Current Affairs March 2021

CBSE launched new assessment framework for Classes 6 to 10

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced a competency-based assessment framework for classes 6-10 based on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 As per the board, the framework will replace the “existing rote learning model and will focus on assessing students based on their competencies needed to solve day-to-day […]

CBSE launched new assessment framework for Classes 6 to 10 Read More »

TB notifications register fall due to pandemic disruptions

According to the India TB report released by the Health Ministry, in 2020, there were 18.05 TB notifications, which was a fall of 24% from 2019 due to the disruptions caused by the pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Between January and February 2020, the notifications were on an upward trajectory, with 6% more cases

TB notifications register fall due to pandemic disruptions Read More »

Special-purpose acquisition companies are under the scanner

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an investor alert, which was the first warning of sorts, when it came to or special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A SPAC, or a blank-cheque company, is an entity specifically set up with the objective of acquiring a firm in a particular

Special-purpose acquisition companies are under the scanner Read More »

Suez Canal Blocked After Giant Container Ship Gets Stuck

A giant container ship the length of four football pitches has become wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking one of the world’s busiest trade routes. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A human-made waterway, the Suez Canal is one of the world’s most heavily used shipping lanes, carrying over 12% of world trade by volume. Built

Suez Canal Blocked After Giant Container Ship Gets Stuck Read More »

Shigmo festivities in Goa

Shigmo is the celebration of a ‘rich, golden harvest of paddy’ by the tribal communities of Goa. Agricultural communities including the Kunbis, Gawdas and Velips celebrate the festival that also marks the onset of spring. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Shigmo celebrations last over a fortnight in the months of Phalgun-Chaitra months of the Hindu

Shigmo festivities in Goa Read More »

Odisha sends back tigress from Satkosia reserve to Madhya Pradesh

The much-vaunted inter-state tiger translocation drive ended in a whimper after Sundari, the four-and-half year-old tigress relocated from Madhya Pradesh in 2018 to Satkoisa tiger reserve in Odisha’s Angul district was sent back to the Kanha reserve in Madhya Pradesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The five-year-old tigress spent 28 months in captivity in Satkosia

Odisha sends back tigress from Satkosia reserve to Madhya Pradesh Read More »

Current Affairs 25 March 2021 – Gkseries

Current Affairs 25 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. US, EU, Britain, Canada Impose Sanctions on Chinese Officials The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions on several Chinese officials for

Current Affairs 25 March 2021 – Gkseries Read More »

India abstains in UN Human Rights Council vote on Sri Lanka

India recently abstained from a crucial vote on Sri Lanka’s rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The resolution on ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’ was, however, adopted after 22 states of the 47-member Council voted in its favour. Sri Lanka, which

India abstains in UN Human Rights Council vote on Sri Lanka Read More »

Indus water panel holds meeting

After a gap of more than two and half years Indian and Pakistani delegations began the 116th Meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The meeting which coincided with the National Day of Pakistan is being viewed as part of the broader process of normalisation of bilateral ties between the two

Indus water panel holds meeting Read More »

No plan to introduce Panchayat system in Assam tribal areas

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha that “presently, there is no proposal to implement Panchayat system in Sixth Schedule areas of Assam”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution protects tribal populations and provides autonomy to the communities through creation of autonomous development councils that can frame

No plan to introduce Panchayat system in Assam tribal areas Read More »