Category: Prelims C A
UPSC Prelims Facts – 18-19 August 2024
Guam island, Eri silk, World’s Oldest Calendar, Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, National Film Awards
Cabinet Secretary
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of new Cabinet Secretary with a 2-year tenure
BHAVISHYA
Recently, the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare introduced ‘Bhavishya’.
Foreign Exchange Management Amendment Rules 2024
Department of Economic Affairs has amended the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019.
St George Museum
As India celebrated its 78th Independence Day, the Fort St. George Museum in Chennai proudly displays one of the first flags hoisted on August 15, 1947.
Flavivirus
A recent study identified importin-7 (IPO7) as a protein that transports flavivirus core protein across the nuclear membrane into the nucleus.
UPSC Prelims Facts – 16-17 August 2024
Prokaryotes, Extremophile, Dengue, Californium, Gross environment product Index
Escarpments
A new study has linked continental break-up to new topological like plateaus and ‘escarpments’ form.
Multidimensional Vulnerability Index
The UN General Assembly has recently introduced a new “vulnerability” index to help small island and developing nations access low-interest financing.
Aurobindo Ghose
Prime Minister paid homage to Sri Aurobindo on his birth anniversary.
Biosurfactants
Safe microbial substitute can replace synthetic surfactants in the food industry