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Exercise Ex KAVACH

Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) conducted a large-scale Joint Military Exercise ‘Ex KAVACH’ involving the assets of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. The exercise, which began on February 23, 2023, concluded on April 07, 2023. ‘Ex Kavach’ was conducted under the ...

JUICE Mission To explore Jupiter's Icy Moons Science & Tech

The European Space Agency (ESA) is all set to launch the much-awaited space missions to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons: Europa, Callisto and Ganymede. Europa, Callisto and Ganymede are Jupiter’s three of its biggest moons. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission will laun ...

PM recalls the spirit of sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Good Friday

Recalling the sacrifices of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said “may the thoughts of the Lord Christ keep inspiring people.” PM Modi tweeted, “Today on Good Friday, we recall the spirit of the sacrifice Lord Christ was blessed with. He withstood pain a ...

PM greets people on Hanuman Jayanti

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of Hanuman Jayanti. Hanuman Jayanti is an important religious festival in the Hindu religion as it is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Lord Hanuman.  Hanuman Jayanti falls on the Purnima Tithi or the ...

Anjali Sharma conquers Mount Kilimanjaro wearing Luanchari

Anjali Sharma of Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh has scaled Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa wearing a traditional Gaddi dress (Luanchadi). Lunachari is traditional dress of Himachal Pradesh. Lunachari is traditional dress of Himachal Pradesh. Anjali Sharma is the first woman to do so. This rec ...

Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the Central Bureau of Investigation

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.  CBI is the premier investigating agency in India. The Central Bureau of Investigation was established by a resolution of the Uni ...

10th Indian – Sri Lanka bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-2023

The 10th Edition of the annual Indian - Sri Lanka Bilateral Maritime exercise SLINEX-2023 is being held in Colombo.  The exercise is being conducted in two phases: the Harbour Phase and the Sea Phase. The Harbour Phase was organized from April 3-5, followed by the Sea Phase from April 6-8.&n ...

Sarbat Khalsa

The Sarbat Khalsa is a term meaning “all congregation.” It refers to a traditional assembly of all factions of Sikhs to discuss social, political, and religious issues of great importance to the community.   The Sikh religion provides for a gathering of believers, the Sarbat ...

Second Tourism Working Group meeting concludes in Siliguri

Under the framework of G20, Ministry of Tourism organised its 2nd Tourism Working Group meeting from 1st to 3rd April in Siliguri in West Bengal. The last meeting will be held in Goa. The meeting included two side events, an inaugural session, working group meetings ,a series of bilateral meeting ...

Lynx-U2 Fire Control System

The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bangalore, for the procurement of 13 indigenously developed Lynx-U2 fire control systems for the Indian Navy at a total cost of over Rs 1,700 crore.  Lynx-U2 fire control systems have the ability to accurate ...

India Post Payments Bank launches WhatsApp Banking Services

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) announced the launch of WhatsApp Banking Services for IPPB customers in New Delhi, enabling them to access banking services on their mobile phone. WhatsApp Banking Services for IPPB customers was launched in collaboration with Airtel.  The newly launched IP ...

International Day of Zero Waste

The world has marked the inaugural International Day of Zero Waste on March 30, 2023. The International Day of Zero Waste (now known as Zero Waste Day) encourages everyone to prevent and minimize waste and promotes a societal shift towards a circular economy. It raises awareness about how zero ...

National Maritime Day in India 2023

The 60th National Maritime Day will be celebrated on April 5, 2023. The first anniversary was held in 1964 to raise awareness about international trade and the economy. NATIONAL MARITIME DAY 2023: HISTORY The first Indian Steamship SS Loyalty, the commercial vehicle owned by Scindia Steam Navi ...

Dalai Lama names US-born Mongolian boy as 3rd highest leader in Buddhism

The boy’s recognition has generated celebrations among Buddhists in Mongolia.  Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has named an eight-year-old US-born Mongolian boy as the reincarnation of a spiritual leader. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, aged 87, has named a US-born ...

