Current Affairs 18 October 2022
CONTENTS Global Multidimensional Poverty Index Hindi imposition and its discontents Mangalyaan Mission NHAI’s infra investment bonds Neelakurinji Global Multidimensional Poverty Index Context: About 41.5 crore people exited poverty in India during the 15-year period between 2005-06 and 2019-21, out of which two-third exited in the first 10 years, and one-third in the next five years, […]
Current Affairs 17 October 2022
CONTENTS Living Planet Report 2022 Draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022. Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Detection of barium in the exoplanet atmosphere China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomacy Living Planet Report 2022 Context: According to the World Wide Fund for Nature’s Living Planet Report 2022, there has been a 69% drop in the number of […]
Current Affairs 15 October 2022
CONTENTS Global Hunger Index 2022 Eco-sensitive zones Right to Information (RTI) Act Rythu Bharosa Kendras Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Kamikaze drones Global Hunger Index 2022 Context: India ranks 107 out of 121 countries on the Global Hunger Index in which it fares worse than all countries in South Asia […]
Current Affairs 14 October 2022
CONTENTS SC delivers split verdict on Karnataka hijab ban Bijoe Emmanuel case Section 66A of IT Act Next-Gen Launch Vehicle Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme SC Delivers Split Verdict On Karnataka Hijab Ban Context: The Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on whether Muslim students should shed their hijabs at their school gates. […]
Current Affairs 13 October 2022
CONTENTS Revised Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme Interpol Jayaprakash Narayan United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress Revised Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme Context: The Central Government, expanding the mandate of its flagship scheme – ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ (BBBP Scheme) announced the inclusion of skilling of girls in non-traditional livelihood (NTL) options. Relevance: GS II: Government schemes Dimensions of the […]
Current Affairs 12 October 2022
CONTENTS Decline in Forex Reserves International Monetary Fund Allegations against Google by the NBDA Chief Justice of India Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Decline in Forex Reserves Context According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s forex reserves have fallen by USD 110 billion in the last 13 months. Relevance: GS III: Indian Economy Dimensions of the […]
Current Affairs 11 October 2022
CONTENTS Pilot launch of E-Rupee Uniform Safety Standards for EVs Early warning for heatwaves sees huge improvement Chandrayaan-2 Pilot launch of E-Rupee Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has indicated that it will soon commence limited pilot launches of e-rupee (e`), or Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or digital rupee, for specific use cases. Relevance: GS […]
Current Affairs 10 October 2022
CONTENTS Election Commission of India Online gaming Direct Tax collections India-made cough syrups and deaths in Gambia Nobel Peace Prize 2022 Election Commission of India Context: In an interim order passed, the Election Commission of India (ECI) froze the well known ‘bow and arrow’ election symbol of the Shiv Sena until the competing claims for recognition by […]
Current Affairs 08 October 2022
CONTENTS India and UK Free Trade Agreement Strategic disinvestment of IDBI Bank Europe’s Digital Services Act Lassa fever India and UK Free Trade Agreement Context: The India-U.K. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) may not be ready in time for its October-end deadline indicated both New Delhi and London, as India reacted sharply to British Home Secretary’s […]
Current Affairs 07 October 2022
CONTENTS Nobel Prize 2022 in Medicine/ Physiology Graded Response Action Plan 70 million plunged into poverty in 2020: World Bank SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2022 Nobel Prize 2022 in Medicine/ Physiology Context: Recently, the 2022 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo for his research in the field of genomes of extinct hominins and human […]