Aircraft Carrier Fujian : China In June 2022, China launched its third aircraft carrier named ‘Fujian’, the country’s most advanced as well as the first “fully domestically built” naval vessel, as an aggressive Beijing sought to project its naval power in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. Fujian is the name of China’s eastern coastal province of […]
Padma Bridge Project
Padma Bridge Project: The Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh has denied any foreign funding in the construction of the Padma Bridge project. It asserted that the ‘Padma multipurpose bridge has been entirely funded by the government of Bangladesh.’ It said that some quarters are trying to portray that the bridge which is to be inaugurated by […]
Balika Panchayat
Balika Panchayat: Gujarat becomes first State in the country to launch Balika Panchayat. The country’s first-ever girl Panchayat, “Balika Panchayat”, which was started in several villages of Gujarat’s Kutch district, aims to promote the social and political development of the girls and ensure their active participation of girls in politics. This is a unique initiative […]
Glischropus meghalayanus
Glischropus meghalayanus: Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India have discovered a new species of bamboo-dwelling bat in Ri Bhoi district of Meghalaya. The species, found near the forested patch of Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, has been named Glischropus meghalayanus. The present discovery is the first report of a thick-thumbed bat not only from India but […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 24th June 2022
Today Current Affairs:24th June 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Ruchira Kamboj: India’s Permanent Representative To The UN
Ruchira Kamboj: India’s Permanent Representative To The UN Ruchira Kamboj has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. She is currently Indian ambassador to Bhutan. Ruchira Kamboj will succeed T S Tirumurti. She is likely to take up assignment soon. Ruchira Kamboj joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1987 […]
Rise In Heart Attacks
Rise In Heart Attacks: India’s financial capital Mumbai witnessed a six-fold rise in deaths related to heart attacks in the first six months of 2021 when the city was under the grip of the second wave of Covid-19. Reason: Post-Covid development of thrombosis: SARS-Cov-2 damages the heart and blood vessels in infected patients which leads […]
Four Species Of Azooxanthellate Corals
Four Species Of Azooxanthellate Corals: Scientists have recorded Four Species of Azooxanthellate Corals under the Genus Truncatoflabellum (Scleractinian: Flabellidae) for the first time from Indian waters. Findings: Truncatoflabellum crassum, T. incrustatum, T. aculeatum, and T. irregulare are the four species of corals found. These groups of coral were previously found from Japan to the Philippines […]
Manipur’s Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) Residents Oppose The Site’s Relocation
Manipur’s Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) Residents Oppose The Site’s Relocation: People argues that the proposed site has no connection with efforts to save the endangered deer. On the other hand, the people in surrounding villages have been doing everything possible to protect the deer. Keibul Lamjao National Park: It is the only floating National […]
Twin Deficit Problem
Twin Deficit Problem: The finance ministry in its ‘Monthly Economic Review’ cautioned the re-emergence of the twin deficit problem in the economy, with higher commodity prices and rising subsidy burden leading to an increase in both fiscal deficit and Current Account Deficit (CAD). It’s also the first time the government has explicitly talked about the […]
