30th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) India and Vietnam elevated their cooperation to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership from a Comprehensive Partnership forged in 2013
2) In a recent plea before the Supreme Court of India, the Election Commission of India (ECI) clarified that the linking of Aadhaar numbers with the Electoral roll is not mandatory
3) In a significant initiative to empower senior citizens and persons with disabilities across India, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, organized ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivirs’ camps at 72 locations simultaneously
29th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) Recently, In the midst of India’s extensive digital infrastructure development, Moody’s report “Decentralized Finance and Digital Assets” has underscored that the world’s largest digital identification program frequently denies services to users
2) NHRC was established on 12th October 1993, under the Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993, and in accordance with the Paris Principles for promoting and protecting human rights
3) According to the Institute of International Finance (IIF), Global Debt rose to an all-time high of USD 307 trillion in the second quarter 2023
28th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) The current self-regulation mechanism of TV news channels is based on the guidelines issued by the NBDA (News Broadcasters and Digital Association) and the NBF (News Broadcasters Federation), which are voluntary associations of the broadcasters.
2) Joshimath town is situated on Vaikrita groups of rocks (made up of coarse mica-garnet-kyanite and sillimanite-bearing psammitic metamorphics) overlain by morainic deposits which are composed of irregular boulders and clay of varying thicknesses
3) Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium that can cause severe infections in humans. It spreads through marine organisms and infections have a high mortality rate, ranging from 15% to 50%, even with prompt diagnosis and treatment
27th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) China, the US and India , who collectively account for about 42% of global greenhouse gas emissions and are the top three emitters in that order were all absent from the recent United Nations Climate Ambition Summit (CAS)
2) India is the 16th largest maritime country in the world. Currently, Maritime transport in India handles 95% of the trade by volume and 68% by value
3) The Five Eyes is an intelligence alliance comprising nations including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the US. The ‘Nine Eyes’ group expands to cover the Netherlands, Denmark, France and Norway, whereas the 14 Eyes bloc further includes Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain and Sweden
26th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) Parliamentary privileges are special rights, immunities and exemptions enjoyed by the two Houses of Parliament, their committees and their members. Under these privileges, the members of Parliament are exempted from any civil liability (but not criminal liability) for any statement made or act done in the course of their duties.
2) Recently, JPMorgan Chase & Co. will include India in its Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) index from June 2024, anticipating significant inflows to India. This move is expected to widen the investor base and potentially lead to the appreciation of the Rupee.
3) According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there are over 70 million deaf people in the world. More than 80% of them live in underdeveloped countries. They collectively use more than 300 different sign languages
25th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) University Grants Commission (UGC) has finalised the National Higher Education Qualifications Framework (NHEQF) based on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to standardise qualifications and promote academic mobility
2) Recently, the Indian government identified 62 new elephant corridors, marking a significant milestone in the nation’s commitment to wildlife conservation. This brings the total number of such corridors to 150, a remarkable increase from the 88 registered in 2010
3) A recent study represents the first instance where RNA (Ribonucleic Acid), a molecule less stable than DNA, has been extracted from extinct species such as the Tasmanian Tiger
23rd September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) One in three adults across the world suffers from hypertension
2) In 2004, salaried women workers earned 70% of what men earned. By 2017 the gap had reduced and women earned 76% of what men did. Since then the gap has remained constant till 2021-22
3) The Central Government has decided to introduce 56 prizes under the category of Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (3 Vigyan Ratna, 25 Vigyan Shri, 25 Yuva Vigyan Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, 3 Vigyan Team Awards) to felicitate scientists
21st September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) French Revolution in 1789, which gave rise to the famous motto “liberté, égalité, fraternité” (liberty, equality, fraternity)
2) The lion population in India escalated from 523 to 674 individuals between the years 2015 and 2020.
