Way Finding Application: The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for signing of an agreement between the Government of India and the United Nations on a ‘Way Finding Application’ to be used in the Palais des Nations, United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), consisting of five buildings and […]
Category: Current Affairs
FIFAe Nations Cup (FeNC) 2022
FIFAe Nations Cup (FeNC) 2022: In Football, India created history by securing a spot at the highly coveted FIFAe Nations Cup (FeNC) 2022. Representatives from the country will join esports athletes from 23 other nations to compete at the highest level of FIFA 22 Esports from July 26 to 30 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The FIFAe […]
G33 Ministerial Meeting In Geneva
G33 Ministerial Meeting In Geneva: At the G33 Ministerial Meeting in Geneva, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal expressed his concerns over the stalemate in reaching a permanent solution on the issue of public stockholding and special safeguard mechanism (SSM) for food security. The G33 Ministerial Meeting was held on the sidelines of the […]
e-Vidhan System
e-Vidhan System: A delegation of MLAs from Gujarat visited the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in June 2022 to learn about the novel e-Vidhan system for paperless proceedings that has been recently adopted by the UP state assembly. The National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) is a system for digitising the legislative bodies of all Indian states and […]
Next-Generation Corvettes
Next-Generation Corvettes: The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has given the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for procurement of next-generation Corvettes for the Indian Navy at an approximate cost of Rs 36,000 crore. A Corvette is the smallest class of naval ships and it falls below the warship class of a frigate. These are highly agile ships […]
FATF’s Grey List
FATF’s Grey List: Pakistan got a reprieve from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as FATF announced that the country could be removed from the grey list. FATF is expected to decide whether to take Pakistan off the ‘grey’ list at the end of its plenary session in Berlin in October. Pakistan has been on […]
Ban On Wheat Export From India
Ban On Wheat Export From India: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) suspended re-export of wheat and flour from grain originating in India is basically an assurance that whatever it imports will be used only for domestic consumption. The development comes a month after India banned wheat exports to meet the demand of its domestic market, […]
Barents Sea Warming
Barents Sea Warming: According to a study, it is stated that parts of the Arctic region near Norway are warming at as much as seven times the rate of warming in the rest of the world. The region around the northern Barents Sea has been warming two to two-and-a-half times the average warming of the […]
World Day To Combat Desertification And Droughts
World Day To Combat Desertification And Droughts: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed every year on 17th of June. On this day, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) organized Desertification and Drought Day. The Union Minister released Forest Stewardship Council’s Forest Stewardship Standard for India (FSC FSSI). FSC is a […]
Holy Relics Of Lord Buddha
Holy Relics Of Lord Buddha: Four Holy Relics of Lord Buddha are being taken from India to Mongolia for an 11-day exposition to coincide with Mongolian Buddha Purnima celebrations. These relics are to be displayed at the Batsagaan Temple in Gandan Monastery complex in Ulaanbaatar. The four relics come from among 22 Buddha relics, currently […]
