US Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA): US adds Pakistan, along with 14 other countries, to the list of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act. The list identifies foreign governments with government-supported armed groups that recruit or use child soldiers and subjects them to certain restrictions. Other countries which have been added to the annual TIP list […]
Category: Current Affairs
Unity 22 Mission
“Unity 22” Mission:”: Unity 22” will be Virgin Galactic’s next rocket-powered test flight of its SpaceShip- VSS Unity. As part of the mission, the crew will be flying to the edge of space on July 11 on board the ‘Unity’ rocket ship developed by Virgin Galactic. This will be the 22nd mission for VSS Unity. […]
Freight Smart Cities
Freight Smart Cities: Commerce Ministry’s Logistics Division unveils plans for ‘Freight Smart Cities’ to improve the efficiency of urban freight and create an opportunity for reduction in the logistics costs. Under the Freight Smart Cities initiative, city-level logistics committees would be formed. These committees would have related government departments and agencies at the local level, […]
15th Finance Commission Report
15th Finance Commission Report: The Supreme Court directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to frame guidelines for payment of ex-gratia compensation to family members of persons who succumbed to COVID-19, while considering the recommendations in the 15th Finance Commission Report. Key recommendations in the Report of the 15th Finance Commission for 2021-26: The share […]
President’s Rule In West Bengal
President’s Rule In West Bengal: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea seeking directions to the Centre to impose President’s Rule in West Bengal over alleged incidents of post-poll violence in the state. Allegations: During the violence, the government and administration remained silent spectators and no protection was provided to the victims by […]
Crop Insurance Week:
Crop Insurance Week:: Government has launched the Crop Insurance Awareness Campaign for Fasal Bima Yojana during the Crop Insurance Week (being observed from July 1 to 7). Till date, the scheme has insured over 29.16 crore farmer applications (5.5 crore farmer applications on year-on-year basis). Over the period of 5 years, more than 8.3 crore […]
Forex Reserves
Forex Reserves: According to the recent data from the Reserve Bank of India, India’s Foreign Exchange (Forex) Reserves surged by $ 5 billion to $ 609 billion in the week ended 25th June, 2021. Increase in the Foreign Currency Assets (FCA) is the major component of overall reserves. Changes in forex reserves holdings: FCA rose […]
Trafficking In Persons Report 2021
Trafficking In Persons Report 2021: According to the Trafficking in Persons report 2021, released by the US State Department, the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase in vulnerability to human trafficking and interrupted existing anti-traffic efforts. Human trafficking, also called trafficking in persons, form of modern-day slavery involving the illegal transport of individuals by […]
Conservation Of Vultures
Conservation Of Vultures: 150 vultures were seen in the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR), Bihar, which has prompted a vulture conservation plan in the protected region of VTR. Vultures is one of the 22 species of large carrion-eating birds that live predominantly in the tropics and subtropics. They act an important function as nature’s garbage collectors […]
Retail And Wholesale Trades
Retail And Wholesale Trades: Minister of MSME announced revised guidelines for MSMEs with inclusion of Retail and Wholesale trades as MSMEs. The revised guidelines will benefit 2.5 Crore Retail and Wholesale Traders. Retail and wholesale trade which were left out of the ambit of MSME are now under the revised guidelines and thus will also […]
