Guidelines For Safety Assessment Of Genome Edited Plants, 2022: The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has issued guidelines easing norms for research into Genetically Modified (GM) crops and circumventing challenges of using foreign genes to change crops profile. Earlier, the Government has allowed genome-edited plants without the cumbersome GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) regulation at the Genetic […]
Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022
Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022: The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released a report named Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022, which calls for urgent action by both private and public sectors to ensure a resilient energy transition to address the challenges to environmental sustainability, energy security and energy justice and affordability. Findings of the Report: […]
NASM-SR Missile
NASM-SR Missile: The Navy recently tested an indigenous Naval Anti-Ship Missile (Short Range) or NASM-SR from a Sea King helicopter at the Integrated Test Range in Balasore, Odisha. The NASM-SR has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The NASM-SR has a range of 55 km and weighs 385 kg. This missile […]
World Bee Day 2022 : Theme
World Bee Day: This year, World Bee Day is being celebrated under the theme – ‘Bee Engaged: Celebrating the diversity of bees and beekeeping systems’. World Bee Day is celebrated on May 20. On this day Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping, was born in 1734. The purpose of the international day is to acknowledge […]
India Recorded Highest Ever Annual FDI Inflow : FY 2021-22
India Recorded Highest Ever Annual FDI Inflow : FY 2021-22 India has recorded highest ever annual FDI inflow of USD 83.57 billion in the Financial Year 2021-22. In terms of top investor countries of FDI Equity inflow, ‘Singapore’ is at the apex with 27%, followed by U.S.A (18%) and Mauritius (16%) for the FY 2021-22. […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 21st May 2022
Today Current Affairs: 21st May 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Lower respiratory infection attributable to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was responsible for more than 1,00,000 deaths in children under five worldwide in 2019, according to a new estimate published in The Lancet The study is the first to examine RSV disease burden in narrow age brackets. According to the report the incidence […]
New Development Bank (NDB) New Regional Office
New Development Bank (NDB) New Regional Office: New Development Bank (NDB) is setting up a regional office in Gujarat, India for funding and monitoring infrastructure projects in that country and Bangladesh. NDB is a multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). It was agreed to by BRICS […]
International Migration Review Forum
International Migration Review Forum: The First International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) is being held under the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA. It started on May 17th and will end on May 20th. In the “Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)”, it was decided that the IMRF will act as […]
World Economic Situation And Prospects (WESP) Report
World Economic Situation And Prospects (WESP) Report: According to the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report that was released by the United Nations on 18th May 2022, the global economy this year is expected to grow by only 3.1 per cent. The earlier prediction in January was 4.0 per cent but the rate was […]
