Open Network For Digital Commerce
Context: US firm Microsoft has become the first big tech company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), a government-backed project which is aimed at enabling small merchants and mom-and-pop stores in parts of the country to access processes and technologies that are typically deployed by large e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and Flipkart. Relevance: GS III- […]
What is Langya Henipavirus?
Context: Langya Henipavirus: Almost three years after the novel coronavirus was detected in China, a new zoonotic virus has been discovered in the country’s two eastern provinces with 35 infections identified so far. This new type of Henipavirus is also being called Langya Henipavirus or the LayV. Relevance: GS II: Health Dimensions of the Article: What is Langya […]
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
Context: The Union Cabinet approved an extension to the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban up to December 31, 2024 so that the houses sanctioned under the scheme can be completed, officials said. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) has a completion rate of 67.72%, whereas the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) scheme that started a year ahead is lagging behind […]
Current Affairs 11 August 2022
CONTENTS Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Langya Virus Open network for digital commerce 49th Chief Justice of India Butterfly Mine Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Context: The Union Cabinet approved an extension to the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban up to December 31, 2024 so that the houses sanctioned under the scheme can be completed, officials said. The Pradhan […]
PIB Summaries 11 August 2022
CONTENTS Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana Lumpy skin disease Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana Focus: GS II- Welfare schemes Why in News? Recently, Government has modified the earlier scheme of ‘Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)’ with nomenclature ‘Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAAGY)’ for implementation during 2021-22 to 2025-26. About Pradhan Mantri […]
Static Quiz 11 August 2022 (Environment)
About Government e-Marketplace (GeM)
Focus: GS II- Government policies and Intervention Why in News? The Union Home and Cooperation Minister launched the onboarding of cooperatives on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal, in New Delhi. About Government e-Marketplace (GeM) Nodal: Ministry of Commerce and Industry The Government e Marketplace (GeM) was launched on August 9, 2016. To create an open and […]
Quit India Movement
Focus: GS I- History Why in News? The Prime Minister has remembered all those who took part in the Quit India Movement under Bapu’s leadership and strengthened our freedom struggle Build-up to August 1942 While factors leading to such a movement had been building up, matters came to a head with the failure of the Cripps […]
Current Affairs Quiz 10 August 2022
AGM-88 HARM Missile
Context: United States confirmed that Washington has supplied some “anti-radiation missiles” to Ukraine, which could be fired from some Ukrainian Air Force aircraft. The statement has put meat on Russian allegations that an American anti-radar missile, AGM-88 HARM, which is part of NATO’s inventory, has been used in the theatre of conflict. Relevance: GS III- […]