Daily Current Affairs – 1 March, 2022

In Context The Antonov An-225, has been “destroyed” in an attack on its base at Hostomel/Gostomel airport in Ukraine. Antonov An-225 About: Known formally as the “Cossack”, its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) operating code, the world knew the “super-heavy transport plane” better by its Ukrainian name, “Mriya”, or “the Dream”. The 6-engine 84-metre-long Antonov […]

In News The Office of Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has released the Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI). About Index of Industrial Production (IIP) It is a composite indicator that measures the growth rate of industry groups classified under: Broad sectors, namely, Mining, Manufacturing, and Electricity. Use-based sectors, […]

In News  The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology launched the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) . About International Monsoons Project Office It was established at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) under an agreement between the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and IITM, with the approval of the Hon’ble Minister of […]

In News  Recently,‘Operation Ganga’  was launched by the government of India to bring back Indians stranded in Ukraine.  About ‘Operation Ganga’ Under this, India has already successfully brought back more than a 1,000 of its nationals from the country.  It has also set up 24×7 control centres to assist in the evacuation of Indians through […]

In News  Recently, Ukraine filed an application instituting proceedings against the Russian Federation before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). About  In its Application, Ukraine contends, “the Russian Federation has falsely claimed that acts of genocide have occurred in the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts of Ukraine, and on that basis recognized the so-called ‘Donetsk People’s […]

In News The Chief Justice of India was addressing the ‘National Seminar on Adjudication of IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Disputes in India’ at the DRDO Auditorium. About Intellectual property rights are the rights given to persons over the creations of their minds. They usually give the creator an exclusive right over the use of his/her […]

In News Recently, the Prime Minister of India urged State governments as well as the private sector to adopt the Gati Shakti portal to plan infrastructure projects and develop special economic zones. About  The PM emphasised to make the PM Gati-Shakti National Master Plan as base for their projects and economic zones.  The government has […]

In News  Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released the second part of its sixth assessment report.  This second part of the report is about climate change impacts, risks and vulnerabilities, and adaptation options. About The first part of this report, on the physical science of climate change in 2021. It had warned […]

In News Each year World NGO Day is celebrated on February 27th. World NGO Day  About: It is an international day dedicated to recognize, celebrate and honour all non-governmental and nonprofit organisations, and the people behind them that contribute to the society all year around. History: The World NGO (Non-Governmental Organisations) Day assumed its official […]