Daily Current Affairs  – 24 January 2022

In News Recently, the Union Home Minister has released the composite ranking of the first ever District Good Governance Index (DGGI) in Jammu and Kashmir. Key Highlights of the Index The Jammu district has managed to top the list followed by districts of Doda, Samba, Pulwama and Srinagar in the UT. Ganderbal stands at 6th […]

In News  Recently, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced Amit Palekar from Bhandari Community as AAP’s Chief Minister candidate in the upcoming Goa assembly polls 2022. Who are the Bhandari’s? It is Goa’s largest caste group constituting a significant percentage of its Hindu population. The Bhandari community’s traditional occupation was toddy-tapping and distilling, farm tilling and […]

In News  Recently, the Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA) created solid baseline data about the distribution and abundance of various bird species across all major habitats giving an impetus for futuristic studies. About  It is the first-of-its-kind state-level bird atlas in India. It is arguably Asia’s largest bird atlas in terms of geographical extent, sampling effort […]

In News  Researchers from Kerala have identified two new species of fungi from the genus Ganoderma that are associated with coconut stem rot.  About  Researchers have genotyped the two fungi species, named Ganoderma keralense and G. pseudoapplanatum and identified genetic biomarkers.  This discovery was based on morphological characters, DNA sequences of the Kerala collections and […]

In News India is celebrating National Girl Child Day on January 24. About History: The government of India, in 2008, declared January 24 to be celebrated as the National Girl Child Day every year with the objective of raising the consciousness of the society towards the girl child so that she can be valued and […]

In News  Recently, the Union Environment Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change highlighted various aspects of India’s successful tiger conservation effort at the 4th Asia Ministerial Conference on tiger conservation. About  The Government of Malaysia and Global Tiger Forum (GTF) has organized the 4th Asia Ministerial Conference on tiger conservation. It is an important […]

In News In a major boost to promote precision farming in India, the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has issued guidelines to make drone technology affordable to the stakeholders of this sector. About The drone operations are being permitted: by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Director General of Civil Aviation through the […]

In News Imports to India from China reached nearly $100 billion for the first time in the year 2021, as the import of electrical and electronic goods, particularly smartphones, as well as machinery, fertilizers and specialty chemicals, including active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), witnessed a massive surge. About India’s exports to China in 2021 also reached […]

In Context  The PM will unveil a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya, described as the ‘Statue of Equality’ in Hyderabad on February 5.  About  It is being installed to mark the 1,000th birth anniversary of  Ramanujacharya.  It was built of panchaloha, a combination of gold, silver, copper, brass and zinc, by the Aerospun Corporation in China […]

In News With Budget Day approaching, the Centre’s spending on food and fertiliser subsidies are likely to come under close scrutiny. Trends for Food and Fertiliser Subsidies Before COVID-19: A Significant Drop: Between 2015-16 and 2019-20, the aggregate outlay on the two fell, both in absolute terms (from Rs 211,834 crore to Rs 189,813 crore) […]