Derecho : Storm System A few States of US were hit by a storm system called a Derecho, turning Sky Green. They mostly occur across central and eastern parts of the United States. In 2009 “Super Derecho” was one of the “most intense and unusual derechos ever observed” in the US as it swept from […]
Category: Current Affairs
Colombo Security Conclave
Colombo Security Conclave: The sixth Deputy National Advisers’ meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave held recently resolved to combat jointly the increasing threats related to maritime safety, terrorism, trafficking and organised crime affecting partner nations. A road map for cooperation was discussed at the meeting attended by India, the Maldives, Mauritius, and Sri Lanka. Representatives […]
Global Forgiveness Day
Global Forgiveness Day: Global Forgiveness Day is observed on 7th of July every year to celebrate goodwill among people and it gives us a chance to set things right and make our relationships stronger. In 1994, The Christian Embassy of Christ’s Ambassadors founded National Forgiveness Day in British Columbia. The day was later renamed ‘Global […]
The State Of Food Security And Nutrition In The World (SOFI) 2022
The State Of Food Security And Nutrition In The World (SOFI) 2022: FAO, International Fund for Agriculture Development, UNICEF, UN world food Programme and WHO have jointly released SOFI 2022. Report: On Global Level: The world is moving further away from its goal of ending hunger (SDG 2: No Hunger), food insecurity and malnutrition […]
Kharchi Festival
Kharchi Festival: Kharchi Puja is a Hindu festival from Tripura, the festival involves the worship of the fourteen gods forming the dynasty deity of the Tripuri people. Tracing its etymology, ‘khar’ means sin and ‘çhi’ means cleaning. Therefore, together the name translates to – cleaning of sins. The temple of the 14 gods was built […]
PM-Svanidhi Scheme
PM-Svanidhi Scheme: 12-13% NPAs in loans given to street vendors under Prime Minister’s Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM-Svanidhi) scheme (Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Minister) Svanidhi Mahotsav: a series of cultural events for street vendors and the public, to be rolled out in 75 cities At first vendors can avail of loans up to […]
Guidelines To Prevent False Or Misleading Advertisements
Guidelines To Prevent False Or Misleading Advertisements: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) recently issued guidelines to prevent false or misleading advertisements. Guidelines: Non-misleading and valid Advertisements. An advertisement can be considered non-misleading if it contains true and honest representation of goods and does not exaggerate the accuracy, scientific validity or practical usefulness or capability. […]
Critical Minerals
Critical Minerals: India and Australia decided to strengthen their partnership in the field of projects and supply chains for critical minerals. Australia confirmed that it would commit USD 5.8 million to the three-year India-Australia Critical Minerals Investment Partnership. Critical minerals are elements that are the building blocks of essential modern-day technologies and are at risk […]
13th Extension To The Justice Rohini Commission
13th Extension To The Justice Rohini Commission: The Union Cabinet gave the 13th extension to the Justice Rohini Commission, to examine sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and submit its report by 31st January 2023. The initial deadline to submit the commission’s report was 12 weeks — by 2nd January, 2018. The commission was set […]
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 […]
