyping, pilots, […]
Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ : Successfully Tested
Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ : Successfully Tested Indigenously developed helicopter launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ was successfully flight tested on April 11, 2022 at high-altitude ranges as part of user validation trials. The flight-test was jointly conducted by the teams of scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Indian Army and Indian Air Force […]