• The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021 — often incorrectly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics — to three US-based economists. About: • A…
• The Government of Bangladesh and the United Nations signed an MoU for the relocation of Rohingya refugees to the newly developed facility at the Bhasan Char Island. About: • The MoU sets out the policy framework of services and…
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Indian Space Association (ISpA) on October 11, 2021. About: • Indian Space Association is the Premier Industry Association of Space and Satellite companies, which aspires to be the collective voice of the Indian…
• Recently, Cyclone Gulab made landfall on India’s east coast and weakened into a depression. • Another cyclone–Shaheen–may form over the Arabian Sea from the remnant of cyclone Gulab. Key points: • Gulab was a tropical cyclone and was named…
• Recently, as per a report from the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, genes that can increase the grain size of sorghum have been discovered. About: • As many as 125 regions in the sorghum genome have now been identified…
• National telemedicine service, eSanjeevani has completed one crore 20 lakh consultations. • The government’s telemedicine service is rapidly shaping into the country’s most popular and largest telemedicine service. Currently, it is serving around 90 thousand patients across the country…
• The RBI and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have announced a project to link their respective fast payment systems, Unified Payments Interface and PayNow. The linkage is targeted for operationalisation by July 2022. • PayNow is the fast payment…
• The Centre has decided to set up 7 new Ekalavya Vidyalayas in Assam. About EMRS: • The scheme of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) was introduced in the year 1997-98 with an objective to provide quality middle and high-level…
• The Assam government extended the “Disturbed Area” status of the state for another six months from August 28 under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). • The AFSPA was imposed in Assam in November 1990 and has been…
• The New Development Bank has approved the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay and Bangladesh as its new members in its first expansion push. • The NDB Board of Governors initiated the negotiation to expand its membership in 2020. It has…
• The International Atomic Energy Agency has said that North Korea appears to have restarted its Yongbyon nuclear reactor since July, 2021, suggesting that it handled a full batch of spent fuel. • Plutonium, which is used for nuclear weapons,…
• The Election Commission recently conducted a two-day SVEEP Consultation Workshop to review State SVEEP Plans for the forthcoming elections. About: • Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation program, better known as SVEEP, is the flagship program of the Election…
