Daily Current Affairs  – 8 October 2022

In News  The Ministry of Finance  released the 7th monthly installment of Post Devolution Revenue Deficit (PDRD) Grant of Rs.7,183.42 crore to 14 States.   The grant has been released as per the recommendations of the Fifteenth Finance Commission. About Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant They are provided to the States under Article 275 of the […]

In News Recently, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said that measures under ‘Stage-1’ of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) will be enforced in the NCR with immediate effect.  The order came after Delhi’s AQI deteriorated to be in the ‘poor’ category. What is the Graded Response Action Plan? GRAP is a set […]

In News Recently, Elon Musk revealed the idea of creating an “everything app”. What is a super app? It has been described as the Swiss army knife of mobile apps, offering a suite of services for users such as messaging, social networking, peer-to-peer payments and e-commerce shopping. These mega apps are widely used in Asia […]

In News Recently, in a significant judgment the Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to distinguish between married and unmarried women while allowing abortion when the foetus is between 20-24 weeks.  Going a step further, the court said the term ‘woman’ in the judgment included persons other than cisgender women. What is Cisgender? The term […]

In News  The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been jointly awarded to Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial, and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Centre for Civil Liberties.  The award was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.  About Nobel Peace Prize The Peace Prize laureates represent civil […]

In News  The RBI released a concept note on digital rupee (e-rupee). The Government of India had also announced the launch of a CBDC in its 2022 Union Budget. What is e-rupee (digital rupee)? E-rupee or digital rupee is a digital version of the Indian rupee that the RBI is exploring.  E-rupee is akin to […]

Context The Ministerial dialogue of US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (USISCEP) was held recently. About The revamped USISCEP was launched in accordance with the U.S -India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden. The partnership continues to advance energy security and innovation and deploying technical […]

Context October 7 is celebrated each year as World Cotton Day. Year 2022 marks the third-anniversary celebration of the international event. About the Day History/ Background: The first World Cotton Day was proposed by the World Trade Organization on October 7, 2019, by the Cotton Four, four sub-Saharan African cotton producers Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, […]

Context The Ministry of Law and Justice has sought Chief Justice of India (CJI) U.U. Lalit’s recommendation for appointment of his successor. About The Memorandum of Procedure (MoP): As per the MoP on appointment of Chief Justice of India and Supreme Court Judges, the Minister of Law and Justice seeks the recommendation of the outgoing […]

In News Recently, India decided to abstain from a resolution on the concerns at the UN human rights commission related to rights of people in China’s Xinjiang region which was in line with the practice of not voting on country-specific resolutions. About the draft resolution  The draft resolution was pushed by a group comprising Canada, […]