Daily Current Affairs

In News Recently Lebanon saw mass Confusion after its government decided to delay DST by a month. About Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice of turning the clock ahead as warmer weather approaches and back as it becomes colder again. The daylight saving time is followed in over 70 countries on various dates. India […]

In News National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the Navratna CPSE, under Ministry of Mines and country’s leading manufacturer and exporter of alumina and aluminium, has successfully developed a Bauxite Certified Reference Material (CRM) naming as BARC B1201 in joint collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). This is the first of its kind CRM in […]

In Context The Environment Ministry has taken various measures for the Conservation and protection of Great Indian Bustards. Some important steps in this regard are as follows The Great Indian Bustard is listed in Schedule-I of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. Important habitats of Great Indian Bustards are designated as National Parks/ sanctuaries. The […]

In News A team of marine biologists during routine monitoring of marine litter in some of the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands, have stumbled upon a piece of rock made from plastic. About The rock which was discovered on a beach on Aves Island is the first such find from India. Known as Plastiglomerate, the […]

In News ISRO’s LVM-3 successfully launches satellites completing OneWeb constellation. About India’s most powerful rocket has recently launched satellites for OneWeb’s first-generation internet constellation through Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3) rocket from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket carried 36 OneWeb broadband satellites toward low Earth orbit (LEO) which is […]

In News Recently, the government announced the formation of a committee to monitor the stock of tur dal held by importers, mills, stockists, and traders in order to prevent hoarding and speculation. About Furthermore, in order to assist easy and seamless imports, the government has eliminated the 10% charge on tur imports from non-LDC countries, […]

In News Recently, the Amended Finance bill 2023 was passed in parliament without discussion. About: In midst of protests by the opposition benches the Upper House returned the Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill and the Finance Bill to the Lok Sabha without any discussion.  The Lok Sabha too cleared the bill without any discussion or […]

In News IMF agrees to consider bailout plans for Sri Lanka amid an economic crisis in the country  About The International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week confirmed a $3 billion bailout plan for Sri Lanka’s struggling economy. The IMF plays a key role in promoting global economic stability through its policies, especially bailouts which have […]

In News Recently, A report was published by Indian express highlighting that autonomy promised under the IOE scheme has remained only on paper. About The institutes of eminence scheme under the Union human resource ministry aims to project Indian institutes to global recognition. The selected institutes under the scheme enjoy complete academic and administrative autonomy. […]

In News The Supreme Court has recently held in a judgment that an affinity test cannot be the litmus test to decide a caste claim. More about the news Supreme Court’s judgment: A three-judge Bench was settling conflicting views on the value of affinity tests to prove caste/tribe claims. It stated that an affinity test […]