CURRENT AFFAIRS

Recently, on the occasion of International Asteroid Day, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) organised a workshop at Space Bhavan in Bengaluru.

Millions of flamingos are facing danger due to climate change affecting the balance of Lake Natron in Tanzania.

India's three new criminal laws passed by Parliament in December 2023 have come into effect from July 1, 2024.

The 16th Finance Commission was constituted in December 2023. The 16th Finance Commission, established under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution, has started its work.

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has launched a portal in Kolkata documenting the entire fauna species of India.

Global Liveability Index is important in all three stages of UPSC. Questions can be asked directly from it in the preliminary exam.

Recently, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has joined Project Nexus. It is a multilateral international initiative to enable instant cross-border retail payments by interconnecting domestic Fast Payment Systems (FPS).

In recent times, the education system has been surrounded by controversies due to irregularities in examinations and postponement of various examinations. To deal with such situations, various experts have expressed their opinion in favor of including education in the state list.

Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to prepare a revised framework on currency swap arrangement for SAARC countries for the period 2024-2027.

About 300 families have recently been relocated from Gardi Sugdub Island in Panama's Guna Yala province due to concerns about rising sea levels. Sea levels are rising rapidly, primarily due to global warming, with vulnerable coastal areas and countries in the Global South most affected.