The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has expressed deep sorrow on demise of writer, historian and theatre personality, Shivshahir Babasaheb Purandare. He recalled Shivshahir Babasaheb Purandare’s contribution in connecting coming generations to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The PM also posted his ...
Key Points• International Law Commission is a UN body.• International Law Commission consists of 34 members• Members of International Law Commission are elected by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) every five years. Professor Bimal Patel, Vice-Chancellor, Rashtriya Raksha Univ ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated the revamped Rani Kamalapati railway station, earlier known as Habibganj, in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. This station has the first central concourse with connectivity to all platforms with modern world-class facilities. Rani Kamlapati R ...
Russia recently started delivering S-400 Triumf air defence system to India, giving a major boost to Indian defence capabilities. Key Points• The S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile system will boost India’s capabilities to take out cruise missiles and enemy fighter aircraft at long rang ...
Celebrated every year on 16th November as a mark to commemorate the presence of an independent and responsible press in India, National Press Day also marks the establishment of Press Council of India as well as a day it started operating as a statutory and quasi-judicial establishment. Pres ...
Key Points Paytm Money’s Voice Trading lets a user to place a trade or get information about stocks via a single voice command Voice Trading service is powered by artificial intelligence. Paytm Money has launched ‘Voice Trading’ that allows users to set a trade or get informatio ...
The winners of the Cyber Security Grand Challenge will be felicitated by the Union minister for electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Minister of State for Electronics & IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar today. Cyber Security Grand Challenge is the f ...
World Toilet Day is observed annually on November 19 by the United Nations to raise awareness on importance of toilets and sanitation in our daily lives and help achieve the goal of sanitation for all by 2030. The significance of the day can be gauged from the fact that its observance raises ...
The sixth edition of Indo - France joint military exercise “Ex SHAKTI 2021” has commenced at the Military School of Draguignan, France. The Indian Army contingent is being represented by a composite team of three Officers, three Junior Commissioned Officers and 37 soldiers from a battali ...
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced the decision to withdraw the three-capital Act. The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has passed a Bill to repeal the AP Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Act, 2020, that was intended to establish three c ...
The United Kingdom will host a summit of Foreign and Development Ministers from the G7 in December in the city of Liverpool. Key Points• Foreign Ministers of UK, the US, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan and the EU will be participating in the Summit.• The summit will be held over th ...
INS Visakhapatnam, a P15B stealth guided-missile destroyer, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on 21st November. The warship has been indigenously developed by the Indian Navy's in-house organisation Directorate of Naval Design and constructed by Mazagon Dock ...
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has announced that his country plans to build a Bitcoin city located along the Gulf of Fonseca near a volcano. Cryptocurrency Bitcoin will be used to fund the project. El Salvador recently became the first country to use Bitcoin as a legal tender. In Sep ...
INS Vela, Indian Navy’s fourth stealth Scorpene class submarine under Project 75, has been commissioned by Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh at the naval dockyard, Mumbai. The induction of INS Vela, known as the ‘Silent Killer’, will boost the Navy’s combat capability. Project 75 inc ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh on November 25, 2021. Key Points• Airport at Jewar is being developed by Yamuna International Airport Private Limited (YIAPL), which is a 100 per cent subsidia ...
According to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data, released by Union health ministry, India has now 1,020 women for every 1,000 men and no longer faces the threat of a population explosion. The conclusion is based on the survey of 650,000 households from 707 districts of the ...
Recently, Indian Government think-tank NITI Aayog has published its report on India’s “Multidimensional Poverty Index” (MPI) based on NFHS-4 (2015-16) Key Points• Report was prepared on the basis of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for 2015-16.• Basing itself on the National He ...
Senior bureaucrat Vivek Johri was appointed the chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on November 28, 2021. Johri succeeds current chairman of the CBIC Ajit Kumar who is completing his tenure tomorrow. Key Points• Vivek Johri is a 1985-batch Indian Revenue Service ...
India now ranks third in the world in organ donation and transplantation as the total number of organ transplants done per year in the country has increased to 12,746 in the year 2019, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) Mansukh Mandaviya has said. • Mandaviya was citing a ...
The Economic Intelligence Unit recently released Cost of Living Index 2021. According to the report, Tel Aviv of Israel is the most expensive city in the world. Key Points• Tel Aviv is the world’s most expensive cities. It was followed by Paris in second place and Singapore in third plac ...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) superseded the board of directors of Reliance Capital (RCL) Ltd, belonging to the Anil Ambani group, in view of the defaults by RCL in meeting the various payment obligations to its creditors and serious governance concerns which the board has not been able to addres ...
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with THDC India Ltd (THDCIL). Under the terms of the MoU, IREDA will provide techno-financial expertise in developing Renewable Energy (RE) projects. Terms of the MoU• Under the MoU, IRED ...
11th Edition of Exercise EKUVERIN is being conducted at Kadhdhoo Island, Maldives from 06 to 19 December 2021. The Exercise Ekuverin is a joint military exercise held between the armies of India and Maldives. The word ‘Ekuverin’ means ‘Friends’ in Dhivehi, an Indo-Aryan language spok ...
44162119 - closeup of businessman showing his new business partner where to sign an agreement or contract with fountain pen on rustic wooden desk. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). T ...
After its success in Karnataka, the Project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant-Human Attacks using Bees) has now been launched in Assam by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). What is Project RE – HAB?The objective of Project RE-HAB is to ward off elephant attacks in human habitations us ...
Matua is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Also, the Matua island is 16 km from Golovnin Strait. These islands are located on the Ring of Fire. Why is Matua in News?Recently the Russian Military deployed ...
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat died in a chopper crash in the Nilgiris, near Coonoor city in Tamil Nadu. He was travelleing in an Indian Air Force Mi-17V5 helicopter which crashed in the foggy weather in the Nilgiris hills on December 8, 2021. Highlights• The helicopter c ...
Former chief election commissioner (CEC) of India, Sunil Arora, has joined the board of advisers of the International Institute for Democracy & Electoral Assistance (IDEA). Key Points• A 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service officer, Sunil Arora has been selected as he brings rich l ...
Key Points• Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr. and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo have been chosen for the 56th and 57th Jnanpith Award for their contribution to Indian literature.• While 56th Jnanpith Award for 2021 has been bagged by Nilmani Phookan Jr., well known Konkani writer Damodar M ...
Recently, a controversy has erupted in Kerala over the reappointment of Gopinath Ravindran as the Vice Chancellor of Kannur University. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan stated that he approved the decision against his “better judgement” as Chancellor. What role Governors play in state univers ...
