August 1: Muslim Women’s Rights Day 2022

On August 1, Muslim Women’s Rights Day was celebrated across India. The day celebrates he enactment of triple talaq law. It was implemented on August 1, 2019.  Practice of triple talaq was made a criminal offence through this law. Triple ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 3, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 3, 2022 INDIA – PM Modi meets Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in New Delhi; both countries ink six pacts to broad-base ties – Birth anniversary of Pingali Venkayya, designer ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022

8 years of MyGov Platform

Minister of Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, launched the event to celebrate “8 years of MyGov” in New Delhi on July 30, 2022. During the event, dignitaries like G20 Sherpa Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog Parameswaran Iyer, and ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

President’s colour’ to Tamil Nadu Police

Recently, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin received the “President’s colour to Tamil Nadu Police” at an event held at Rajarathinam Stadium in Chennai. President’s colour was given by Vice-President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu. Highlights: Tamil ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022

Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News

AlphaFold: Prediction of Protein Structures

DeepMind Technologies, an Alphabet-owned AI research company, has developed an artificial intelligence tool called “AlphaFold”. This tool predicts and publishes the structures of all proteins, which is the building blocks of life. Thus, this tool unlocks the most influential databases ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Craft Village Initiative

Government has been linking major tourist destinations with the handicraft clusters and infrastructure supports, as a part of “Linking Textile with Tourism” initiative. With respect to this, 8 craft villages have already been set up for overall development of villages. ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Government Schemes Current Affairs

Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Amendment) Bill

On August 1, 2022 “Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Amendment) Bill 2022” was passed by Parliament. The bill seeks to ban funding of weapons of mass destruction. Bill has been directed by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

UPI: 6 billion transactions in July 2022

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) recently released data on Unified Payments Interface (UPI). According to this, UPI crossed more than 6 billion transactions in July 2022. It is the highest since UPI platform was launched in 2016. Key Findings ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

What is a ‘Negative leap second’?

On July 29, 2022, Planet Earth made rotation on its axis in less than 24 hours. Reports are suggesting that, it is spinning faster. On July 29, it broke its own record for shortest day, by completing the rotation in ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

PM Modi to meet President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold talks with Maldives’ President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on August 2, 2022 in New Delhi. During the talks, both the leaders are likely to sign several agreements. President of Maldives in on a ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022

Category: International / World Current Affairs