Daily Current Affairs  – 8 April 2023

In News The Sports Authority of India integrates Khelo India Games Certificates with Digilocker. Khelo India Games certificate is a document that is awarded to athletes who participate in the Khelo India Games.  The certificate recognizes the participation of the athlete in the games and serves as proof of their achievement.  About  This will allow […]

In News Recently, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) approved a framework for an Application Supported by a Blocked Amount (ASBA)-like facility for trading in the secondary market. SEBI’s recent decision  It gave its nod to an ASBA-like facility for secondary market trading.  The facility is based on the blocking of funds for […]

In News The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into a record 95 Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) in FY 2022-23 with Indian taxpayers.  This includes 63 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 32 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs).  About This year, CBDT recorded the highest ever APA signings in any financial year since the launch of the […]

In News In a bid to harness the unique cultural heritage of rural India, the government has identified and documented distinctive features of more than one lakh villages across the country. The entire exercise has been carried out under the ‘ Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar‘ (My Village My Heritage) programme of the National Mission for […]

In News NASA’s high-resolution air pollution monitoring instrument TEMPO lifted atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida About TEMPO It is the first funded project of NASA’s Earth Venture Instrument program, which includes small, targeted science investigations designed to complement NASA’s larger research missions. It is part […]

In News 10,000 genomes are expected to be completely sequenced by the end of the year 2023 under the Genome India Project. Genome India Project About: It is a Centre-backed, Department of Biotechnology’s (DBT) initiative to sequence 10,000 Indian human genomes in three years and create a database. Progress & the target: The project has […]

In News The World Health Organization (WHO) marks its 75th anniversary on 7 April 2023. About In April 1945, politicians from around the world gathered in San Francisco to establish the United Nations. The World Health Organization (WHO) was born three years later, when its constitution came into effect on April 7, 1948. It states […]

In News President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the ‘Gaj Utsav 2023′ at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam to mark 30 years of Project Elephant. Project Elephant is a Centrally-sponsored Scheme launched in 1992 by the Ministry of Environment to support states to ensure the long-term survival of elephants in their natural habitats. Asian elephants Scientific […]