Konark Sun Temple: Visitors to the Sun Temple in Konark, Odisha, will soon be able to see the newly carved stones on the northern side of the jagmohan, or the assembly hall, of the World Heritage Site. The pilot project started in 2019 with a study of the stones at the temple and an analysis […]
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Nominated Members Of The Rajya Sabha
Nominated Members Of The Rajya Sabha: Athlete P T Usha and music maestro Ilaiyaraaja were among prominent personalties nominated to Rajya Sabha. Philanthropist and administrator of the Dharmasthala temple Veerendra Heggade and noted screen writer V Vijayendra Prasad were also nominated to the Upper House of Parliament. The Rajya Sabha had vacancies in the nominated […]
Global Findex Database 2021 : World Bank
Global Findex Database 2021 : World Bank World Bank’s Global Findex database surveyed how people in 123 economies use formal and informal financial services e.g., cards, ATMs, mobile phones, and the internet. Global specific findings: Globally, in 2021, 76 per cent of adults had an account at a bank or regulated institution such as a […]
State Ranking Index For NFSA 2022
State Ranking Index For NFSA 2022: Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister released the ‘State Ranking Index for NFSA’ 2022 during a conference of State Food Ministers on ‘Food and Nutrition Security of India’. Findings: Odisha is in the first position, followed by Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Among the special category States (the Northeastern […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 7th July 2022
Today Current Affairs: 7th July 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Purchasing Managers Index (PMI): As per the RBI, India’s services sector purchasing managers’ index (PMI), climbed to 59.2 in June, its highest reading in 11 years. Purchasing managers’ indexes are economic indicators derived from monthly surveys of private sector companies. IHS Markitproduces the PMI for India. The index is derived after a survey of 500 […]
India’s Supercomputing Capabilities
India’s Supercomputing Capabilities: As per the global ranking service of super-computers (Top 500), India has only 3 top-ranked supercomputers among 500 and none in the top 100. (Param Siddhi (5.27 PFlops), Param Ganga (1.66 PFlops) and Pratyush supercomputer (Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology’s)) India had 2 in the top 100 in 2020 World: China and […]
TiHAN: First Autonomous Navigation Facility
TiHAN: First Autonomous Navigation Facility Ministry of Science & Technology has inaugurated “Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation” or TiHAN, in IIT- Hyderabad, which is a first “Autonomous Navigation” facility. It is seen as one of the steps toward India’s vision of ‘Atmanibhar Bharat’, ‘Skill India’ and ‘Digital India’. TiHAN is a multidisciplinary initiative, which […]
Single-Crystalline Scandium Nitride
Single-Crystalline Scandium Nitride: Researchers at Bengaluru’s Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) have discovered a new material called “single-crystalline scandium nitride (ScN)” that can convert infrared light into renewable energy. To accomplish this feat, scientists used a scientific phenomenon known as polariton excitations, which occur in tailored materials when light couples with either […]
African Union Is Celebrating Its 20th Anniversary
African Union Is Celebrating Its 20th Anniversary: The African Union is celebrating its 20th Anniversary on 9th of July 2022. The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent In 1963, the Organization of African Unity was founded by the independent […]
