Preliminary > Science and Technology > Digital technology > Innovation and New technologies
Why in news? China’s central bank on 23rd September said all financial transactions involving cryptocurrencies are illegal, sounding the death knell for the digital trade in China after a crackdown on the vol...
Preliminary > Industry and Infrastructure > Infrastructure & Investment models > Energy security
Why in news? Saubhagya scheme completes four years of successful implementation. 2.82 crore households have been electrified since the launch of the scheme. What is SAUBHAGYA scheme? Pradhan Mantri Sahaj...
Preliminary > Industry and Infrastructure > Infrastructure & Investment models > infrastructure
Why in news? Recently, Union Government notified Medical Device Parks’ scheme to promote medical device parks at a financial outlay of Rs.400 crore till financial year 2024-2025. Background: The me...
Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Miscellaneous > Tourism
Why in news? Two more Indian Beaches get coveted International Blue Flag Certification. India now has 10 Blue Flag beaches. The two beaches to receive the certification this year are Kovalam in Tamil Nadu and Eden ...
Preliminary > Polity > Parliament > Parliamentary Committees
Why in news? Ahead of the reconstitution of the 24 Department-Related Standing Committees (DRSC), Rajya Sabha Chairman sent a detailed record of participation by the members in committee meetings over the past year...
Preliminary > Disaster Management > Miscellaneous > COVID 19
Why in news? Prime minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation Fund (PM-CARES Fund), a charitable trust under the law, has told Delhi High Court that the trust’s fund is not a fund of the Go...
Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Pollution > Air pollution
Why in news? The World Health Organisation (WHO), in its first-ever update since 2005, has tightened global air pollution standards in recognition of the emerging science in the past decade that the impact of air p...
Preliminary > Science and Technology > Innovation and New technologies > Basics of biotechnology
Why in News? Leveraging advancements in CRISPR-based genetic engineering, researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a new system that restrains populations of mosquitoes that infect million...
Preliminary > International Relations > Economic Groupings > International groupings
Why in news? G-33 Virtual Informal Ministerial Meeting was organised by Indonesia on 16th September 2021 to discuss the agricultural priority issues of G-33 and the way forward for the 12th Ministerial Conference o...
Preliminary > Geography > Places in news > Places in news
Why in news? The Army on 20th September said ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir have dropped to zero this year. About Line of Control (LoC): The Line of Control (LoC...
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