AK-203 Assault Rifles: The production of the AK-203 assault rifles by the Indo-Russian joint venture at Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, is set to begin by year-end and the manufacturing equipment required for it will be dispatched from Russia shortly, according to a senior official of Kalashnikov, the Russian company which manufactures the rifles. The production was […]
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10th National Conference Of Women Police
10th National Conference Of Women Police: In Himachal Pradesh, the 10th National Conference of Women Police is on August 21, 2022,in Shimla More than two hundred women police officers and employees across the country are participating in this two-day National conference. The conference is being organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Bureau […]
GI Tag To Mithila Makhana
GI Tag To Mithila Makhana: Union government has awarded Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Mithila Makhana. Mithila Makhana or Makhan (botanical name: Euryale ferox Salisb.) is a special variety of aquatic fox nut cultivated in Mithila region of Bihar and Nepal. Once a product gets this tag, any person or company cannot sell a similar […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 20th August 2022
Today Current Affairs: 20th August 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Har Ghar Jal Utsav
Har Ghar Jal Utsav: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually address the Har Ghar Jal Utsav on August 19, 2022 which is being held in Goa under the Jal Jeevan Mission. Goa is the first State to achieve 100 per cent Har Ghar Jal certification. Goa has become the first Har Ghar Jal certified State […]
Draft Indian Ports Bill, 2022
Draft Indian Ports Bill, 2022: The Government of India has prepared the draft Indian Ports Bill, 2022 to consolidate and amend the laws relating to ports. The draft bill seeks to repeal and replace the existing the Indian Ports Act, 1908. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has issued Draft Indian Ports Bill, 2022 for […]
West Nile virus
West Nile virus: The New York City Health Department announced that the West Nile virus had been detected in two people, one in Brooklyn and another in Queens, as well as in a “record number” of infected mosquitoes throughout the city. West Nile Virus (WNV) can cause neurological disease and death in people. WNV is […]
Pandemic Treaty
Pandemic Treaty: WHO had established an intergovernmental negotiating body to draft and negotiate a Pandemic treaty. WHO says it will be ready in the next 18 months and help prevent future global health disasters. About Pandemic Treaty: In December 2021, the Health Assembly adopted a decision titled “The World Together” at its second special session […]
Tasmanian Tiger
Tasmanian Tiger: Scientists in the US and Australia have embarked on a $15-million project to resurrect the thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial that went extinct in the 1930s, using gene-editing technology. Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus), the only animal in the Thylacinidae family to survive in modern times, was a marsupial mammal that raises young […]
Megalodon
Megalodon: Using fossil evidence to create a three-dimensional model, researchers have found new evidence about the life of one of the biggest predatory animals of all time — the Megalodon. Megalodons roamed the oceans an estimated 23 million to 2.6 million years ago. Megalodon could “completely ingest, and in as few as five bites,” a […]
