Daily Current Affairs  – 24 November 2021

In News Recently, USA’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius passed through the Taiwan Strait. About Taiwan strait It is a 110-mile-wide channel that separates mainland China from the island of Taiwan. Also known as the Formosa Strait or the Tai-hai (the Tai Sea). It forms part of the South China Sea. Its northern portion […]

In News  Recently, the President of India presented Gallantry Awards and Distinguished Service decorations in a defence investiture ceremony for the year 2021. Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman was awarded Vir Chakra which is a wartime gallantry award. Gallantry Award About: To honour the acts of bravery and sacrifice of the officers/personnel of the Armed Forces, […]

In News Recently, Indian Railways announced the introduction of theme-based, tourist circuit trains on the lines of the Ramayana Express named ‘Bharat Gaurav’ to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and history to the world.  About the ‘Bharat Gaurav’ scheme Under the scheme,190 tourist circuit trains are to be operated on lease by private players and […]

In News The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a draft scheme of amalgamation of fraud-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank and Delhi-based Unity Small Finance Bank. Major Highlights Unity small finance bank: Unity SFB is a joint venture between Centrum Group and BharatPe. It commenced operations as a small finance bank (SFB). Unity […]

In Context In order to address the multiple goals of fertilizer policy, India needs to work on various key areas. Background Economic reforms: Since 1991, when economic reforms began in India, several attempts have been made to reform the fertilizer sector to keep a check on the rising fertilizer subsidy bill, promote the efficient use […]

In News Recently, NITI Aayog under the Indo-German Cooperation releases the inaugural SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021–22. SDG Urban Index About The index and dashboard are a result of the NITI Aayog-Germany’s International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) and BMZ collaboration focused on driving SDG localization in our cities, under the umbrella of Indo-German Development Cooperation. […]

In News  Recently, Union Home Minister virtually laid the foundation stone for the ‘Rani Gaidinliu Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum’ in Manipur’s Tamenglong district.  About Museum Project The museum project was sanctioned by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in 2019.  This would help in preserving and exhibiting artefacts related to the tribal freedom […]

In News  Assam’s forest department is planning to collar at least five elephants in high-conflict habitats in the coming months. It is being described as a step to study and mitigate human-elephant conflict in the state. What are Radio Collars? Radio collars are GPS-enabled collars that can relay information about an elephants’ whereabouts.  They weigh […]

In Context India has made no progress on anaemia and childhood wasting according to the 2021 Global Nutrition Report (GNR, 2021).   About the Global Nutrition Report The Global Nutrition Report was conceived following the first Nutrition for Growth Initiative Summit (N4G) in 2013 as a mechanism for tracking the commitments made by 100 stakeholders spanning […]