Election Symbols: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during an election speech in Uttar Pradesh, appeared to suggest a connection between the 2008 Ahmedabad blasts and the Samajwadi Party due to its election symbol, the bicycle. Bicycles were first used as carriers of bombs in the 2006 Malegaon blasts. The perpetrators of the blast strapped two […]
Month: February 2022
Financial Action Task Force on Pakistan
Financial Action Task Force: Pakistan’s efforts to investigate and prosecute leaders of UN-designated terror groups in order to counter terror financing will be assessed during the ongoing meetings of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Paris. The multilateral financial watchdog will announce whether Pakistan is to be retained in the grey list, or […]
NASA’s Perseverance Rover: 1 Year Completed
NASA’s Perseverance Rover: Nasa’s Perseverance rover has completed a full Earth year on Mars after its successful landing on February 19, 2021. During this period on the Red Planet, the rover has: Collected the first rock cores from another planet. Served as a base station for Ingenuity helicopter. Extracted oxygen from thin Martian air. […]
Academic Bank Of Credit Implementation Date
Academic Bank Of Credit: The Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) is expected to be implemented from this academic year. However, this scheme has many pros and cons and there are issues which still need to be addressed before it gets implemented. ABC will affect organised, systematic learning: Students may find it difficult to change […]
Annual Meeting of Permanent Indus Commission 2022
Permanent Indus Commission: A 10-member Indian delegation will visit Pakistan for the annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission from March 1-3. Under the Indus Water Treaty, it is mandatory to hold a meeting at least once every year ending March 31 In a first since the signing of the Indus Water Treaty between […]
Dark Energy: New Observations
Dark Energy: Astronomical observations suggest that a significant part of the universe is made up of dark matter which interacts with the rest of the universe only through the gravitational pull. Many large lab experiments have tried to detect elementary particles that could be candidates for dark matter. However, such dark matter particles have […]
Rise Of Insurgency In Manipur
Rise Of Insurgency In Manipur: The Centre Government has announced that it is ready to hold dialogue with insurgency groups in Manipur to bring lasting peace to the region. The emergence of insurgency in Manipur dates back to 1964 with the formation of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), which still remains one of […]
India-France External Affairs Ministers Meet
India-France External Affairs Ministers Meet: The External Affairs Minister of India held talks with his French counterpart. The two leaders discussed several regional and global issues including the India-EU relationship, Afghanistan situation, Indo-Pacific Strategy, South China Sea Dispute, Iran nuclear deal and the Ukraine crisis. The two Ministers agreed to jointly launch the Indo-French […]
Awareness Campaign To Manage Fires In Similipal Biosphere Reserve Odisha
Awareness Campaign To Manage Fires In Similipal Biosphere Reserve ,Odisha: The Forest Administration and SHGs (Self Help Groups) have started an awareness Campaign to manage fires in Similipal Biosphere Reserve this year. Earlier, scientists unravelled the mystery behind Odisha’s ‘Black Tigers’ in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR). Similipal derives its name from ‘Simul’ (silk cotton) […]
The Delimitation Commission
Delimitation Commission: Jammu and Kashmir: The Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw the Assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, has been given two more months to complete the exercise, a notification from the Union Law Ministry said. The extension will further delay an announcement to hold elections in J&K that is now a Union […]
