Point-Wise Current-Affairs & GS (Includes Important PIB Updates) 2021 with Maps & Data- IAS, SSC Etc
Get top class preparation for competitive exams right from your home: get questions, notes, tests, video lectures and more- for all subjects of your exam.
⪻ On New Articles ⪼
- Aug 20, 2021
🌟 What is PFMS? Mandatory Use of Public Finance Management System for Central Sector (Important) [ Economics ]
Government has made use of Public Finance Management System (PFMS) for all Central Sector Schemes mandatory. PFMS ensures that the benefits of the various Government Schemes reach to the last mile.
What is PFMS?
- PFMS Scheme was rolled-out by the Cont…
… (744 more words) …
Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Verma Appointed as New CBI Director [ Appointments ]
Alok Verma՚s appointment was approved by PM Narendra Modi for period of 2 years as CBI chief. It was approved by three-member selection panel and was headed by PM. The post of CBI director was lying vacant for over one month after Anil Sinha՚s retirement.
…
… (191 more words) …
Indo-Shri Lanka Joint Exercise Mitra Shakti – VI [ International Relations & Organizations, Defense ]
Mitra Shakti Exercise is annually conducted as part of military diplomacy & interaction between armies of India & Shri Lanka aiming to build & promote close relations between armies of both countries & to increase the ability of joint exercise commander to take military groups of…
… (209 more words) …
Chemical Weapons Convention Act of 2000 and Provisions of the Act [ Bills ]
To eliminate an entire category of weapons of mass destruction. Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling. Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.
Provisions of the Act
- Defines chemical weapons as toxic chemicals.
- Empowers the Centre to set up a National Auth…
… (99 more words) …
New ADG of CRPF is Deepak Mishra [ Government Schemes/Projects ]
Deepak Mishra a senior IPS officer has been appointed as Additional Director General in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) after his appointment cleared by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) .
- He will serve as AGD up to November 2018 with effect from the date of assumpt…
… (239 more words) …
Monsoon Brings 70% More Than Normal Rains (DTE 16-30 June 2020) [ Environment, Based on Down-to-Earth ]
Monsoon Brings 70 % More Than Normal Rains
- In the first week of monsoon between June 1 and 7, India witnessed 70 % more.
- Heavy rains are being attributed to untimely formation of severe cyclonic storm Nisarga in the Arabian Sea.
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
- Monsoon …
… (113 more words) …
127th Birth Anniversary for Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar [ Important Days ]
It was the 127th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar who was even a Bharat Ratna was celebrated at the Parliament House complex. Floral tribute was paid by the President, Vice President and Prime Minister to the statue of Ambedkar. The celebrations were organized by Dr. Ambed…
… (311 more words) …
Dhanush Artillery Guns [ Science & Technology, Defense ]
Dhanush is the first indigenous long range artillery gun introduced in the Indian army on 4th November, 2019. It was manufactured by the Jabalpur based Gun Carriage Factory. Indian Army which began inducting the indigenously upgraded Dhanush artillery guns entire order of 114 gun…
… (331 more words) …
Human Capital Index 2018: India at 115th with 0.44 on a Scale of 0 to 1 [ Economics, International Relations & Organizations ]
World Bank released its first Human Capital Index in 2018. It forms a part of World Development Report. India is placed at 115th rank in the index with a score of 0.44 on a scale of 0 to 1.
Overview
- Human Capital Index covers 157 countries.
- It aims to measure the …
… (209 more words) …
Schemes for Welfare and Development of Textile Workers (Summary) [ Government Schemes/Projects ]
The Government had also approved a special package for textile sector with an outlay of ₹ 6000 crore to boost employment generation and exports, particularly in Garmenting and Made-ups. Government is implementing various policy initiatives and schemes for the development of texti…
… (218 more words) …
⪻ On New Articles ⪼
📰 Article Category 📂
- Agriculture, Agro Industry, & Allied Activities
- Appointments
- Art and Culture
- Awards
- Based on Down to Earth
- Bills
- Committees & Government Bodies
- Computers and ICT
- Country/State Ranking/Indices
- Daily GK Hindi MCQ
- Daily GK MCQ
- Defense
- Disaster Management
- Economics
- Education
- Environment
- Ethics
- General
- Geography
- Government Schemes & Projects
- Health
- Important Days
- International Relations & Organizations
- Based on Kurukshetra
- Most Important English News Summary
- Most Important Hindi News Summary
- Newspaper Editorials
- Personalities
- Policies & Governance
- Political Science
- Railways
- Science & Technology
- Space ISRO
- Speech Summary
- Sports
- State Current-Affairs/GS
- Women and Minority Empowerment
- Based on Yojana