Daily Current Affairs  – 13 March 2021

                                   Facts in News Vaccine Efficacy/Effectiveness (VE) Measurement VE measures the proportionate reduction in cases among vaccinated persons. Vaccine efficacy is used when a study is carried out under ideal conditions, for example, during a clinical trial. Vaccine effectiveness […]

In News The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to amend the Insurance Act, 1938, paving the way for increasing the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the sector to 74 per cent from 49 per cent. Key Points It was in 2015 when the government hiked the FDI cap in the insurance sector from […]

In News The Bihar government banned sand mining and sand digging near or around river bridges in a move to check illegal sand mining that threatens bridges in the rivers. About The state road construction department on March 10, 2021, issued an order banning sand mining around bridges in rivers and those under construction across […]

In News The world’s most powerful supercomputer Fugaku is fully developed in Japan. This marks the end of a seven-years long development procedure for Fugaku, which started developing in 2014 in collaboration with Fujitsu. About Fugaku The computer has 100 times the application performance of the K supercomputer and is developed to implement high-resolution, long-duration […]

In News Prime Minister has flagged off a symbolic 386-kilometre ‘Dandi March’ from Ahmedabad, which will culminate on April 6 at Dandi in Navsari district. It is the 91st anniversary of the historic Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi. Dandi March It is also known as Salt Satyagraha and marked the first step of the […]

In News: The first Quad summit level talk was recently organised. Key Highlights Participants were the Nation Heads (Prime Minister or Presidents) of all the 4 nations; Mr. Modi, PM of India President Joe Biden of the United States Japanese Premier Yoshihide Suga Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Need of cooperation among the member countries […]

In News The asteroid “2001 FO32”, the largest asteroid predicted to pass by Earth in 2021, will be at its closest on 21st March 2021. About 2001 FO32 It will not come closer than 2 million km to Earth and there is no threat of a collision. 2 million km is equal to 5¼ times […]

In News Recently, the Sangay volcano erupted in Ecuador spewing clouds of ash as high as 8,500 meters into the sky. About It is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world and one of Ecuador’s most active ones. It is located within the Sangay National Park. Sangay National Park is located in the […]