World No Tobacco Day: 31st May is observed as ‘World No Tobacco Day’ every year to spread awareness around the deadly effects of tobacco consumption. The Member States of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it […]
What Are Startup Unicorns?
What Are Unicorns? The number of unicorns in India reached the 100-mark. The total valuation of these unicorns is USD 330 billion, that is over Rs 25 lakh crore. The average annual growth rate of Indian unicorns is more than that of the U.S., the U.K. and many other countries. India has become the third-largest […]
PARAM ANANTA India’s Latest Super Computer
PARAM ANANTA India’s Latest Super Computer PARAM ANANTA is India’s latest super computer. It has 838 TeraFlops supercomputing capability. It was commissioned at IIT Gandhinagar under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) It has been developed jointly by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar. Param Ananta will rank […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 31st May 2022
Today Current Affairs: 31st May 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
China Building a Second Bridge On The Pangong Tso Lake
China Building a Second Bridge On The Pangong Tso Lake: The Ministry of External Affairs has confirmed that China is building a second bridge on the Pangong Tso lake. The site of the bridge is around 20 km east of Finger 8 on the lake’s north bank – where the Line of Actual Control (LAC) […]
Connectivity Projects In Northeast India
Connectivity Projects In Northeast India: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Centre is implementing various rail, road and air connectivity projects worth ₹1,34,200 crore in Northeast India. Addressing the “Natural Allies in Development and Interdependence (NADI)” conclave here, she said the Union government had been pumping in huge money to develop a number of […]
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus: The Kerala health department is on alert after the death of a 47-year-old from Thrissur due to the West Nile Virus. The virus was first reported in the state in Alappuzha in 2006 and then in Ernakulam in 2011. The West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne, single-stranded RNA virus. It is “a […]
The International Day Of UN Peacekeepers
The International Day Of UN Peacekeepers: The International Day of UN Peacekeepers was observed on May 29, 2022. This year, the theme is People Peace Progress: The Power of Partnerships. For the past two decades on this day, UN Peacekeepers, also known as the Blue Helmets, are remembered by the world for their role in […]
US becomes India’s Biggest Trading Partner In FY22
US becomes India’s Biggest Trading Partner In FY22: The US has surpassed China to become India’s top trading partner in 2021-22. In 2021-22, the bilateral trade between the US and India stood at $119.42 billion as against $80.51 billion in 2020-21. The US is one of the few countries with which India has a trade […]
Palme d’Or : Winner 2022
Palme d’Or : Winner 2022 The Palme d’Or is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry. The winner – 2022: The Swedish satire Triangle of Sadness, directed by Ruben Östlund. It is awarded to the film adjudged the best among those contending at the Cannes Film Festival. Cannes is one of […]
