Current Affairs

SWAMIH Fund Context The Government of India’s Special Window for Affordable & Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) completed its first residential project. Rivali Park, located in suburban Mumbai, was the first housing project in India to have received funding under the SWAMIH Fund. Details SWAMIH Fund: This…

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• May 18, 2021

World Food Prize 2021 Context Shakuntala Harak singh Thilsted of Indian descent wins World Food Prize 2021 Dr Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted and Research  A global nutrition expert of Indian descent has won the prestigious 2021 World Food Prize for her groundbreaking research in developing holistic,…

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• May 17, 2021

TIGER RESERVES IN INDIA Context Tigress Found Dead In Madhya Pradesh’s Panna Tiger Reserve Details India have 51 tiger reserves  which are governed by Project Tiger which is administrated by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). India is home to 80 percent of tigers in…

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• May 17, 2021

Israel- Palestine conflict Context The current violence is due to conflicting claims over Jerusalem home to major holy sites of Islam, Judaism and Christianity Current Developments Israeli armed forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Haram esh-Sharif in Jerusalem, ahead of a march by Zionist nationalists…

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• May 15, 2021

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Context 8th instalment of financial benefit under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) released Scheme Centre transfers an amount of Rs 6,000 per year, in three equal instalments, directly into the bank accounts of all landholding farmers irrespective of the size…

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• May 15, 2021

Cabinet approves Production Linked Incentive scheme “National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Storage” Source: PIB National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Storage For achieving manufacturing capacity of Fifty (50) Giga Watt Hour (GWh) of ACC and 5 GWh of Niche ACC with an…

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• May 14, 2021

SUTRA Model: Eyebrows raised CONTEXT Scientist have raised questions on the government-backed model, called SUTRA, to forecast the rise and ebb of the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientists believe that the model may have played a major role in creating the perception that a second wave of…

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• May 14, 2021

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition Context: Global Methane Assessment released by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) showed that human-caused methane emissions can be reduced by up to 45 per cent this decade Details The Climate…

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• May 14, 2021

Rani Rudrama Devi and Kakatiya Dynasty Context Rare sculptures of Rani Rudrama Devi unearthed in Khammam village in Andhra Pradesh Details Two rare sculptural portraits of Kakatiya queen Rudrama Devi were unearthed and identified by an archaeologist on the premises of Sangameswara Swamy Temple at…

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• May 13, 2021

Net Zero Producers Forum THEME: Environment CONTEXT Saudi Arabia will join the United States, Canada, Norway, and Qatar in forming ‘Net Zero Producers Forum’ for oil and gas producers to discuss how they can support the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Net-zero…

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• May 13, 2021