Daily Current Affairs  – 26 April 2021

  Facts in News Snow Leopard Scientific Name: Panthera uncia. Habitat: Cold High Mountains. These are found in 12 countries including China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia & Mongolia. Diet: Carnivore & hunt blue sheep, Argali wild sheep, ibex, marmots, pikas, hares, etc. Features One of the world’s most elusive cats & are perfectly […]

In News Four astronauts were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from Florida as part of a collaboration between NASA and SpaceX under the Commercial Crew Program.  Previous Missions  Demo-2 test flight lifted In May 2020, NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 test flight lifted off for the ISS carrying astronauts. The aim of this test flight […]

In News Recently, Chad’s longest serving president Idriss Deby died of injuries sustained during clashes with the rebel group FACT (Front for Change and Concord in Chad) on the frontlines. He was one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders. He had spent more than three decades in power in Chad. Chad Crisis The former French colony is […]

In News The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stated that it does not maintain a centralised list of volunteers enrolled under the cybercrime volunteer programme. About The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has clarified that police being a “State subject” under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, does not authorise to maintain a centralised list […]

In News Yemen’s Houthi rebels have taken full control of the northwest Kassara battlefield and made progress on western frontlines despite airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition which backs Yemen’s government. Yemen Crisis  Since April 2015, Yemen has been in the grip of a war where the Saudi-led coalition and the internationally recognised government are battling […]

In News Recently, the Prime Minister of India has paid tribute to Lord Mahavira on the occasion of his birth anniversary, Mahavira Jayanti. It is also known as Mahaveer Janma Kalyanak and is celebrated on the 13th day of the bright half of the moon in the month of Chaitra, according to the Hindu calendar. […]