1st Session Of “India-Mauritius High-Powered Joint Trade Committee: India hosted the 1st Session of “India-Mauritius High-Powered Joint Trade Committee” under the “India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA)”. Bilateral merchandise trade between India and Mauritius rose to USD 786.72 million in 2021-22 from USD 690.02 million in 2019-20. Both sides agreed to enhance bilateral […]
Lawn Bowls Sport
Lawn Bowls Sport: In Commonwealth Games 2022, Indian women’s team scripted history by winning the country’s first-ever Gold Medal in “Women’s Four Lawn Bowls” Sport. Lawn bowls is often considered a mix of “Ten-pin Bowling” and the winter sport of “Curling”. While in ten-pin bowling, the goal is to take down all the pins at […]
Suresh N Patel : New Chief Of The Central Vigilance Commission
Suresh N Patel : New Chief Of The Central Vigilance Commission The Government appointed Suresh N Patel as the new chief of the Central Vigilance Commission. The Central Vigilance Commission was set up by the Government in 1964 on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption, headed by Shri K. Santhanam, to advise […]
Tejaswin Shankar’s Bronze In High Jump : Commonwealth Games
Tejaswin Shankar’s Bronze In High Jump : Commonwealth Games Tejaswin clinched bronze after he cleared 2.22m in his first try. Tejaswin Shankar’s Bronze in High Jump is also India’s first in Track and Field at Commonwealth Games, 2022. Commonwealth Games is a member-based organization that receives no funding from the government and exists to administer, […]
Minerals Security Partnership (MSP)
Minerals Security Partnership (MSP): As part of a global ‘China-plus-one’ strategy adopted post the Covid-19 pandemic that caused massive supply-chain disruptions, a group of western nations are cooperating to develop alternatives to China to ensure key industrial supplies. A new US-led partnership initiative of 11 nations aims to bolster critical mineral supply chains. India is […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 5th August 2022
Today Current Affairs: 5th August 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Cheerag scheme : Haryana
Cheerag scheme : Haryana Senior politicians and teachers’ bodies in Haryana have raised questions on the government’s Cheerag scheme, which was recently launched to offer “free education” to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) students of government schools in “budget” private schools. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s government recently launched the “Chief Minister Equal Education Relief, […]
UNSC Meet On Counter-Terrorism
UNSC Meet On Counter-Terrorism: In a first, India will host diplomats and officials from all 15 countries of the United Nations Security Council, including China, Russia and the U.S., for a special meeting on terrorism, in Delhi and Mumbai in October. The meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), which India is chairing for 2022 as […]
FRP For Sugarcane And Sugar Industry In India
FRP For Sugarcane And Sugar Industry In India: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, at its meeting chaired by the Prime Minister here has approved the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for sugar season 2022-23 (October – September) at ₹305 per quintal. The amount is for sugarcane with a basic sugar recovery rate […]
National Anti-Doping Bill
National Anti-Doping Bill: The parliament passed the National Anti-Doping Bill unanimously on Wednesday by a voice vote. The Bill aims to provide a statutory framework for the functioning of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and the National Dope Testing Laboratory in sports. The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports said India will now join the […]
