Football4Schools Initiative: The Ministry of Education has signed an MoU with Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and All India Football Federation (AIFF) for the ‘Football4Schools’ initiative in India. The Football4Schools program is a step towards translating Prime Minister’s vision of making sports a way of life as well as creating well-rounded citizens. It aims […]
India’s Biggest Hyperscale Data Centre Yotta D1
India’s Biggest Hyperscale Data Centre Yotta D1: While inaugurating north India’s first hyperscale data centre ‘Yotta D1’, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh explained that the state achieved the target of installing 250 MW of storage capacity with an investment of Rs 20,000 crore within a year of launching its data centre policy. Yotta D1, […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 1st November 2022
Today Current Affairs: 1st November 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Conference
Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Conference: Experts from the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) conference have observed that the Climate observing system remains fragile and needs financing for strengthening and sustaining it. GCOS conference was hosted by Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The Global Climate Observing System was established in 1992 as an outcome of […]
Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar
Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to the freedom fighter — Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar — on the occasion of his guru pooja. Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar: Born on October 30, 1908, in Pasumpon in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu, he was a freedom-fighter cum spiritual leader and was seen as a deity […]
Saras Food Festival, 2022
Saras Food Festival, 2022: Saras Food Festival, 2022 has been organized in New Delhi to promote ethnic and home-made handicrafts, paintings, toys, etc., prepared by women of Self-Help Groups (SHGs). Saras Food Festival is an initiative of the Union Ministry of Rural Development as an effort to empower women on a large scale. Women from […]
Two New Dwarf Varieties Of Kalanamak Rice
Two New Dwarf Varieties Of Kalanamak Rice: Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) successfully tested two new dwarf varieties of Kalanamak rice i.e., Pusa Narendra Kalanamak 1638 and Pusa Narendra Kalanamak 1652 in Uttar Pradesh that give double the yield. This will address the problem of lodging responsible for low yield seen across the traditional variety. […]
Birth Anniversary Of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Birth Anniversary Of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: On National Unity Day 2022, the Union Home Minister of India remembered Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 147th birth anniversary saying that the latter realised the dream of a strong and united India with his farsightedness. National Unity Day is celebrated every year on 31st October to commemorate the […]
List Of Fungal Infections : WHO
List Of Fungal Infections : WHO The World Health Organisation released the first-ever list of fungal infections (Priority Pathogens) that can be a threat to public health. Fungal priority pathogens list (FPPL) includes 19 fungi that represent the greatest threat to human health. The list takes precedence from the bacterial priority pathogens list, first established […]
Amendments To The IT Rules, 2021
Amendments To The IT Rules, 2021: Government notified amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021. These are aimed at making internet-open, safe & trusted and accountable, for the digital nagriks of the country. Key Amendments to IT Rules, 2021: New Guidelines for Social Media Intermediaries: Currently, intermediaries […]
