Daily Current Affairs  – 11 February 2023

In News The inaugural meeting City Sherpa meeting of the sixth Urban20 (U20) cycle was organised in Ahmedabad on 9-10 February 2023. Priority areas for the Urban 20 event Encouraging environmentally responsible behaviors,  Ensuring water security,  Accelerating climate finance,  Championing ‘local’ identity,  Reinventing frameworks for urban governance and planning, and Catalysing digital urban futures. About […]

In Context According to a recent study, Eight-fold rise is seen in jobs in solar and wind energy sectors. The study was jointly conducted by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Natural Resources Defence Council India and Skill Council for Green Jobs. Methodology The report considered only full-time jobs which is calculated by a […]

In Context Recently, PM flagged off two Vande Bharat trains set to ply between Mumbai and the pilgrim towns of Shirdi and Solapur. For the first time, two Vande Bharat trains were inaugurated at one go. About The two trains are Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat Train and Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Train. The Mumbai-Solapur Vande Bharat […]

In News The Minister of State for Electronics and IT recently informed the Parliament that contact tracing data of citizens that were collected through the Aarogya Setu app has been deleted. The app was launched as a contact tracing platform by the Centre during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.  What Data […]

In News The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently launched the second development flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). More about the news About: The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2) was launched successfully from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.  It was ISRO’s first launch […]

In News Recent Budget 2023-24 sees marginal rise in allocation for WCD Ministry for women Key Takeaways: The allocation under the Gender Budget rose from ?1,71,006.47 crore in 2022-23 to ?2,23,219.75 crore in 2023-24 which is an increase by 23% compared to 2022-23.  The gender component accounted for 4.9% of the entire Budget, compared to […]

In News A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court referred to a larger Bench of nine judges, a series of petitions challenging the authority of Dawoodi Bohra community leaders excommunicate their members. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Dawoodi Bohra community’s Arabic Academy at Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah (The Saifee Academy) in Mumbai. Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah  It is a world-class Arabic […]

In News In a first, India-US conduct drills on nuke, chemical, bio terror attacks prevention. More about the news Exercise TARKASH: The exercise by the National Security Guard (NSG) and US Special Operations Forces (SOF) is being held in Chennai. Indo-US joint exercise has for the first time included “Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) […]

In News The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has found lithium resources in Jammu and Kashmir for the first time.  The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has established “inferred” lithium resources of 5.9 million tonnes in Salal-Haimana area of Reasi District of Jammu and Kashmir.  What are ‘Inferred’ Resources? Mineral Resources are sub-divided into inferred, […]