Daily Current Affairs  – 7 January 2023

Context Bird species count up in Deepor Beel, Assam’s lone Ramsar site. About Deepor Beel Deepor Beel (Beel means wetland or large aquatic body in Assamese) is located about 10 km Southwest of Guwahati. It is considered one of the largest and important riverine wetlands in the Brahmaputra Valley of lower Assam, India. Due to […]

Context The first-of-its-kind inclusive festival in India, ‘Purple Fest: Celebrating Diversity’ is set to begin in Goa. About Purple Fest It aimed at furthering the spirit of inclusion, the Purple Fest will feature a variety of exciting live performances, sporting events, grand exhibitions, immersive experience zones, accessible movie screenings, & discussions on vital subjects like […]

In News Scientists have discovered a new species of dwarf boa in the Ecuadoran Amazon and named it after an Indigenous activist. About Dwarf Boa The snake from the Tropidophiidae family was found in the cloud forest in northeastern Ecuador and was up to 20 centimetres long.  Tropidophis cacuangoae can be identified from other reptiles […]

In News K.P. Fabian’s newly launched book, ‘The Arab Spring That Was and Wasn’t’ was seen in the news recently. About Arab Spring a wave of uprisings, revolts, protests, and unrest, spread across Arabic nations in the Middle East and North Africa by early 2011. What gave birth to the Arab Spring?  In December 2010, […]

In News As another round of refugee crisis brewed on the Mizoram-Bangladesh border, several members of the Kuki-Chin community were “pushed back” by the Border Security Force (BSF). About Kuki-Chin Refugees Kuki-Chin, the Christian community from Bangladesh’s Chittagong hill tracts, share close ethnic ties with people in Mizoram.  The first tranche of around 300 refugees […]

In News According to the first advance estimates of national income released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow 7 percent in the financial year 2022-23. Key Points About: This marks the first official government estimate for economic growth ahead of the upcoming Union Budget for 2023-24.  […]

Context India deployed a platoon of women peacekeepers in Abyei on the border of Sudan and South Sudan as part of the Indian Battalion in the United Nations Interim Security Force. About Composition: It includes two women Army officers – a Major from the Corps of Signals and a Captain from the Corps of Engineers. […]

In News Recently, Facebook’s parent company Meta has been imposed with two sets of fines totalling €390 million. Key Points Of Ruling in Ireland The Irish privacy regulator concluded that the company’s advertising and data handling practices were in breach of the EU’s overarching privacy law.  The Irish DPC is the lead regulatory authority for […]

In News Recently, the University Grants Commission (UGC) released draft regulations to allow foreign universities to enter India. Key Points About: The draft regulations of the UGC on Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India 2023 pave the way for the entry of foreign universities into the groves of […]