March 2021 - Page 18 of 24 - Current Affairs

Facts in News Red Echo and ShadowPad Red Echo (a trojan allegedly operated by Chinese firms like APT41, Barium, Winnti, Wicked Panda, and Wicked Spider) had targeted 10 vital nodes in India’s power distribution system and two seaports. The Ministry of […]

India-Sweden Virtual Summit

In News: Recently, India and Sweden have discussed bilateral issues and other regional and multilateral issues of mutual interest at Virtual Summit. This was the fifth interaction between the two countries since 2015. The PM of India had visited Stockholm in April 2018 for the first India-Nordic Summit. Key Highlights of the Summit The Prime […]

Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme

In News: The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare signed a MoU with the Central Silk Board under the Ministry of Textiles on a convergence model for the implementation of Agroforestry in the silk sector under the Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme. The Central Silk Board (CSB), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India will act […]

El Salvador Becomes Malaria-free

In News: El Salvador has officially been declared malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) after no reports of new indigenous cases of the disease since 2017. The country is the first in Central America to achieve the WHO’s malaria-free certification status and third in the Americas overall after Argentina in 2019 and Paraguay in […]

International Women’s Day: 8 March

In News Every year, 8th March is globally celebrated as International Women’s Day (IWD), highlighting the struggles and achievements of women. History 1910: Clara Zetkin proposed to celebrate Women’s Day in every country on 28th February. Zetkin was a Germany-born labour and women movements activist. 1911: Women’s Day was observed for the first time on […]

Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme

In News: The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare signed a MoU with the Central Silk Board under the Ministry of Textiles on a convergence model for the implementation of Agroforestry in the silk sector under the Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme. The Central Silk Board (CSB), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India will act […]

Maitri Setu Bridge

In News: The Prime Minister will inaugurate ‘Maitri Setu’ between India and Bangladesh on 9th March 2021. He will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple infrastructure projects in Tripura. About ‘Maitri Setu’ The bridge ‘Maitri Setu’ has been built over the Feni river which flows between the Indian boundary in Tripura State […]

Janaushadhi

In News: Recently, PM addressed Janaushadhi Diwas celebrations and interacted with beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana through video conferencing. He dedicated to the nation the 7,500th Janaushadhi Kendra at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong. JanAushadhi Yojana It was launched in 2015 to provide quality-generic medicines […]

First-ever ‘space hurricane’ detected over the North Pole

In News – For the first time, astronomers have detected a powerful, 600-mile-wide (1,000 kilometres) hurricane of plasma named space hurricane in Earth’s upper atmosphere. Key Points – The space hurricane was detected on August 20, 2014, swirling hundreds of miles above Earth’s magnetic North Pole. The hurricane was invisible to the naked […]

The Indian Express

Indian Express Subject Page No. Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS II 1 IT rules have no teeth, can’t control OTT without law, says SC (POLITY &GOVERNANCE) The Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries […]

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