Daily Current Affairs  – 23 April 2021

  Facts in News Blue Nature Alliance It is a collaboration led by Conservation International, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Global Environment Facility, Minderoo Foundation and the Rob and Melani Walton Foundation. Launch: April 20, 2021 Aim: To protect 5% of the world ocean in five years. To protect and conserve the large areas of […]

In News Recently, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released its annual report. About the Report The report is known as the International Religious Freedom Report and describes the status of religious freedom, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S. policies promoting religious freedom. […]

  In News The Kerala government launched preventive measures after a few cases of brucellosis, a zoonotic infection, was detected in animals. Brucellosis Disease It is a bacterial disease caused by various Brucella species, which mainly infect cattle, swine, goats, sheep and dogs. It is also called Malta fever or Mediterranean fever. Human transmission Last […]

In News Prime Minister of India and US President launched the India-US Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership at the Leaders Summit on Climate. India-US Clean Energy Initiative It will help in mobilising investments, demonstrate clean technologies, and enable green collaborations. It will proceed along two main tracks i.e. the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership and the […]

In News NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully created oxygen from the thin atmospheric carbon dioxide present on Mars for the first time. Perseverance landed on the Red Planet on February 18, 2021 on a mission to search for signs of microbial life. About In its first run, Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment — or […]

In News The Indian Navy dispatched its Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) to support the Indonesian Navy in search and rescue efforts for its submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing with 53 personnel on board. The submarine was reportedly exercising in a location 25 miles north of Bali. About Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV)  Indian […]