Daily Current Affairs
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Global Terrorism Index 2023
Context: The tenth Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report 2023 was released by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). Key Highlights Most Affected Country Afghanistan remains the country most impacted by terrorism for the fourth consecutive year, despite a decline in death...
Published On March 22nd, 2023 -
Assam-Meghalaya Border Disputes
Context: Recently there has been a dispute between the Governments of Assam and Meghalaya over the ownership of Mukroh village. Inter State Border Disputes in India A Challenge in India: India has faced several challenges like merger of princely states,...
Published On March 22nd, 2023 -
Right to Health
Context: The Rajasthan Assembly passed ‘the Right to Health Bill’ despite protests by private doctors, making it the only state in India to legislate the right to health. Key Provisions the Rajasthan’s Right to Health Bill Right to health: The...
Published On March 22nd, 2023 -
Mode of Capital Punishment
Context: A bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) is reopening a decades-old debate over whether there can be a more humane and dignified way of executing the death penalty or capital punishment. What is Capital Punishment? Death penalty,...
Published On March 22nd, 2023 -
Waste to Energy Plants
Context: The Government of Kerala recently announced the State’s first waste-to-energy project in Kozhikode. What is Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Plant? Working: Waste-to-energy projects use non-recyclable dry waste to generate electricity. The energy plant works by burning waste at high temperatures and uses the heat...
Published On March 22nd, 2023 -
Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island
Context: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has cleared the decks for the ‘Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island’ mega project at the cost of about Rs 70,000 crore at the southern tip of the Andaman...
Published On March 22nd, 2023 -
Current Affairs 22nd March 2023 for UPSC Prelims Exam
Current Affairs 22nd March 2023 for UPSC Prelims Exam Sealed Cover Jurisprudence Context: In one Rank One Pension (OROP) case, Supreme Court refused to accept ‘sealed cover’. About Sealed Cover Jurisprudence: It is the practice of seeking and accepting information...
Published On March 22nd, 2023 -
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC – 21 March 2023
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC 2023 Q) Which one of the following statements is not correct with respect to ‘Equinox’? Only time when length of day and night is same in both hemispheres. The vernal equinox is observed on September...
Published On March 21st, 2023 -
डेली करंट अफेयर्स for UPSC – 21 March 2023
डेली करंट अफेयर्स फॉर UPSC 2023 in Hindi प्रश्न 'विषुव' के संबंध में निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा कथन सही नहीं है? केवल समय जब दोनों गोलार्द्धों में दिन और रात की लंबाई समान होती है। वसंत विषुव हर साल...
Published On March 21st, 2023 -
Editorial of the Day: Concluding on a High Note, in Manhattan (The Hindu)
Context: This article talks about India’s role and experience as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the term 2021-2022 and how it has used its position to advance its interests and priorities on the international...
Published On March 21st, 2023