Current Affairs Quiz 17 May 2022
Ramgarh Vishdhari – India’s 52nd Tiger Reserve
Context: Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary is now notified as a tiger reserve after a nod by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). Relevance: GS III- Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: About Ramgarh Vishdhari TR About the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) Project Tiger Project Tiger Reserves of India About […]
How Sikkim Became a Part of India
Context: It was on May 16, 1975 that Sikkim became 22nd state of the Union of India. Relevance: GS II- Polity and Governance (Federalism) Dimensions of the Article: Attacks during Namgyal Rule British Expansion Scenario after 1947 1974 Elections Decision to join India Attacks during Namgyal Rule Beginning with Phuntsog Namgyal, the first chogyal (monarch), […]
Report Flags Risk of Fortified Rice
Context A report has flagged issues due to threats posed to anaemic persons over iron over-nutrition created by rice fortification. Relevance: GS III- Indian Economy, Public distribution system Dimensions of the Article: Highlights of the report What are the risks highlighted? What is rice fortification? Need of rice fortification What are the standards for fortification? […]
Places of Worship Act
Context: The Supreme court will hear a challenge to the order of a civil court in Varanasi directing a videographic survey of a temple- mosque complex upholding the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. Relevance: GS I- Communalism, Secularism, Regionalism, GS II- Polity and Governance Dimensions of the Article: What is the Places of […]
The Repo Rate in India
Context: Recently, the Reserve Bank of India, in a surprise move, announced that the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had held an ‘off-cycle’ meeting at which it had decided unanimously to raise the “policy repo rate by 40 basis points to 4.40%, with immediate effect”. Relevance: GS III- Indian Economy Dimensions of the Article: What is […]
Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
Focus: GS III- Indian Economy Why in News? EPFO now offers an annual interest rate of 8.5 percent. About Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Nodal: Ministry of Labour & Employment It is a government organization that manages provident fund and pension accounts of member employees and implements the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. The Employees’ Provident […]
Buddha Purnima
Focus: GS I- History Why in News? Prime Minister attended the 2566th Buddha Jayanti Celebration at International Convention Center and Meditation Hall at Lumbini, Nepal. About Gautama Buddha: He was born in Lumbini, near the Indo-Nepal border, as Siddhartha Gautama to a royal family in around 563 BCE. His ancestors belonged to the Sakya clan, […]
PIB Summaries 17 May 2022
CONTENTS Buddha Purnima Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Buddha Purnima Focus: GS I- History Why in News? Prime Minister attended the 2566th Buddha Jayanti Celebration at International Convention Center and Meditation Hall at Lumbini, Nepal. About Gautama Buddha: He was born in Lumbini, near the Indo-Nepal border, as Siddhartha Gautama to a royal family in […]
Current Affairs 17 May 2022
CONTENTS The repo rate in India Places of Worship Act How Sikkim became a part of India Report flags Risk of Fortified Rice Ramgarh Vishdhari notified as India’s 52nd Tiger Reserve The Repo Rate in India Context: Recently, the Reserve Bank of India, in a surprise move, announced that the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) […]