Month: June 2021

India’s Forex Reserves Crossed $600: India’s forex reserves crossed $600 mark for the first time and as on June 4, it stood at $605 billion. With this, India equals Russia as the fourth largest reserve holder worldwide India’s forex reserve was $605.008 billion while for Russia it was $605.2 billion. It took a year for […]

Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: Pakistan’s National Assembly has passed the ICJ (Review and Re-consideration) Bill, 2020 to provide the right of appeal to death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav. The Bill is aimed at allowing Jadhav to have consular access in line with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Jadhav, a 51-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced […]

‘Namaste Yoga’ Mobile App: During the curtain raiser event for the 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY) on June 11, 2021, a mobile application called “Namaste Yoga” was launched. This app is devoted to Yoga. The event was organized by the Ministry of Ayush in association with Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY). On […]

EnVision Mission To Venus: European Space Agency: European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a new mission- EnVision mission to Venus. It is a European Space Agency (ESA) that led the mission with contributions from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It is likely to be launched sometime in the 2030s. Once launched on an […]

Ram Prasad Bismil: The Ministry of Culture organised a special ceremony at Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh to mark the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Ram Prasad Bismil. Was born on 11th June 1897, in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district to Murlidhar and Moolmati. Was among the most noteworthy Indian freedom fighters who resisted British […]

Sub-Mission On Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) Scheme: The Government of India has released funds for various activities of Farm Mechanization under the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) scheme. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched SMAM in 2014-15. Under it, the subsidy is provided for the purchase of various types of agricultural equipment and machinery […]

Online Module For Compiling Out-Of-School Children’s Data: The Ministry of Education has developed an online module for compiling out-of-school (due to Covid-19 pandemic) children’s data identified by each State/UT. The collected data will be mapped with special training centers on the PRABANDH portal of Samagra Shiksha. Key Points Through the module, the government will facilitate […]

75th Session Of The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on prevention of HIV/AIDS.: The Union Health Minister addressed the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the prevention of HIV/AIDS. The Resolution 75/260 of UNGA deals with the Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS. […]

World Health Organization High-Level Coalition on Health and Energy Platform of Action.: Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare digitally addressed the first meeting of the World Health Organization High-Level Coalition on Health and Energy Platform of Action. Key Highlights of his address: An expert body called the National Action Plan on […]

Discovered Small Field (DSF) Bid Round-III: Discovered Small Field (DSF) bid round-III for international competitive bidding was launched by Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel. The government of India had launched Discovered Small Field (DSF) Policy in 2015 for awarding discovered acreages and monetize the unmonetized discoveries. The DSF policy has […]