Rural Area Development Plan Formulation And Implementation (RADPFI) Guidelines: Union Minister Shri Giriraj Singh releases revised Rural Area Development Plan Formulation and Implementation (RADPFI) Guidelines prepared by Ministry of Panchayati Raj. This new Guideline (2021) is Focused on: Typology of villages to prepare the spatial development plan (population, agro-climatic zones, Hill areas, disaster occurrence, urban-peri-urban […]
Category: Current Affairs
Oil Prices Up: Brent Crude
Brent Crude: Oil prices are at their highest levels since 2014 — Brent crude hit $88.3 per barrel, up 27% since December 1, when it was trading at $69.5. The spike has been driven primarily by fears of supply side disruptions. The attack by Yemen’s Houthis on fuel trucks in Abu Dhabi, in which three […]
What is a Justice Clock?
Justice Clock: Supreme Court e-Committee chairperson and SC judge Justice DY Chandrachud inaugurated two digital services for Gujarat High court — a ‘Justice Clock’, and electronic payment of court fee. An LED display of 7 feet by 10 feet, placed at a height of 17 feet from the ground, has been erected at a busy […]
SaaRthi Mobile App
SaaRthi Mobile App: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has launched Saa₹thi – a mobile app on investor education. ‘R’ represents ‘₹’. It aims to create awareness among investors about the basic concepts of the securities market. The app will also explain about KYC process, trading and settlement, Mutual Funds (MF), recent market developments, […]
Devas-Antrix Deal
Devas-Antrix Deal: The controversial deal between Indian Department of Space’s commercial entity Antrix and Bengaluru-based startup Devas Multimedia has been under the scanner for more than a decade now. The International Telecommunication Union granted India S-band spectrum in the 1970s. Handing Over of Spectrum to ISRO: By 2003, there was a fear that the spectrum […]
Indian Cellular And Electronics Association (ICEA)
Indian Cellular And Electronics Association (ICEA): A report by the Indian Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) has said that India’s policy of adopting high tariffs on the import of electronics components may prove to be counterproductive. ICEA is the apex industry body of the mobile and electronics industry comprising manufacturers. India has adopted high tariffs […]
Death By Hunger
Death By Hunger: The Union government informed the Supreme Court (SC) that no starvation death (Death by Hunger) has been reported by any state or Union territory (UT) in recent years. The court is hearing a petition that highlights how starvation deaths continue to eat into the right to life and dignity of social fabric […]
Eastern Swamp Deer
Eastern Swamp Deer: The population of the vulnerable eastern swamp deer, extinct elsewhere in South Asia, has dipped in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve. Officials attributed the decrease from 907 individuals in 2018 to 868 during the Eastern Swamp Deer Estimation on January 10 and 11 to two high floods in 2019 and […]
China’s Artificial Moon
China’s Artificial Moon: China has built an artificial moon research facility that is capable of lowering the gravity level using magnetism. The research facility is scheduled to officially launch later this year. This research facility is also said to be the first of its kind in the world. Objective of the project: The idea is […]
Nusantara: New Capital Of Indonesia
Nusantara: Now The capital Of Indonesia The capital of Indonesia is being shifted from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, and will be called Nusantara (situated to the east of Borneo island). East Kalimantan is 2,300 kilometres from Jakarta on the eastern side of Borneo island, shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. The new capital will be […]
