Mahila Samman Savings Certificate 2023: Mahila Samman Savings Certificate (MSSC) 2023 has been notified. It is a one-time small savings scheme for women to commemorate celebrations of 75 years of Independence. It will be made available for a two-year period up to March 2025. It will be under the Ministry of Women and Child Development. […]
Defense Cooperation Agreement : India And Romania
Defense Cooperation Agreement : India And Romania India and Romania have signed the Defense Cooperation Agreement, aiming to set up and expand Military Cooperation between both countries. The agreement will provide the legal framework for future cooperation in the field of defense through the exchange of expertise and knowledge on subjects of mutual interest including […]
Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD)
Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out the landing experiment of the Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD) programme at the Aeronautical Test Range in Challakere, Karnataka. An Indian Air Forces (IAF) Chinook helicopter was used to drop the RLV-TD from a 4.5 km altitude and ISRO executed the […]
Amogha-III Missile
Amogha-III Missile: The Bharat Dynamics (BDL) has successfully conducted a field firing test of its latest 3rd generation man-portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM), Amogha-III. Amogha-III is an indigenous missile which has been developed under Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP). It has a fire-and-forget capability and does not require external intervention after the launch. The […]
Poseidon Torpedoes
Poseidon Torpedoes: Russia plans to form a division of special-purpose submarines that will carry Poseidon torpedoes as part of the country’s Pacific Fleet by the end of 2024. Poseidon Torpedo is a massive Russian, nuclear-powered autonomous torpedo armed with a nuclear warhead built to strike enemy coastal targets from great distances. It is about 65 […]
Exercise Cope India
Exercise Cope India: India-U.S. air exercise ‘Cope India’ to begin next week. Exercise with the US Air Force (USAF) will begin at the Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal. It is a bilateral joint exercise between Indian Air Force (IAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF). Cope India began in 2004 as a fighter training […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 3rd April 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 3rd Apr 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Capulopsyche keralensis: Bagworm Moth Species
Capulopsyche keralensis: Bagworm Moth Species Researchers from the Zoology Department at St. Thomas College Thrissur have discovered the bagworm moth from the coffee plantations of Kerala. The newly found bagworm moth species was named Capulopsyche keralensis. Capulo means coffee and psyche means moth or butterfly. The name, therefore, translates as ‘Coffee moth of Kerala’ as […]
Solar Flare
Solar Flare: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory detected a powerful “X-class” solar flare that was classified as an X1.2 flare. The X1.2 flare erupted from sunspot AR3256 near the southwestern limb of the star in our Solar System. It led to a strong shortwave radio blackout in south-east Asia, Australia, and New Zealand Solar storms are […]
Assamese Gamosa
Assamese Gamosa: The ‘hybrid’ gamosa which was used for felicitating guests at a function sparked protests across Assam. Assamese gamosa is a hand-woven rectangular cotton piece of cloth with red borders and different designs and motifs. It is traditionally offered to elders and guests as a mark of respect and honour by Assamese people. It […]
