Daily Current Affairs – 24 May, 2021

  Facts in News Bao Dhaan (Geography) Recently, the first consignment of ‘Bao Dhaan or Red Rice‘ was sent to the USA from Assam. Key Points The red rice is iron-rich and is grown in the Brahmaputra valley of Assam, without the use of any chemical fertilizer.  The rice variety is referred to as ‘Bao-dhaan‘, […]

In News Recently, the Protected Planet Report 2020 has been published. About the Report Published by United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Support from the National Geographic Society (global non-profit). It underlined the progress the world has made toward the ambitious Aichi Biodiversity Target 11. These […]

In News Recently, the 249th birth anniversary of Raja Ram Mohan Roy was celebrated . Raja Ram Mohan Roy Early life  He was born on 22 May 1772 in a Hindu Brahmin family in Radhanagar village in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, Bengal.  He studied Persian and Arabic along with Sanskrit, which influenced his thinking about […]

In News  Recent studies have indicated that approximately 1.35 lakh hectares of coconut and oil palm in India are affected by the rugose spiralling whitefly. About Extensive studies were carried out from 2015 to 2020 across the country to understand the patterns of occurrence, the intensity of the infestation of whitefly.  Researchers extracted genomic DNA […]

In News The Government of India (GoI) has notified the genome sequencing of 5% of the COVID positive cases and to maintain a record of it. About The work began in January by sequencing samples of people who had a history of travel from the United Kingdom and a proportion of positive samples in the […]

In News The government released the First Advance Estimates (FAE) at the start of January 2021 and the Second Advance Estimates (SAE) in February 2021, which showed the impact of Covid-19 on the finances of the Centre and the States in 2020. Key Highlights First Advance Estimates The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would contract by […]