• Union Cabinet approves Continuation and Revamping of the Scheme for Financial Support to Public-Private Partnerships(PPP) in Infrastructure Viability Gap Funding (VGF) Scheme. The approval has been given to continue the scheme till 2024-25 with a total outlay of Rs.8100…
• Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). Before the appointment, he has been serving as an Information Commissioner (IC) in the Central Information Commission since January 1, 2019. Central Information Commission: • The RTI Act…
• The isolated UK Overseas Territory of Tristan da Cunha, which is home to the world’s most remote human settlement, declared the largest fully protected marine reserves in the Atlantic Ocean at 687,000 square kilometres. About: • Tristan da Cunha…
• Asteroid Apophis, which was expected to pass extremely close to Earth, may now hit the blue planet in 2068 due to a phenomenon called Yarkovsky effect. This effect has eventually accelerated the asteroid’s flow and also changed its path.…
• Birth Anniversary of renowned ornithologist Salim Ali was observed on November 12, 2020. About: • Born in Mumbai on 12th November in 1896, Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali was not only a bird lover but also a naturalist. He is…
• In its latest monthly bulletin — for November — the Reserve Bank of India has dedicated a chapter on the “State of the economy”. As part of the exercise, the RBI has started “nowcasting” or “the prediction of the…
• On November 14, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft will lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying a crew of four people to the International Space Station (ISS) on a six-month-long mission. Crew-1 mission: • The mission is…
