Wings India 2022 : Objectives The Ministry of Civil Aviation, Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is jointly organising Wings India 2022 from 24th – 27th March 2022, Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, India. It is Asia’s largest event on Civil Aviation (Commercial, General and Business Aviation). Objective […]
Hypersonic Missiles Used By Russia For The First Time Amid Ongoing Ukraine Conflict
Hypersonic Missiles Used By Russia For The First Time Amid Ongoing Ukraine Conflict: Russia used a hypersonic missile for the first time in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine. A hypersonic missile is a weapon system which flies at least at the speed of Mach 5 i.e. five times the speed of sound and is manoeuvrable. […]
Minamata Convention On Mercury
Minamata Convention On Mercury: Indonesia has introduced a global declaration that calls on parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury to tackle illegal trade of mercury. The declaration was read in Nusa Dua, Bali, where Indonesia is hosting the fourth Conference of Parties (COP4) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury. The conference is being held […]
Direction On 100% Utilization Of Fly Ash
Direction On 100% Utilization Of Fly Ash: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued directives to form a committee for surveillance of pollution problems caused by Koradi and Khaparkheda coal-fired power plants in Nagpur. Both the plants have also been directed to ensure 100% utilization of fly-ash. Fly Ash Popularly known as […]
National Mission On Use Of Biomass In Coal Based Thermal Power Plants
National Mission On Use Of Biomass In Coal Based Thermal Power Plants: Commission for Air Quality Management recently reviewed the progress of Biomass Co-firing. Though some progress has been made towards co-firing, the CAQM finds the progress not up to the desired levels. In May 2021, to address the issue of air pollution due to […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 23rd March 2022
Today Current Affairs: 23rd March 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
World Water Day 2022 : Theme
World Water Day 2022 : Theme On 22nd March, World Water Day is observed annually. This day is observed to raise awareness regarding the importance of water and its conservation. This day focuses to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) of the United Nations. SDG 6 looks to ensure sanitation […]
Cyclone Asani
Cyclone Asani: The cyclone seems to be carrying thunderstorms for the eastern coast of India which includes West Bengal, Odisha, etc. Meteorologists have predicted that the cyclone will move towards the north. The name of the cyclone has been given by Sri Lanka and “Ashani” translates to “Wrath” in the Sinhala language. The sea surface […]
Section 144 Imposed In Telangana
Section 144 Imposed In Telangana: Section 144 has been imposed in Bodhan town in Telangana after protests turned violent over the installation of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji at Ambedkar junction in the town by the Shiv Sena and BJP workers. Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) of 1973 generally prohibits public gathering. […]
Gulf Business Summit
Gulf Business Summit: Delegates from 33 companies from Hong Kong, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia arrived in Srinagar to instill and gauge the growing situation in Jammu & Kashmir for investments and will also see that the MoUs amounting to Rs. 3,000 crores, signed earlier this year, are utilized properly. Gulf Business Summit will be […]