Current Affairs Notes Daily

 1.The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has allowed Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp to start its payments service in the country in a ‘graded’ manner. Unified Payments Interface or UPI is an immediate real-time payment system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI). It was introduced in April 2016 as a pilot project and is regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). 2.National Monsoon mission Launched by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) in 2012. Aim to develop a state-of-the-art, dynamic monsoon prediction system for short, medium, and long-range forecasts. 3. Government weeds out 4.39 crore bogus ration cards under NFSA since 2013. National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013: The objective is to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity...

1.Rashtriya Ekta Diwas was Observed on 31st October across the nation. It marks the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 2. Typhoon Rolly or Goni has hit Philippines. In the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific, they are called hurricanes. But if the same type of disturbance takes place in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, it is known as a typhoon. And in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, cyclone is the correct term. 3.Army Aviation Corps (AAC) celebrated its 35th Corps Day on November 1. It is the youngest Corps of the Indian Army. The AAC currently operates Chetak, Cheetah, Lancer, Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv, and ALH Weapon System Integrated (WSI), also known as Rudra.   4. Writer Paul Zacharia has been selected for the 28th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram. Instituted in 1993, it is the highest literary honour of the Kerala government. Given by the Kerala Sahitya Akadem...

 1.October 24 is observed as World Polio Day. World Polio Day was established by Rotary International on 24th October to celebrate the birth of Jonas Salk, who developed a vaccine against poliomyelitis. 2.India and the U.S. will sign the last foundational agreement, Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-Spatial cooperation (BECA) during the upcoming 2+2 ministerial dialogue. This agreement would facilitate exchange of geospatial information between India and United States for both military and civilian use. 3. IndiGen Program: Genomics for Public Health in India (IndiGen) , It aims to undertake whole genome sequencing of thousands of individuals representing diverse ethnic groups from India. The objective is to enable genetic epidemiology and develop public health technologies applications using population genome data. 4. The United Kingdom has entered into a strategic partnership to develop Indi...

 1.77th anniversary of the formation of Azad Hind Government on 21st October, 2020. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had announced the establishment of the provisional government of Azad Hind in occupied Singapore in 1943. Captain Lakshmi headed the women’s organization 2.The Centre on October 17 amended the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, to facilitate the setting up of District Development Councils (DDC). A legislation to this effect was brought in by the Ministry of Home Affairs. This system effectively replaces the District Planning and Development Boards in all districts. 3. India’s first seaplane service in Gujarat is set to begin from 31 October, the anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The service will be operated by Spicejet Airlines. 4. National Supercomputing Mission (NSM): It is being implemented and steered jointly by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of E...

 1. Saral Jeevan Bima: It is a standard individual term life insurance product unveiled recently by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI). It will be a non-linked, non-participating individual pure risk premium life insurance plan providing for payment of the sum assured in lump sum to the nominee in case of the insured’s death during the policy term. 2.India joins UK-led fight against encrypted online messages. The UK and India are joined by the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. It marks an expansion of the so-called “Five Eyes” group of nations, a global alliance on intelligence issues, to include India and Japan. The campaign is against end-to-end encryption of messages by social media giants such as Facebook, which they say hinder law enforcement by blocking all access to them. 3. Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP), The zoo has revived its innovative ‘Adopt-An-Animal’ programme to mobilise resources fo...

1.October 12 marks 15 years since the implementation of the Right to Information Act. This act was enacted in order to consolidate the fundamental right in the Indian constitution ‘freedom of speech’.  It replaced the former Freedom of Information Act, 2002. 2.‘Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas’ (SVAMITVA) scheme: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched the physical distribution of property cards under the scheme. This launch will enable nearly one lakh property holders to download their property cards through SMS on their mobile phones and pave the way for villagers to use property as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits. 3. Feluda is the acronym for FNCAS9 Editor Linked Uniform Detection Assay. It is an accurate and low-cost paper-based test strip to detect Covid-19 and can deliver a result in 45 minutes. It has been approved for commercial launch by the Dru...

1.The initiative under PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi or PM SVANidhi Scheme will help these vendors grow their business which was severely hit and are still struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a special micro-credit facility plan to provide affordable loan of up to ₹10,000 to more than 50 lakh street vendors, who had their businesses operational on or before 24 March 2020.Small Industries Development Bank of India is the technical partner for implementation of this scheme. 2. The Supreme Court recently asked the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India about the steps taken to implement the K.V. Kamath Committee report on recommendations to bail out sectors affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In August this year, RBI set up a committee headed by K.V. Kamath on restructuring ofcorporate   loans impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. 3. Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton have been awarded the Nobel Prize...