Daily Current Affairs  – 28 April 2023

In News Researchers have recorded the bustling sounds of marine organisms in coral reefs off the coast of south Goa to understand their behaviour.  More about the News The researchers from the Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) used hydrophones to eavesdrop on underwater organisms in a reef in […]

In News The Army Commanders Conference(ACC) has been concluded recently. Major decisions Taken  (ACC) had decided to operationalize Command Cyber Operations and Support Wings (CCOSWs) in the immediate future. Convert the five-year Technical Entry Scheme (TES) for entry of officers to four years from January 2024 About Command Cyber Operations and Support Wings (CCOSWs) These […]

In News The 7th edition of the joint military exercise “AJEYA WARRIOR-23” between India and the United Kingdom was conducted at Salisbury Plains, United Kingdom from 27 April to 11 May 2023.  About Exercise AJEYA WARRIOR It is a biennial training event with the United Kingdom. It is conducted alternatively in the United Kingdom and […]

In News CGTMSE (Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises) has been provided with an additional corpus support of ?9,000 crore in the Union Budget for FY 2023-24 to revamp its Scheme to provide guarantee for additional ?2 lakh crore to Micro & Small Enterprises. More changes in CGTMSE The modifications included reduction […]

In News India and the United Kingdom have agreed to create India-UK NET zero innovation virtual center.  About India-UK NET zero innovation virtual center It will provide a platform to bring stakeholders from both countries together to work in some of the focus areas including the Decarbonization of manufacturing processes & transport systems and Green […]

In News  The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new initiative to be better prepared for future outbreaks of a similar scale and devastation as the COVID-19 pandemic. More about the PRET Initiative Global Meeting for Future Respiratory Pathogen Pandemics: The initiative was announced at the Global Meeting for Future Respiratory Pathogen Pandemics held […]

In News The ‘State of the Global Climate 2022’ report released by WMO highlighted that sea level is rising at an unprecedented rate. More about Report The rate of global mean sea-level [GSML] rise has doubled in three decades i.e., rate of sea-level rise was 2.27 mm/year in 1993-2002, it shot up to 4.62 mm/year […]

In News India is pressing for expanding the scope of the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) at the G20 to include non-financial assets, like real estate properties, under the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) among OECD countries. The rationale behind India’s Demand  As per the OECD’s Tax Transparency report, amid the current geopolitical and debt crisis, […]