CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 18, May 2021

Centre has dropped plasma therapy from Covid treatment protocol. Covid National Task Force yesterday released new clinical guidelines for management of mild, moderate and severe Covid cases. Plasma therapy does not find a mention under the new guidelines. The decision came on the basi

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 18, May 2021

Tribal Affairs Ministry and Microsoft have signed an MoU for digital transformation of Tribal Schools such as Eklavya Model Residential Schools and Ashram Schools. The collaboration seeks to skill educators and students in next-generation digital technologies including Artificial Inte

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 18, May 2021

Centre has released over Rs 5950 Crore to 15 States in the current financial year for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission. The Ministry of Jal Shakti has said that this is the first tranche of the four to be released in this financial year. Other 17 States and Union Territories h

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 17, May 2021

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Mansukh Mandaviya interacted with industry leaders about the likely impact of Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Tauktae and preparedness for facing it. The meeting was called on the directions of

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 17, May 2021

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan along with Member (Health), NITI Aayog Dr VK Paul chaired a high-level video conference meeting yesterday with all the States and Union Territories. The focus of the meet was on COVID-19 Containment and Management in Peri-urban, Rural and Tribal a

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 17, May 2021

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will release the first batch of Anti Covid drug 2DG through video conferencing this morning. The drug has been developed by DRDO's Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) in collaboration with Dr Reddy's Laboratories. AIR corres

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 17, May 2021

Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a review meeting with the Chief Ministers of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu today to assess preparedness of States, Union Territories and Central Ministries and concerned Agencies to deal with th

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 15, May 2021

Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal held a virtual meeting with US Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai, and discussed measures to enhance COVID-19 vaccine production. The meeting that took place yesterday focused on increasing vaccine availability in an inclusive an

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 15, May 2021

Cyclone ‘Tauktae’, which lay as a Deep Depression over Lakshadweep area and adjoining southeast and east central Arabian Sea is very likely to further intensify into a severe Cyclonic Storm in the next 24 hours, bringing heavy to very heavy rain to many parts of the wester

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 15, May 2021

The Government has said that the free distribution drive of AYUSH-64 medicines has reached more than 20 states and is expanding on a continuous basis. The Ayush Ministry has said, those COVID-19 patients who are in home isolation or staying at some government and NGO arranged isolatio