3) The IMD uses 4 colour codes: Green (All is well), Yellow (Be Aware), Orange/Amber (Be prepared), Red (Take Action)
20th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) India successfully phased out ODS like Chlorofluorocarbons, Carbon Tetrachloride, Halons, Methyl Bromide, and Methyl Chloroform for controlled uses by 1st January , 2010
2) Within the next 70 years, river systems, especially in the American South, are likely to experience periods with such low levels of oxygen that the rivers could “induce acute death” for certain species of fish and threaten aquatic diversity at large
3) Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. In SCD, the red blood cells become hard and sticky and look like a C-shaped farm tool called a “sickle.”
19th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) Santiniketan has been recognized by UNESCO as India’s 41st World Heritage Site
2) Singapore emerged as the largest beneficiary of Indian ODI (Outward Direct Investment) in FY2023, receiving Rs 2.03 lakh crore, representing 22.3% of the total ODI, indicating the growing interest of Indian firms in the Singaporean market
3) BRSR (Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting) is a mandatory disclosure mechanism for top 1000 listed companies or businesses to report their performance on Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) parameters and demonstrate their commitment to responsible business practices
18th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) Apple iPhone 15 has integrated the NavIC navigation system developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) into its hardware
2) For the year 2023, the total pendency of registered cases in SC is 64,854. In SC, there are 5,412 cases filed and 5033 cases disposed in August 2023.
3) The Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India, awards Bal Shakti Puraskar and Bal Kalyan Puraskar every year to celebrate the energy, determination, ability, zeal and enthusiasm of our children and their caregivers.
16th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) The Global Stocktake is a periodic review mechanism established under the Paris Agreement in 2015. It takes place every five years, with the first-ever stocktake scheduled to conclude at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) at the end of 2023
2) Gresham’s law is a monetary principle that states that “bad money drives out good.” In contrast to Gresham’s Law, Thiers’ Law highlights a phenomenon where “good money drives out bad.”
3) India has recorded 85 quakes in the last 200 years and ranks 16 on the list of countries with highest earthquakes
15th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) Saudi Arabia is currently India’s second-largest supplier of crude oil (Iraq has been India’s top supplier)
2) The 18th G20 Summit witnessed a captivating display of India’s rich tribal heritage and craftsmanship such as Longpi Pottery, Chhattisgarh Wind Flutes, Gond Paintings, Gujarat Hangings, etc
3) The Solar Orbiter is a collaborative mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA that aims to investigate the Sun’s magnetic fields, energetic particles, and plasma in their pristine state before they are altered during their journey
14th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) Primitive Streak is a linear structure that appears in the embryo that marks its transition from having a radial symmetry (like an egg) to the bilateral symmetry of our bodies (marked by left and right hands and legs)
2) Himachal Pradesh suffered losses of Rs 10,000 crore and around 418 people have died due to rain-related incidents this Monsoon 2023
3) The Konark temple is attributed to King Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty about 1250 CE
13th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) The lost-wax method dates back at least 6,000 years, a copper amulet crafted using this method at a neolithic site in Mehrgarh, Balochistan (present day Pakistan) is dated to circa 4,000 BC
2) In the Indira Sawhney judgment 1992, SC had categorically said 50% shall be the rule, only in certain exceptional and extraordinary situations for bringing far-flung and remote areas’ population into mainstream said 50% rule can be relaxed
3) The West Bengal Legislative Assembly recently made a significant decision by declaring ‘Poila Baisakh,’ the first day of the Bengali calendar, as ‘Bangla Dibas’ or West Bengal Foundation Day.
