UN Security Council : Presidency Of India On 1st December, India assumed the monthly rotating presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the second time in its two-year tenure as an elected member of the Council in 2021-22. India has served seven times in the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member and in […]
DigiYatra : Functional At Three Airports In The Country
DigiYatra : Functional At Three Airports In The Country Digi Yatra is now functional at three airports in the country. Digi Yatra is a project conceived to achieve contactless, seamless processing of passengers at Airports, based on Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) Launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation Digi Yatra Foundation, a not-for-profit company, is […]
Bulletin On Maternal Mortality Ratio
Bulletin On Maternal Mortality Ratio: The Registrar General of India released a special bulletin on Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR). It revealed that India achieved a significant milestone by reaching the National health policy (NHP) target for MMR. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is the number of maternal deaths during a specific time period per 100,000 […]
Panel On MGNREGA Restructuring
Panel On MGNREGA Restructuring: The Central Government has set up a panel to recommend structural and other reforms required for the effective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act The panel will be headed by Amarjeet Sinha – the former Rural Development Secretary and advisor in the PMO. Chief Economic Advisor […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 2nd December 2022
Today Current Affairs: 2nd December 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Zombie Virus
Zombie Virus: European researchers have raised concerns of yet another pandemic after resurrecting a 48,500-year-old ‘Zombie Virus’ from a frozen lake in Russia. The researchers warned that Climate change-induced thawing of the permanently frozen land (permafrost) in the Arctic could pose a new public health threat. Zombie Virus: 13 new pathogens have been characterized, what […]
World AIDS Day 2022
World AIDS Day 2022: World AIDS Day is observed on 1st December every year all over the world to spread awareness about the disease and remember all those who lost their lives to it. World AIDS Day was founded in 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and was the first ever global health day […]
Global Water Resources Report 2021: WMO
Global Water Resources Report 2021: WMO WMO (World Meteorological Organization) has released its first annual State of Global Water Resources Report 2021. The aim of this annual report is to support monitoring and management of global freshwater resources in an era of growing demand and limited supplies. The report focuses on three major areas: Streamflow, […]
Horticulture Cluster Development Programme
Horticulture Cluster Development Programme: A meeting was held by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP). Overall development of horticulture in the country would be focused with the help of the implementation of the CDP. Horticulture is the branch of plant agriculture dealing with garden crops, generally […]
Manipur Sangai Festival
Manipur Sangai Festival: The Prime Minister of India recently addressed the Manipur Sangai Festival. Every year the State of Manipur celebrates the “Manipur Sangai Festival” from 21st to 30th November. The objective is to showcase Manipur as a world class tourism destination. The ‘Festival’ is named after the State animal, Sangai, the brow-antlered deer found […]
