Business 20 Inception Meeting: The B20 Inception Meeting was held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on the sidelines of G20. The meeting was attended by G20 Sherpa, business delegates, CEO, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, etc. The meeting was headed by Mr Chandrasekaran, Head of TATA sons. During the meeting, the bigshots […]
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati: The Union Home Minister will take part in a celebration commemorating farmer leader Swami Sahajanand Saraswati’s birth anniversary in Patna, Bihar. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was an ascetic, a nationalist and a peasant leader of India. Although born in present-day UP, his social and political activities focussed mostly on Bihar in the initial […]
Chargesheets : Not Public Documents
Chargesheets : Not Public Documents The Supreme Court (SC) ruled that chargesheets are not ‘public documents’ and enabling their free public access violates the provisions of the Criminal Code of Procedure (CrPC) as it compromises the rights of the accused, victim, and the investigation agencies. According to the Court, a chargesheet cannot be made publicly […]
Aravali Safari Park Project : Environment Concerns
Aravali Safari Park Project : Environment Concerns Some Environmental Activists have raised concerns over the 10,000-acre Aravali safari park Project proposed in Haryana. This project will be the largest such project in the world. It aims to boost tourism and employment opportunities for the local people. The Aravalli safari project is being conceived and designed […]
China Builds New Dam In Tibet
China Builds New Dam In Tibet: China is constructing a new dam on the Mabja Zangbo river in Tibet, close to the tri-junction of India, Nepal and Tibet, raising concerns since China has ramped up creation of military and dual use infrastructure and in the eastern and western sectors of the LAC (Line of Actual […]
13th Amendment To The Constitution Of Sri Lanka
13th Amendment To The Constitution Of Sri Lanka: India’s External Affairs minister during a recent visit to Sri Lanka expressed India’s “considered view” with the Sri Lankan President that the full implementation of the 13th Amendment was “critical” for power devolution. 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka is an outcome of the India-Sri […]
Bimodal Nuclear Propulsion : NASA
Bimodal Nuclear Propulsion : NASA As part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program for 2023, NASA selected a bimodal nuclear propulsion concept for Phase I development which could reduce transit times to Mars to just 45 days. Bimodal nuclear propulsion is a two-part system that includes; Nuclear Thermal and Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NTP […]
What Is Planet Parade?
What Is Planet Parade? Over the past few nights, Venus and Saturn have been gradually coming together in the sky which was visible through the naked eye. Planet Parade is the phenomenon wherein the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were visible to the naked eye from Earth. This planetary meet-up, also known as […]
Yellow Band Disease : Destroying Corals
Yellow Band Disease : Destroying Corals Scientists found that corals of eastern Thailand are getting affected by Yellow band Disease which is killing corals over vast stretches of the sea floor. Yellow-band disease named for the colour it turns corals before destroying them was first spotted decades ago and has caused widespread damage to reefs […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 23rd January 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 23rd January 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
