Current Affairs 28 February 2022
CONTENTS SWIFT Judiciary needs more HC judges: CJI Triple Talaq a ‘social evil’ : PM Modi Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for Sugarcane National Polio Immunization Drive for 2022 SWIFT Context: The U.S., Europe and several other western nations are moving to exclude Russia from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), an international […]
Current Affairs 26 February 2022
CONTENTS P-8I Aircraft Ahom warrior Lachit Borphukan Black Carbon UNEP’s Fire Ready Formula P-8I Aircraft Context: Aviation and defence colossus Boeing delivered India’s 12th maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare P-8I aircraft . Relevance: GS III- Science and Technology, Various Security Forces & Agencies & Their Mandate Dimensions of the Article: About P-8I Patrol Aircraft Naval operations Click […]
Current Affairs 25 February 2022
CONTENTS Russian Aggression on Ukraine and International Law Narsinh Mehta Minimum Support Price Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could impact Indian exports Supercomputer Param Pravega Saltwater Crocodile Russian Aggression on Ukraine and International Law Context: Russia launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea, the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe […]
Current Affairs 24 February 2022
CONTENTS Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy, 2022 NASA’s plan to decommission the International Space Station Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Insurgency threat in Manipur Similipal Biosphere Reserve Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy, 2022 Context: Recently, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) released a policy proposal titled as, “Draft India […]
Current Affairs 23 February 2022
CONTENTS Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) Mid-day meal scheme Leprosy Meta’s AI Supercomputer India on Ukraine crisis Fundamental duties Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) Context: A committee constituted by the Union Home Ministry in December to study the withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, or AFSPA, from Nagaland, slated to submit […]
Current Affairs 22 February 2022
CONTENTS Pandemic and Endemic Non fungible tokens Electric vehicle (EV) battery swapping policy Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms EU-India partnership in the Indo-Pacific Pandemic and Endemic Context: People with Covid-19 will no longer legally need to isolate in United Kingdom and the tests are likely to be scaled back as part of a plan to live with […]
Current Affairs 21 February 2022
CONTENTS Synthetic Biology Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) First Information Report Permanent Indus Commission Sealed cover jurisprudence Lucy Mission to probe Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids Synthetic Biology Context: The Centre is working on a national policy on synthetic biology, an emerging science that deals with engineering life forms for a wide range of applications from […]
Current Affairs 19 February 2022
CONTENTS Death penalty India-UAE Virtual Summit Krishna Water dispute Mullaperiyar dam dispute Death Penalty Context: A special court awarded the death penalty to 38 convicts and sentenced 11 others to life imprisonment until death, for the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts in which 56 persons were killed and over 200 injured. Special court termed it ‘rarest […]
Current Affairs 18 February 2022
CONTENTS SC lifts stay on Haryana quota for private jobs New India Literacy Programme A miracle cure against HIV Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy India-UAE to sign Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) SC lifts Stay on Haryana Quota for Private Jobs Context: The Supreme Court set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court order […]
Current Affairs 17 February 2022
CONTENTS SC: Tribunal appointments being taken lightly Initial public offering Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana Scheme India lacks solar waste handling policy SC: Tribunal Appointments Being Taken Lightly Context: The Supreme Court said its judicial intervention saw the government make abrupt efforts to fill vacancies in tribunals some time back and nothing after that. Earlier, […]