National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC): Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the construction of the National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) site at Gujarat’s Lothal via video conferencing. Lothal was one of the southernmost sites of the Indus Valley civilization, located in the Bhāl region of what is now the state of Gujarat. The port city is […]
Tribal Youth Exchange Programme
Tribal Youth Exchange Programme: Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with Ministry of Home Affairs recently organised 14th Tribal Youth Exchange Programme for the development of Tribal Youth in New Delhi. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan has been organizing Tribal Youth Exchange Programme since 2006 for the development and main streaming of Tribal Youth […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 20th October 2022
Today Current Affairs: 20th October 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
One Health Concept
One Health Concept: A new One Health Joint Plan of Action was launched by the Quadripartite-the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE). In April 2022 a pilot project in the state of Uttarakhand was […]
PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022
PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022: The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022 at Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. Key Highlights : PM released the 12th installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) funds. Rs 16,000 crores were transferred to over 8.5 crore eligible farmers as part […]
Big Techs
Big Techs: Report by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), large non-financial technology firms, referred to as “big techs,” pose challenges to financial stability owing to their technological advantages, large user base, wide-spread use by financial institutions and network-effects. Big techs include companies such as Alibaba, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Tencent. They usually hold service licenses […]
Nihonshu
Nihonshu: The Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, has filed an application seeking Geographical Indication (GI) tag for nihonshu/Japanese sake. This is the first time a product from Japan has filed for a tag at the Geographical Indication Registry in Chennai. In Japan, nihonshu is regarded as a special and valuable beverage made from fermenting rice. […]
Kamikaze Drones
Kamikaze Drones: Ukraine’s capital region was struck by Iranian-made kamikaze drones. These kamikaze drones are not new, and have also been supplied by the US to Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia. Kamikaze Drones: These are small unmanned aircraft that are packed with explosives that can be flown directly at a tank or a […]
Booker Prize
Booker Prize: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has been named the winner of the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. The Booker Prize for Fiction, formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize and the Man Booker Prize, is a literary prize. Objective: To promote the finest in fiction by […]
Rustom-2
Rustom-2: The indigenous medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is expected to complete all user trials by August 2023 Rustom-2 is also known as Tapas-BH (Tactical Airborne Platform for Aerial Surveillance-Beyond Horizon 201). It has been designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru, with the production partners being Hindustan […]
