Daily Current Affairs  – 4 April 2022

In News  The Punjab Mandi Board has decided to send a ‘digital form J’ on the WhatsApp number of farmers from this Rabi procurement season.  What is the ‘J form’ ? ‘J form’ is the sale receipt of a farmer’s agricultural produce in mandis (grain market).  These forms were earlier issued manually by arthiyas (commission […]

In News  Google Pay has recently launched a new feature in India, ‘Tap to pay for UPI’, in collaboration with Pine Labs.  The feature makes use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. What is Near Field Communication (NFC)? It is a short-range wireless connectivity technology that allows NFC-enabled devices to communicate with each other and […]

In Context  The implementation of BharatNet has slowed and is likely to miss the 2025 completion deadline owing to a number of factors. Progress made so far  As of February 2022, only about 1.72 lakh of the initially targeted 2.5 lakh gram panchayats had been connected to the central grid under BharatNet.  Of these, 1.5 […]

In News  India and Australia signed an Economic Co-operation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) with an eye on doubling bilateral trade to $50 billion in five years and easing the movement of people, goods and services across borders.   The negotiations for India-Australia ECTA were formally re-launched on 30 September 2021 and concluded on a fast-track basis […]

In News Recently, the Punjab Assembly passed a resolution reiterating the state’s claim on Chandigarh. About Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification stating that employees of Chandigarh UT administration will get the same pay and other benefits as those working under the central government.  Under the rules, the retirement age of Chandigarh […]

In News The government introduced the ‘Antarctica Bill’ in the Lok Sabha. Objectives and Need  There is growing concern over preserving the pristine Antarctic environment and ocean around Antarctica from the exploitation of marine living resources and human presence in Antarctica. In the future, the private ship and aviation industry will also start operations and […]

In Context One of his significant paintings, Draupadi Vastraharan by Raja Rai Varma is expected to fetch between Rs 15 and Rs 20 crore at an auction. Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) About: Ravi Varma (1848–1906) was one of the first Indian painters to successfully adopt Western painting techniques and adapt academic realism to the visual […]