CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 29, Jul 2021

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to allow non-bank payment system providers (PSPs), including prepaid payment instruments (PPI) issuers like mobile wallets, card networks and white label ATM operators to participate in the Centralised Processing System (CPS) as direct mem

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 27, Jul 2021

Ethanol is being blended in petrol to achieve the objectives of reducing import dependence, promote clean fuel and provide boost to agriculture.Ethanol, an anhydrous ethyl alcohol having chemical formula of C2H5OH, can be produced from sugarcane, maize, wheat, etc  which are

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 27, Jul 2021

Kandla SEZ (KASEZ) was awarded IGBC(Indian Green Building Council) Platinum Rating today.IGBC Platinum rating has been awarded for ‘Green master planning, policy initiatives and implementation of green infrastructure’ by CII’s Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 27, Jul 2021

Indian Naval Ship Talwar is participating in Exercise Cutlass Express 2021, being conducted from 26 July 2021 to 06 August 2021 along the East Coast of Africa.The exercise is an annual maritime exercise conducted to promote national and regional maritime security in East Africa an

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 27, Jul 2021

An Agreement was entered into between the then State of Mysore & Madras (presently State of Karnataka and State of Tamil Nadu) in 1892 with reference to taking up new irrigation works across the rivers, mentioned in Schedules A, B and C of the Annexure to the Agreement.Under S

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 27, Jul 2021

Tunisia is the northernmost country in Africa.It is a part of the Maghreb region of North AfricaCurrency: Tunisian dinarCapital: TunisBordering Countries: Algeria, LibyaSea Coast: Mediterranean Sea Political System of TunisiaThe President acts as head of state

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 24, Jul 2021

National Statistical Office (NSO) launched the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) in April 2017.Objective of PLFSTo estimate the key employment and unemployment indicators (viz. Worker Population Ratio, Labour Force Participation Rate, Unemployment Rate) in the short time inter

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 24, Jul 2021

Context: Case hearing related to Use of violence to snatch the voters slips and to cast bogus voting in an election in Bihar in 1989Supreme Court observationsIn any election, be it to Parliament or State legislature, the maintenance of secrecy of voting is “a must” t

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 24, Jul 2021

Maharashtra  to become the first State in the country to join hands with Climate Group’s EV100 campaign.EV100 campaign aims to make electric transport the new normal by 2030 by encouraging companies to switch from vehicles running on fossil fuels to EVs and install char

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 24, Jul 2021

Reason: There is prevalence of mental illness and substance use disorder in about 80% of the prison populationNational Institute of Mental Health and  Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, has recommended the “Gatekeeper Model” where selected inmates, trained to id