Current Affairs Capsule
United States on 12th August announced new rules that aim to deny US citizenship and permanent residency to the immigrants, who use public benefits such as food stamps, public health care and other public welfare services. These new rules, which will come into effect in mid-October 2019, tighten the definition of who is likely to become a public […]
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to provide Rotavirus vaccine ‘Rotavac’ to every child across all the 36 states/UTs by September, 2019. Rotavirus is a leading cause of diarrhoea in children less than 5 years of age. In India, every year, there are 37 diarrheal deaths out of every 1000 children. Developed […]
Richard Yu, the head of Huawei’s consumer business, launched Huawei’s own operating system called HarmonyOS or HongMeng in Chinese. Huawei is a Chinese telecom giant. HarmonyOS is future-oriented and designed to be more smooth and secure, and is completely different from Android and iOS. US President Donald Trump, amid suspicions that the Huawei provides a […]
Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha drive has been launched by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) to create awareness about Water Conservation among all school students in the country. It seeks to make students competent, conscientious and committed water citizens of the nation. India and Bangladesh have agreed to set up a Joint Technical committee […]
Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has unveiled the draft Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for coastal zone management, prepared by the Society for Integrated Coastal Management, a MoEFCC-affiliated body, as part of a World Bank-funded project. It lays out guidelines for coastal States to adopt, when they approve and regulate […]
In response to the Indian government’s move to end special status for Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan announced a five-point plan that included suspension of bilateral trade. Pakistan has also expelled the Indian envoy, Ajay Bisaria, in Islamabad. The decision was taken in a crucial meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC). It was also decided […]
The Parliament passed the Consumer Protection Bill, 2019, which aims at protecting the interests of consumers by establishing authorities for timely and effective administration and settlement of consumers’ dispute. The bill has a provision to set up a Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) to promote, protect and enforce the rights of consumers. India’s first wireless 3D […]
The Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 which prohibits any form of discrimination against a transgender person, including denial of service or unfair treatment in relation to education, employment, healthcare, access to, or enjoyment of goods, facilities, opportunities available to the public. The Bill provides that every transgender person shall […]
The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted two flight tests against live aerial targets for its state-of-the-art Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missiles (QRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur in Odisha. Various Electro Optical Tracking Systems (EOTS), Radar Systems and Telemetry Systems captured the entire mission. The missiles have a range of 25-30 km. […]
World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is observed globally from 1st to 7th August 2019 with the theme ‘Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding’. The focus of this year is on protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding. WBW was first inaugurated in 1991 and was first celebrated in 1992 by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA). The Parliament […]