Daily Current Affairs  – 21 March 2023

In News Finland has installed the world’s first sand battery that can store heat from renewable energy sources for months. What is a Sand Battery? A “sand battery” is a high temperature thermal energy storage that uses sand or sand-like materials as its storage medium. It stores energy in sand as heat.  Its main purpose […]

In News An enzyme called laccase generated by a group of fungi has been found capable of degrading a variety of hazardous organic dye molecules that are regularly drained into water bodies after dying clothes in the textile industry. About This observed characteristic which the scientists termed substrate promiscuity can have deep implication in designing […]

In News Every year on March 20 is celebrated as World Sparrow Day. About World Sparrow Day was initiated by the Nature Forever Society of India in collaboration with the Eco-Sys Action Foundation of France.  The first World Sparrow Day was celebrated on March 20, 2010, and was aimed at creating awareness about the decline […]

In News Recently, New evidence has emerged supporting the zoonotic origin of COVID. About A zoonotic disease is an infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans (or from humans to animals).  Rabies, Marburg disease, MERS, Monkeypox, Nipah are some of the examples of Viral  zoonotic diseases. Diseases like anthrax, brucellosis, plague, […]

In Context The fourth and final installment of the sixth assessment report (AR6) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was released. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations responsible for advancing knowledge on human-induced climate change. It was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and […]

In News Recently,  data  shared by the government shows increased participation of women on the payrolls of public sector banks. About According to data shared by the Minister of State for Finance, in the Lok Sabha The proportion of women employees has increased over the past year in most public sector banks. In three public […]

In Context The Prime Minister has recently praised the efforts of farmers of Sirsa for showcasing the benefits of PM Matasya Sampada Yojana. Fish Farming of Haryana There is a lot of land in the state of Haryana, which was often left barren due to the rise in the saline water level. Farmers in the […]

In News India has launched a strong protest against the United Kingdom over the vandalization incident at the Indian High Commission in London  Dy High Commissioner was reminded in this regard of the basic obligations of the UK Government under the Vienna Convention.” Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations  About: It provides a complete framework for […]

In Context A new analysis of archival radar images taken around three decades ago has found direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity on the surface of Venus. About Scientists made the new discovery by pouring over images of Venus taken by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft between 1990 and 1992.  During their examination, they looked at […]