Daily Current Affairs  – 18 January 2022

In News Motion of some stars holds clue of dark matter shape in barred galaxies. About Dark matter: It is a hypothetical form of matter thought to account for approximately 85% of the matter in the universe. It forms the skeleton on which galaxies form, evolve, and merge. Various astrophysical observations including gravitational effects: that […]

In News  The postponement of the Assembly elections in Punjab to February 20 underlines the importance of the Ravidassia community in the state.  Image Courtesy:IE   Who are the Ravidassias? The Ravidassias are a Dalit community of whom the bulk — nearly 12 lakhs — live in the Doaba region.  The Dera Sachkhand Ballan, their […]

In News  Recently, The Ministry of Textiles cleared 20 strategic research projects worth INR 30 crores in the areas of Specialty fibres and Geotextiles under the Flagship Programme ‘National Technical Textiles Mission.’  About ‘National Technical Textiles Mission.’ It was launched by the Ministry of Textiles. Period: 4 years (2020-21 to 2023-24)  Outlay: Rs. 1480 crores.  […]

In News  Recently, the Union Minister of   Culture announced that a 10th century stone idol of Goat Head Yogini is being returned to India.   It had been illegally removed sometime in the 1980s from a temple in Lokhari, Banda, Uttar Pradesh. About  The sculpture is of a goat-headed Yogini that originally belonged to a […]

In News The mutually agreed boundary issues between India and Nepal can always be addressed in the spirit of close and bilateral relations between the two countries, said the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu. About Boundary dispute points: The Lipulekh pass is a far western point near Kalapani, a border area between Nepal and India. Both […]

In News Recently, U.S. senators have proposed a law aiming to end China’s alleged “chokehold” on rare-earth metal supplies. Background  The Chinese Communist Party has a chokehold on global rare-earth element supplies, which are used in everything from batteries to fighter jets,” 80% of the United States’ rare-earth imports in 2019 were from China. Major […]

In News Recently, a law has come into effect in Haryana that provides 75 percent reservation in the private sector to job seekers from the state.  Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020 Application: It applies to “all the Companies, Societies, Trusts, Limited Liability Partnership firms, Partnership Firm and any person employing ten or […]

In News  Recently, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), announced ten winning cities for the Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge. At the event, the Ministry also launched Season-2 of India Cycles4Change and Streets for People Challenges and a book titled ‘Nurturing Neighburhoods Challenge: Stories from the Field”. About  The winning cities are Bengaluru, Hubballi-Dharwad, Indore, Jabalpur, […]

In News Earlier this month, a man became the first person in Colombia to be euthanized without the prerequisite of suffering from a terminal illness.  His decision to die has reignited the debate over euthanasia and its application under the laws of different countries. About Mercy Killing: Also known as Euthanasia is an act of […]