Balika Panchayat: Gujarat becomes first State in the country to launch Balika Panchayat. The country’s first-ever girl Panchayat, “Balika Panchayat”, which was started in several villages of Gujarat’s Kutch district, aims to promote the social and political development of the girls and ensure their active participation of girls in politics. This is a unique initiative […]
Category: Current Affairs
Padma Bridge Project
Padma Bridge Project: The Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh has denied any foreign funding in the construction of the Padma Bridge project. It asserted that the ‘Padma multipurpose bridge has been entirely funded by the government of Bangladesh.’ It said that some quarters are trying to portray that the bridge which is to be inaugurated by […]
Four Species Of Azooxanthellate Corals
Four Species Of Azooxanthellate Corals: Scientists have recorded Four Species of Azooxanthellate Corals under the Genus Truncatoflabellum (Scleractinian: Flabellidae) for the first time from Indian waters. Findings: Truncatoflabellum crassum, T. incrustatum, T. aculeatum, and T. irregulare are the four species of corals found. These groups of coral were previously found from Japan to the Philippines […]
Rise In Heart Attacks
Rise In Heart Attacks: India’s financial capital Mumbai witnessed a six-fold rise in deaths related to heart attacks in the first six months of 2021 when the city was under the grip of the second wave of Covid-19. Reason: Post-Covid development of thrombosis: SARS-Cov-2 damages the heart and blood vessels in infected patients which leads […]
Ruchira Kamboj: India’s Permanent Representative To The UN
Ruchira Kamboj: India’s Permanent Representative To The UN Ruchira Kamboj has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. She is currently Indian ambassador to Bhutan. Ruchira Kamboj will succeed T S Tirumurti. She is likely to take up assignment soon. Ruchira Kamboj joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1987 […]
Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP)
Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP): The Boris Johnson administration has come up with a new legislation, the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which would enable the U.K. to override provisions of the Brexit deal that concern trading arrangements in Northern Ireland the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP). Northern Ireland is the only part of the U.K. that shares […]
Inter-State Council Meeting
Inter-State Council Meeting: In June 2022, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking that at least three meetings of the Inter-State Council should be held every year to “strengthen the spirit of cooperative federalism”. Inter-State Council is a mechanism that was constituted “to support Centre-State and Inter-State coordination […]
Payment Vision 2025: RBI
Payment Vision 2025: RBI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with “Payments Vision 2025” with an objective to provide every user with safe, secure, fast, convenient, accessible and affordable e-payment options. Payments Vision 2025 has been prepared by considering the guidance from the Board for Regulation and Supervision of Payment and Settlement […]
Deletion Of 111 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties : Election Commission
Deletion Of 111 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties : Election Commission The Election Commission ordered the deletion of 111 registered unrecognised political parties that it found to be “non-existent” and referred three of the parties to the Department of Revenue for legal action for “serious financial impropriety”. This was the second such action in the recent […]
UNESCO’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize : Central Institute Of Educational Technology
UNESCO’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize : Central Institute Of Educational Technology: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) wins UNESCO’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the year 2021. CIET is a constituent unit of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) under Department of School Education & Literacy. CIET has been […]
