Top 10 Current Affairs – 2 March 2021
Daily Current Affairs 2 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. We are trying our best to create daily national and international Current Affairs articles from various newspapers, journals, magazines, TV etc.
IIT Bombay to offer courses on gaming
Union the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that I & B ministry in collaboration with IIT Bombay has decided to form a Center of Excellence in gaming and other related areas. Read More
Second edition of Maritime India Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the second edition of Maritime India Summit (MIS) on March 2, 2021. The Maritime India Summit 2021 is being organized by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways on a virtual platform www.maritimeindiasummit.in from 2nd March to 4th March 2021. Read More
Lateral entry inadequate to fill 22% vacancies’ gap in IAS posts
The lateral hiring initiative by the government for the bureaucracy may have stirred up a debate but the number of appointees is insignificant to bridge the gap, especially as India faces a shortage of civil servants, primarily for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). Read More
Pixxel India’s delayed flight to new space frontier
PSLV-C51 mission was supposed to carry a satellite from Pixxel India, one of the several new start-ups. But eventually the satellite could not be part of the launch. Read More
Japan law requiring married couples to have the same surname
A section of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has signalled its opposition to changing a law that forces married couples to have the same surname. Read More
Healthcare workers are foremost champions of humanity
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare addressed the Global Indian Physicians Congress, organized by the Global Association for Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO). Read More
Vijayawada railway court summons 40 in Tuni arson case
The Metropolitan Magistrate Court (Railway Court) served summons on 40 persons reportedly involved in the arson at the Tuni railway station in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in January 2016. Read More
IAF’s Suryakiran, Sarang teams to perform at Colombo air show
Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter aerobatic team Sarang displays it’s skills during the ‘Air Fest 2021″ at the Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore on February 19, 2021. Read More
In Nagaland, an itch for reviving prickly cages for offenders
Some villages in Nagaland are trying to revive a traditional form of punishment that seeks to check crime with an itch in time. Social offenders or violators of Naga customary laws have over the ages dreaded a cramped, triangular cage made from the logs of Masang-fung, a local tree that people avoid because of the irritation it causes. Read More
Chief Economic Advisor Backs Proposal to Bring Petrol under GST
Chief Economic Advisor K V Subramanian has backed a proposal to bring petroleum products under the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Read More