Indian Light Tanks ‘Zorawar’: In order to improve its capabilities in mountain warfare, the Indian Army is modernizing its equipment. Key Points: The Indian Army, with the experience of deploying armour at an altitude of 15,000 ft. to outmaneuver the movement of Chinese forces d ...
Export Policy for Wheat or Meslin Flour: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi recently approved the proposal for amendment of policy of exemption for Wheat or Meslin Flour (HS Code 1101) from export restrictions/ ban. Key Points: ...
India and Australia Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX): The Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) between the navies of India and Australia concluded on August 20, 2022. Key Highlights: INS Sumedha, together with HMAS Anzac took part in the exercise, reaffirming the close ties and strong int ...
Draft Indian Ports Bill, 2022: The Government of India (GoI) has recently prepared the draft Indian Ports (IP) Bill, 2022 to consolidate and amend the laws relating to ports. Key Highlights: The draft IP Bill 2022 has been issued by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways for Stakehol ...
SMILE-75 Initiative: The Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Dr. Virendra Kumar recently launched the “SMILE-75 Initiative”. Note: SMILE stands for 'Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise' Key Points: The “SMILE-75 Ini ...
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur: French Government has decided to bestow the highest French civilian honour - Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur to Senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor. Key Highlights: According to media reports, the French government is ho ...
INAS 314: The Indian Navy’s women officers recently created history by completing the first-ever all-women independent maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission in the North Arabian Sea onboard a Dornier 228 aircraft. Key Highlights: The mission was carried out by five officers ...
Cheerag Scheme: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s government recently launched the “Chief Minister Equal Education Relief, Assistance and Grant (Cheerag)” scheme. Key Points: Cheerag scheme was introduced in place of a similar scheme launched by Bhupinder Singh ...
V.K. Paul Task Force: Following the discovery of cases of monkeypox in India, the Union government constituted a task force to monitor and provide guidance on the expansion of diagnostic facilities and to explore vaccination against the infection in the country. Key Points: The team will be ...
Sanjay Arora: Sanjay Arora, a Tamil Nadu-cadre IPS officer who oversaw the paramilitary ITBP, will assume control of the Delhi Police as Delhi Police Commissioner. Key Facts: He is scheduled to retire in 2025. He will be replacing the previous Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana, an ...
New President of Sri Lanka: Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as Sri Lanka's new President by Parliament on 20 July 2022. Highlights: The 73-year-old six-time prime minister was elected as the new Sri Lankan President after receiving 134 votes, while his competitor ...
Ashish Kumar Chauhan: Ashish Kumar Chauhan is all set to become the new chief of the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Key Highlights: The appointment of Ashish Kumar Chauhan as the next Managing Director and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was recently approved by the Securities and ...
17A stealth frigate ‘Dunagiri’: Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh recently inaugurated the second Project 17A stealth frigate ‘Dunagiri’. Key Points: Dunagiri frigate was launched into the Hooghly River in Kolkata. Rajnath Singh launches Project 17A stealth friga ...
NIRF 2022: The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2022 was released on 15th July 2022 by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Highlights: This is the seventh consecutive edition of NIRF. NIRF India Ranking 2022 has been announced for 11 categories. This inc ...
AIDef Symposium and Exhibition: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently inaugurated the first ever “Artificial Intelligence in Defence (AIDef) symposium and exhibition” of AI-enabled solutions. About AIDef symposium and exhibition: The AIDef symposium and exhibition was org ...
PADMA: Shri Rajnish Kumar, Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA), Ministry of Defence (MoD) inaugurated a Pay Roll Automation for Disbursement of Monthly Allowances (PADMA), an automated Pay & Allowances module for the Indian Coast Guard on June 28, 2022. About PADMA: PADMA is a ...
Ruchira Kamboj: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) recently announced that Ruchira Kamboj has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in New York. Key Highlights: Ruchira Kamboj is currently the Indian Envoy to Bhutan. She will succeed TS Tir ...
International Day for Countering Hate Speech 2022: The International Day for Countering Hate Speech is observed on June 18. Key Points: This day is observed to highlight the need for combating hate speech and promoting tolerance and dialogue between different communities. According to the ...
Non-Official Directors on the Central Board of RBI: The Central Government has nominated Anand Mahindra, Pankaj Ramanbhai Patel, Ravindra H Dholakia, and Venu Srinivasan, as part-time non-official Directors on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Key Highlights: In a ...
Amandeep Singh Gill: Amandeep Singh Gill is a senior Indian diplomat who has recently been appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as his Envoy on Technology. The UN described Gill as a “thought leader on digital technology” who has a solid understanding ...
MoU between India and the UAE: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today has approved the proposal for signing a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on cooperation in the field of industries and advanced techno ...
Utkarsh Samaroh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12th May 2022 virtually addressed ‘Utkarsh Samaroh’ held at Bharuch in Gujarat. Key Highlights: The event was organized to mark the celebration of 100 percent saturation of 4 key schemes of the state government in the district. ...
Delhi Logs 1,607 New COVID-19 Infections In 24 Hours As Cases Surge COVID-19 Delhi: With these new cases, the national capital's overall Covid tally has increased to 18,81,555 while the number of deaths has risen to 26,174. New Delhi: Delhi has recorded 1,607 fresh COVID-19 cases ...
UK Cuts All Tariffs On Ukraine, Bans More Exports To Russia Russia-Ukraine War: The UK's international trade department said Monday it had reduced "all tariffs on goods imported from Ukraine". London: Britain said it has dropped tariffs on all goods from Ukraine while sl ...
Russian military has been pounding Ukrainian cities since February 24, leading to injuries which Dr David Nott said are "dreadful". The war in Ukraine has posed challenges for the healthcare professionals and doctors, who are finding it hard to treat injured patients. Part of ...
Weapons of Mass Destruction (Amendment) Bill, 2022: The Lok Sabha recently passed yet another bill that prohibits the funding of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). This Bill was introduced by External Affairs Minister Dr S.Jaishankar. Key Details: The Weapons of Mass Destruction and the ...
Assam-Meghalaya Border Pact: The Chief Ministers of Assam and Meghalaya, on 29th March 2022 signed a border agreement. This MoU has been signed to resolve the case of the inter-state boundary dispute between Meghalaya and Assam with respect to 6 of the 12 areas of difference. Key Details: ...
Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the executive chairperson of Biocon and Biocon Biologics, has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in Scotland. Key Highlights: She will be joining RSE’s current fellowship of around 1,700 fellows w ...
Abel Prize for 2022: the Abel Prize for the year 2022 has been awarded to American Mathematician Dennis Parnell Sullivan by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Key Highlights: This award also includes prize money which amounts to 7 Million NOK (Norwegian Krone). He was awarded t ...
Delhi MCD Merger: The Union Cabinet has approved a bill for the unification of Delhi’s three Municipal corporations into one Municipal Corporation. The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 is likely to be tabled in the ongoing budget session of Parliament. Key Details: T ...
