PM Modi Unveils National Emblem On New Parliament Building: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the National Emblem cast on the roof of the new Parliament building. The concept sketch and process of casting the National Emblem on the roof of the building went through eight different stages of preparation from clay modelling/ computer graphics to […]
Major Economies Forum On Energy And Climate (MEF)
Major Economies Forum On Energy And Climate (MEF): The Union Minister for Environment, Shri Bhupender Yadav, represented India at the virtual meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF), hosted by U.S. President Joseph Biden. The Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) was launched on March 28, 2009. The MEF […]
Azooxanthellate Corals
Azooxanthellate Corals: Scientists have recorded four species of corals for the first time from Indian waters. These new species of azooxanthellate corals were found from the waters off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. All the four groups of corals are from the same family, Flabellidae. Truncatoflabellum crassum (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848), T. incrustatum (Cairns, […]
Anti-Defection Law
Anti-Defection Law: In light of the events in Maharashtra, with the Uddhav Thackeray government facing internal dissent from a block of 22 MLAs led by Eknath Shinde, the anti-defection law has again come into the spotlight. The anti-defection law was included in the Constitution as the Tenth Schedule in 1985 to combat the “evil of […]
Amrit Sarovar Mission
Amrit Sarovar Mission: In a move that could expedite the implementation of railway and highway projects across the country, the Centre has asked the Ministry of Railways and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to use the soil or silt excavated from ponds and tanks in all districts under the Amrit Sarovar mission for […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 12th July 2022
Today Current Affairs: 12th July 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
INS Vikrant
INS Vikrant: The fourth phase of Sea Trials for Indigenous Aircraft Carrier- Vikrant has been successfully completed during which integrated trials of majority of equipment and systems onboard were undertaken. Defence Ministry said, the ship’s delivery is being targeted by the end of this month, followed by commissioning of the ship in August this year […]
Wimbledon 2022
Wimbledon 2022: In Tennis, Serbian star Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon 2022 after beating Australia’s Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 in London. Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan clinched the Women’s Singles title. Novak Djokovic became the fourth player in the open era after Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, and Bjorn Borg to win four Wimbledon titles in […]
World Population Day
World Population Day: World Population Day is observed on the 11th of July every year. The objective of the day is to increase the awareness of the people towards the worldwide population issues. World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council […]
Digital Nomad Visas
Digital Nomad Visas: Indonesia has announced “Digital Nomad Visas” for travellers, to attract more foreign tourists. Digital Nomads are people who work remotely while travelling to different places and spending their earned income in the country they are travelling to. Unlike regular remote workers, who tend to stay in one geographic area, digital nomads travel […]