12th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) August 2023 marked the driest August in India in over 120 years
2) Approximately 90% of e-waste collection and 70% of recycling in India is being managed by a competitive informal sector
3) A United Nations Environment Programme report in February 2023 warned that the unchecked rise of AMR could lead to up to 10 million deaths annually by 2050
11th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) While the Black Sea Grain Initiative helped Ukraine export 16.8 million tones in 2022-23, about 39% of its wheat actually moved via the land route to Eastern Europe
2) India is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, the key legal documents pertaining to refugee protection under International Law
3) Nanomaterials are engineered at the nanoscale, with a particle size of less than 100 nm in at least one of its dimensions
9th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) Every year, the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies is celebrated on 7 September to raise awareness and facilitate actions to improve air quality
2) In 2021-22, India’s Unemployment rate dropped to 4.1% according to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)
3) Payments Council of India (PCI) is a body representing over 85% of the non-Bank companies in the Payments ecosystem and was formed to effectively cater to the needs of the digital payments industry
8th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) Indian philosophy of secularism is related to “Sarva Dharma Sambhava” which means equal respect to all religions
2) The annual costs of invasive alien species have quadrupled every decade since 1970. In 2019, the global economic cost of these species exceeded a staggering USD 423 billion annually
3) Sand is classified as a “minor mineral”, under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulations) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) and administrative control over minor minerals vests with the State Governments
7th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) The Impossible Trinity is a fundamental concept in international economics and monetary policy. It was proposed independently by Canadian economist Robert Mundell and British economist Marcus Fleming in the early 1960s.
2) Italy has the largest number of UNESCO Heritage Sites in the world
3) La Nina is a pattern that describes the unusual cooling of the Tropical Pacific Ocean. It means “Little Girl” in Spanish and is sometimes called El Viejo, anti-El Niño, or simply “a cold event.”
6th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) The Aditya-L1 launch was conducted using the PSLV-C57 rocket. The PSLV’s fourth stage was fired twice, a first in ISRO’s history, to precisely insert the spacecraft into its elliptical orbit
2) The National Council of Educational Research and Training is an autonomous organization that was established in 1961 under the Societies Registration Act. The NCERT has been granted deemed university status under the ‘de novo’ category
3) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan served as the first Vice-President of India from 1952 to 1962 and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967
5th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) Guinness World Records has acknowledged the PMJDY’s success, certifying that the “Most bank accounts opened in one week as part of the Financial Inclusion Campaign is 18,096,130 and was achieved by the Department of Financial Services, Government of India.”
2) In June 2022, the SC in Kattukandi Edathil Krishnan & Another Vs Kattukandi Edathil Valsan & Others ruled that children born to partners in live-in relationships can be considered legitimate. This is conditional in a way that the relationship needs to be long-term and not of ‘walk in, walk out’ nature.
3) The Ramon Magsaysay award is presented annually on August 31st, which coincides with the birthday of Ramon Magsaysay, the third president of the Republic of the Philippines, who inspired its creation. The award is internationally recognised as the Nobel Prize counterpart of Asia
4th September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) In the Union Budget FY24, the government projected to bring down the fiscal deficit to 5.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the current FY.
2) According to a report by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-India titled ‘Illegal Trade of Red Sand Boa in India 2016-2021’ social media, especially YouTube, aids illegal trade, with 200 sales-promoting videos in 2021
3rd September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) In the Union Budget FY24, the government projected to bring down the fiscal deficit to 5.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the current FY.
2) According to a report by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-India titled ‘Illegal Trade of Red Sand Boa in India 2016-2021’ social media, especially YouTube, aids illegal trade, with 200 sales-promoting videos in 2021
2nd September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) India has been increasing its ethanol blending in petrol from 1.53% in 2013-14 to 11.8% in August, 2023
2) Tractors consume about 7.4% of our country’s annual diesel usage and account for 60% of total agricultural fuel usage
1st September #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair
1) The GRA (Global Research Alliance) is an international organization that brings countries together to find ways to grow more food without growing greenhouse gas emissions
2) A total of 23.14 million minor irrigation (MI) schemes have been reported in India. Among these, 21.93 million (94.8%) are groundwater (GW) schemes, and 1.21 million (5.2%) are Surface Water (SW) schemes
3) In Mattur village of Karnataka everyone speaks in the Sanskrit language
