Current Affairs 30 June 2022
CONTENTS Vice-President Primary Agricultural Credit Society Govt. hikes GST for household items PM Mega Investment Textiles Parks (PM MITRA) scheme CAPSTONE, NASA’s new satellite Vice-President Context: The Election Commission has announced that the election to the post of the Vice-President (VP) will be held on August 6, as M. Venkaiah Naidu’s term was coming to […]
Current Affairs 29 June 2022
CONTENTS China’s interventions in the Horn of Africa Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment GST Council Hermit, the Pegasus-like spyware China’s Interventions in the Horn of Africa Context: China has been investing across the African continent throughout the last decade. While the emphasis has been on investments and raw materials, it took a new turn […]
Current Affairs 28 June 2022
CONTENTS Anti-Defection Law Gig Economy Kihoto Hollohan Judgment Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile Anti-Defection Law Context: The political crisis in Maharashtra has given rise to the question whether the Shiv Sena rebels can avoid disqualification under the anti-defection law. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Constitution (Constitutional Provisions, Legislature and Elections, Executive, Separation of Powers) Dimensions of […]
Current Affairs 27 June 2022
CONTENTS Indian laws on abortions India’s new VPN Rules NITI Aayog GST compensation cess Group of Seven (G7) Indian Laws on Abortions Context: In a significant step backwards for women’s rights in the U.S., the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade judgement of 1973, which gave women in America the right to have […]
Current Affairs 25 June 2022
CONTENTS Eco-Sensitive Zones Wetlands Conservation Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Cooperative Banks Odisha’s Mo Bus Eco-Sensitive Zones Context: Farmers in Kerala continue to protest across several high ranges of the state against the Supreme Court’s recent order to establish 1-km Eco-Sensitive Zones around all protected areas, wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. Relevance: GS III- Environment […]
Current Affairs 24 June 2022
CONTENTS Open network for digital commerce Snake Island Drug Resistant Typhoid Bedti-Varada Interlinking Project Keibul Lamjao National Park Sao Joao festival Open Network For Digital Commerce Context: The government of India announced the launch of the pilot phase of open network for digital commerce (ONDC) in five cities in late April with an aim to […]
Current Affairs 23 June 2022
CONTENTS: Four new corals recorded from Indian waters Digital wearables can expose users to cyberattacks BRICS Business Forum High inflation –a ‘major concern’ Four New Corals Recorded From Indian Waters Context: Scientists have recorded four species of corals for the first time from Indian waters. Relevance: GS-III: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. […]
Current Affairs 22 June 2022
CONTENTS Renewables 2022 Global Status Report Production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme World Mental Health Report: WHO Summer Solstice Chambal River Burmagomphus chaukulensis Renewables 2022 Global Status Report Context: Recently the Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022) was released by REN21 (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century). Relevance: GS III- Environment and Ecology Dimensions […]
Current Affairs 21 June 2022
CONTENTS About Single use plastic What is lightning? Aspirational District Programme Amrit Sarovar Mission Black swan event About Single Use Plastic Context: The Centre has banned the use of ‘single-use plastic’ from July 1. The Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change had issued a gazette notification last year announcing the ban, and has now […]
Current Affairs 20 June 2022
CONTENTS WTO Ministerial Conference World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought West Seti Power Project Auctioning 5G spectrum bands Critical information infrastructure Alzheimer’s disease WTO Ministerial Conference Context: Recently, member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) wrapped up the Ministerial Conference’s twelfth outing (MC12) securing agreements on relaxing patent regulations to achieve global vaccine […]