• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has invited the Chairman of Pakistan’s Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, to attend the centennial celebration of the creation of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. The invite has not been confirmed by the…
• The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) upheld the Linear No-Threshold model to prescribe radiation safety standards. • Petitioners’ proposed substantial increase in dose limits to workers; raise the public dose limits to be the same as the worker doses;…
• After 68 years, Air India is all set to return to the Tata fold. Tata Sons subsidiary Talace Pvt. Ltd. emerged as the winning bidder for the debt-laden national carrier after quoting an enterprise value of ₹18,000 crore. The…
• Union Health Minister launched the ICMR’s drone response and outreach in the north-east (i-Drone). The delivery model is aimed at ensuring that life-saving vaccines reach everyone. About: • This is for the first time that a ‘Make in India’…
• Gaming addiction, a disorder is quickly growing as the pandemic spurred an increased use of Internet devices. About: • According to the All India Gaming Federation, India’s online gaming industry is expected to be worth ₹15,500 crore by 2023.…
• The Central government has notified rules for implementing the ‘Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021’. About: • Accordingly, the amendment bill notified on October 1, 2021, will enable the scrapping of the contentious retrospective tax demand provisions. • It was…
• Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways reviewed the work on Zojila and Z Morh tunnels. About the tunnels: • The Zojila tunnel will be Asia’s longest bi-directional tunnel and will allow all-weather connectivity between Ladakh and Srinagar, which…
• According to a report, the lockdowns slowed renewable energy installations in the country and the pace of such installations is lagging India’s 2022 target. • The report was released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).…
• Continuing its infrastructure build-up in Tibet, China has completed a key section of the Beijing-Lhasa expressway, a 295-km stretch from Lhasa to Nagqu. About: • This section is located at an average altitude of 4,500 metres above sea level,…
• The All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey, in a report released recently said that the overall employment numbers had increased by 29% from the base year of 2013-14. About: • However, in the first quarter of this fiscal (April-June 2021),…
• A meeting between industry captains and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal soon after the national lockdown was announced in 2020, has led to the setting up of the Steering Committee for Local Value Addition, Manufacturing and Exports, or…
• China’s central bank said all financial transactions involving cryptocurrencies are illegal, sounding the death knell for the digital trade in China after a crackdown on the volatile currencies. About: • The global values of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin have massively…
