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1.World Homeopathy day. In News: A two-day convention on ‘Homoeopathy – Roadmap for Integrative Medicine’ was inaugurated at New Delhi. Important Information: About World Homoeopathy Day: April 10 is observed as World Homoeopathy Day to honour Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, whose birth anniversary falls on this day. Born in 1755, Hahnemann was a German […]

1.NanoSniffer IN NEWS: Union Education Minister, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ today launched NanoSniffer, the world’s first Microsensor based Explosive Trace Detector (ETD) developed by NanoSniff Technologies, an IIT Bombay incubated startup. KEY POINTS: Nanosniffer is world’s first Explosive Trace Detector using microsensor technology. It uses MEMS system. MEMS is Micro-Electromechanical System. NanoSniffer is a 100% […]

1.Meeting of International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) IN NEWS: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman here today attended the Plenary Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the virtual Spring Meetings 2021. The meeting was attended by […]

1. India-Seychelles High Level Virtual Event. IN NEWS: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will take part in a high level virtual event with the President of the Republic of Seychelles H.E. Wavel Ramkalawan on April 8, 2021 to inaugurate a range of Indian projects in Seychelles. Key features of event: Joint e-inauguration of the new […]

1.National Dialogue on ‘Manufacturing Excellence & Innovation for Competitiveness & Sustainability of Chemicals Manufacturing’. In News: Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda virtually addressed at National Dialogue on Manufacturing Excellence and Innovation for Competitiveness and Sustainability of Chemicals Manufacturing in New Delhi . Key takeaways: Union minister said that the Chemicals […]

April 4th Current Affairs -Vignan IAS NAXALISM Five security personnel were killed and more than 12 injured in an encounter with Maoists in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. About: Two of the dead were from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). One of them belonged to the elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) of the […]

 April 3rd Current Affairs – Vignan IAS MATERNAL DEATHS The failure of the health system to cope with COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an increase in maternal deaths and stillbirths, according to a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal. About: Overall, there was a 28% increase in the odds of stillbirth, and the risk […]

April 1st current affairs – vignan ias India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement. Context: India and Mauritius signed the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) on 22 February 2021. The CECPA is the first trade Agreement signed by India with a country in Africa. Both sides have completed their internal legal procedures and the India-Mauritius CECPA will […]

March 28th Current Affairs – Vignan IAS Academy UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING: India delivered on its promise of 2,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force (UNPKF) worldwide, sending a shipment bound for Copenhagen. UN Peacekeeping: UN peacekeepers provide security and the political and peacebuilding support to help countries make the difficult, early […]

Daily Current affairs 27th March – Vignan IAS