Daily Current Affairs – 14 July, 2022

In News  Ministry of Culture along with Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi and Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) organised a curtain raiser for  two days International Conference on the “Contributions of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray as a Chemist and Freedom Fighter” at University of Delhi. About Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray A Professor of Chemistry, a pioneer […]

In News  Recently, Singalila National Park launched programme that aims to release about 20 red pandas in a period of five years About Red Pandas Scientific Name : Ailurus fulgens Red Panda is largely vegetarian, eating chiefly young leaves and shoots of bamboo.  It also takes fruit, roots, succulent grasses, acorns, lichens, birds’ eggs and […]

In Context Parameswaran Iyer, who had spearheaded the implementation of the flagship USD 20 billion Swachh Bharat Mission, took charge as the CEO of NITI Aayog.  A 1981-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Iyer has worked with both the public and private sectors, according to an official statement. About NITI Aayog National Institution for […]

In News Recently, the Power Minister at the Sydney Energy Forum in Australia said that India has achieved clean energy targets nine years ahead of schedule. About the Sydney Energy Forum Participation: Ministers from the United States, Japan, India, Indonesia, and the Pacific Island nation of Samoa are attending the forum along with leaders of […]

In News Recently, India, in partnership with the United Kingdom, announced the Green Grids Initiative — One Sun, One World, One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG). More about the initiative Declaration and recognition: The “Green Grids Initiative” was announced at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland. More than 80 countries backed it. The announcement was accompanied by […]

In News Recently, LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) in South Dakota in the U.S. is being considered as the most sensitive dark matter detector in the world.  Universe and Dark matter Many physicists strongly believe that the entire visible part of the universe forms only 5% of all matter in it. They believe the rest is made up […]

In News G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting was recently concluded in Bali, Indonesia. About It was hosted by Indonesia as it is the chair of G20 for 2022. The meet was Guided by the theme ‘Recover Together, Recover Stronger’. After Indonesia, India will assume the presidency of G20 from December 2022. Ukraine Russia conflict: The conversation […]

In News Recently, the 2022 Global Gender Gap Index was released by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Global Gender Gap Index According to the WEF, it is the longest-standing index, which tracks progress towards closing gender gaps over time since its inception in 2006. The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks the current state and evolution […]