Basavanna

Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently unveiled the statue of Basavanna or Basava in the premises of the Karnataka State Assembly. Basava was the founder of Veerashaivism or Lingayatism, an important Shaivite sect. This sect is famous more for its cult and social doctrines than for its ...

Sir M Visvesvaraya

Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research at Chikkaballapur.  Chikkaballapur also comes lauded as a place where Sir M Visvesvaraya was born on September 15 in 1861.  Sir Visvesvaraya is known for making innovations an ...

AMRUT 2.0

In order to carry forward the objective of universal coverage of water supply from 500 cities covered under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) to all the statutory towns across the country, AMRUT 2.0 has been launched in October 2021 for a period of 5 years i.e., Financia ...

World Happiness Report 2023

The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network has recently released its annual World Happiness Report. According to the report, Finland has been named the happiest place in the world for a sixth year running.  The report is based on data from analytics researcher Gallup whi ...

World Tuberculosis Day

World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated on 24 March every year to raise awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of Tuberculosis, TB, and its ongoing eradication efforts.  TB is a leading cause of death. The day is observed to commemorate the anniversary of Dr.&n ...

Centenary Celebrations of Vaikom Satyagraha

Vaikom Satyagraha was a famed movement for temple entry and abolition of untouchability. This nonviolent protest took place from 30 March 1924 to 23 November 1925 at Vaikom (a part of the then princely state of Travancore) in the Kottayam district of Kerala.  Led by Congress leaders T. K. Ma ...

United Nations World Water Development Report 2023

A new report from the UN says about 26% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water and 46% lack access to safely managed sanitation services. Painting a stark picture of rising global water scarcity, the World Water Development Report 2023 was released right ...

ITU opens Area Office and Innovation Centre in New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the new International Telecommunication Union (ITU)'s Area Office and Innovation Centre in India. ITU is the United Nations' specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs). Headquartered in Geneva, ITU h ...

Nehru Memorial Museum and Library’s Digitization Project

Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) has launched an ambitious project to digitize its archival materials so they are accessible to people via the internet.  Under this project, the entire India House Collection of the Library will be digitized.  India House Collection of the Lib ...

Global Conference on Digital Health – ‘Taking Universal Health Coverage to the Last Citizen’

India’s Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has organized a Global Conference on Digital Health. With the theme “Taking Universal Health Coverage to the Last Citizen,” the conference focused on exploring the potential of digital health solutions to improve healthcare delive ...

Civil-20 India 2023 Inception Conference

The Civil-20 India 2023 Inception Conference kicked off its first plenary session in Nagpur. The theme of the Conference is “Balancing Development with Environment”. The Civil 20 India 2023 Inception Conference is a meeting for grouping of civil society. The session covered four worki ...

Women and Men in India 2022 Report

The Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has recently released a report the Women and Men in India 2022 report.  According to the report, India’s sex ratio is expected to improve significantly from 943 in 2011 to 952 by 2036. Sex ratio is the number of fema ...

Second meeting of Startup-20 engagement in Gangtok

The second meeting of the Startup20 Engagement Group under India’s G20 Presidency was held on 18-19 March in Gangtok, the capital of North-eastern state of Sikkim.  The two-day meeting of the Startup20 engagement group under India’s G20 Presidency concluded at Chintan Bhawan in G ...

Indian StartUp Landscape

Start-ups continue to witness a rapid growth trajectory in India.  A newly created ‘herSTART’ platform has been introduced to promote women StartUps and advance women entrepreneurs.  Addressing the plenary session of the Bharat Startup Summit and Expo 2023, Union Minister ...

Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant: North India's first nuclear power plant

North India’s first nuclear power plant is coming up in Gorakhpur in Haryana. Gorakhpur is about 150 km north of Delhi.   The Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant or the Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP) is to be built on a 560 hectares (1,400 acres) area west of Gorakhpur villag ...

Atal Innovation Mission launches ATL Sarthi

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) – NITI Aayog has launched ATL Sarthi, a comprehensive self-monitoring framework to strengthen the ecosystem of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) in schools.  The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is a flagship initiative set up by the NITI Aayog to promote innovation ...