India’s New Chief of Army Staff

Lieutenant General Manoj Pande will be replacing General Manoj Mukund Naravane as the 29th chief of the Indian Army. Overview: Lieutenant General Manoj Pande has become the first engineer to become the chief of army staff (COAS). He will be ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News • Defence Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs

South Africa Flood Disaster

The most industrialised of the African continent, South Africa has mostly escaped the tropical cyclones that regularly hit its neighbouring countries. But in the last week, storms pounded the east coast city of Durban which triggered landslides and heavy floods ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: Environment Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs

Amendment in FEMA Rules for LIC

The rules of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) have been amended by the government to pave way for up to 20 per cent of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). The central government ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Improving Iron Absorption from Grains

The consumption of Millets is being promoted in India as these grains are good for the people. They have rich iron content and are also high in zinc, calcium, potassium, magnesium, dietary fibre, and other important vitamins like riboflavin, thiamine, ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: Environment Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs

Why India objects to WHO methodology of COVID death toll estimate?

The methodology that has been used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to estimate the COVID-19 related deaths in India has been objected to by India. The health ministry has issued a statement saying that for a large country like ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Changes in Environmental Clearance process

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has introduced a number of changes to the environmental clearance process for projects development projects while proposing to exempt others entirely from its jurisdiction due to which the environmentalists are showing ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

SpaceX: Launch of NROL-85 US Spy Satellite

On 17th April 2022, a U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) spy satellite was launched into orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The satellite named NROL-85 was this year’s second mission of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: International / World Current Affairs

Actinimenes koyas: New Species of Shrimp

A new species of shrimp has been discovered by scientists from the ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR). The newly discovered species has been named Actinimenes koyas. Overview: NBFGR is focused on the documentation of the country’s aquatic genetic ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: Environment Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs

Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: April 19, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 19, 2022. INDIA – Lt Gen Manoj Pande becomes first engineer to be appointed Army chief – Gujarat: PM visits Command & Control Centre for Schools (Vidhya Samiksha Kendra) in ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

DGCA Surveillance Plan

A surveillance mechanism has been rolled out by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCS) with the aim of identifying non–compliance with flight safety standards and alerting the authorities that are authorized for taking urgent corrective action to resolve the ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs