Current Affairs 19 March 2021 is the most important area from which a major share of questions come in SSC, Railway, state government recruitment exams, UPSC prelims and mains.
First Virtual Trade Fair by APEDA draws huge response from foreign participants
First Virtual Trade Fair (VTF) organised by APEDA to boost exports potential of India’s agricultural and processed food products during COVID19 pandemic drew huge response from participants, exporters and buyers from countries including India, UAE, Brazil, New Zealand and France. Read More
Home Ministry informed Rajya Sabha about the Return of Kashmiri Pandits
Union Home Affairs Ministry has informed Rajya Sabha about the Return of Kashmiri Pandits to Kashmir Valley. As per the report of Relief Office setup in 1990 by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, 44,167 Kashmiri Migrant families are registered. Read More
Telemedicine service eSanjeevani completes 3 million consultations
Indian government’s National Telemedicine Service – eSanjeevani has crossed another milestone by completing 3 million (30 lakh) consultations. Read More
Safety of Inter-State Migrant Workers
The Ministry of Labour and employment proposes to develop National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW), which will be a comprehensive data base of the Unorganised Workers including the Building and other Construction Workers and Migrant workers, seeded with Aadhaar. Read More
Global Wage Report 2020-21
The International Labour Organization (ILO) report titled ‘Global Wage Report 2020-21: Wages and minimum wages in the time of COVID-19’ was recently released. Read More
Development of Nomadic Tribes
To promote the socio-economic development of De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities, the Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNCs) has been constituted on 21.02.2019 for a period of three years extendable up to 5 years. Read More
Lok Sabha passed Appropriation Bill
The Lok Sabha has cleared the Appropriation Bill, allowing the Central government to draw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for its operational requirements and implementation of various programmes. Read More
Solicitor General urges Supreme Court to demarcate role of amicus curiae
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta made a strong appeal to the Supreme Court to frame guidelines to rein in lawyers appointed as the court’s amici curiae in various cases, especially sensitive ones. Read More
Harsh Vardhan appointed as chairman of ‘Stop TB Partnership Board’
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the movement to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) from India by 2025, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union minister for health and family welfare has been appointed chairman of the Stop TB Partnership Board. Read More
Italy joins International Solar Alliance
Italy has signed the International Solar Alliance under the amended ISA Framework Agreement. The amendments to the Framework Agreement of the ISA entered into force, opening its Membership to all Member States of the UN. Read More
