Grand Cross Of The Legion Of Honour: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was conferred with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest award today by, the President of the Republic of France. The Legion of Honour is the highest French decoration given to the most deserving citizens in all fields of activity. […]
Month: July 2023
Third G20 Sherpas Meet
Third G20 Sherpas Meet: The third Sherpas meeting under India’s G20 Presidency began in Hampi, Karnataka recently. A Sherpa is a personal representative of the leader of a member country at an international Summit meeting such as the G20. The Sherpa engages in planning, negotiation and implementation tasks through the Summit. They coordinate the agenda, […]
Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2023
Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2023: The Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2023, one of the most anticipated hockey tournaments, is set to take place in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The prestigious trophy was unveiled by Anurag Thakur, the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, in a grand ceremony held in New Delhi. Alongside the trophy, Thakur also […]
Chandrayaan-3 : Launch News
Chandrayaan-3 : Launch News ISRO launched India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 perched on GSLV Mark 3 heavy-lift launch vehicle, named ‘Bahubali’ rocket, at 2.35 p.m. from Sri Harikota This is India’s second attempt at soft-landing robotic instruments on the lunar surface after the previous attempt, Chandrayaan-2, failed in 2019. Thus far, only three countries, the […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 14th July 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 14th Jul 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
United Nations Human Rights Council : Acts Of Desecration Of The Holy Quran
United Nations Human Rights Council : Acts Of Desecration Of The Holy Quran India voted in favour of a draft resolution tabled in the UN Human Rights Council that condemns and strongly rejects recent “public and premeditated” acts of desecration of the Holy Quran. UN Human Rights Council adopted the draft resolution ‘Countering religious hatred […]
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer: scientists’ have analyzed data generated from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and said that climate change has altered the colour of 56 per cent of the world’s oceans. The waters in the tropics have turned green and the southern Indian Ocean, in particular, has seen a significant colour change. Changes in […]
SAGAR SAMPARK : Inaugurated The Indigenous Differential Global Navigation Satellite System
SAGAR SAMPARK : Inaugurated The Indigenous Differential Global Navigation Satellite System The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways inaugurated the indigenous Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS) ‘SAGAR SAMPARK. SAGAR SAMPARK is an indigenous Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS). The Differential Global Navigation Satellite System is a terrestrial based enhancement system which corrects […]
Beginning Of Anthropocene epoch : Evidence
Beginning Of Anthropocene epoch : Evidence Geologists recently said sediments at Crawford Lake in Canada’s Ontario have provided evidence of the beginning of the Anthropocene epoch. Anthropocene epoch is a proposed epoch that denotes the present geological time interval, in which the Earth’s ecosystem has gone through radical changes due to human impact. The word […]
Floating Gold : Found In The Belly Of a Dead Whale
Floating Gold : Found In The Belly Of a Dead Whale A massive chunk of “floating gold” was recently found in the belly of a dead whale beached on the Spanish island of La Palma. Floating Gold or Ambergris (commonly identified as a lump of vomit), is a substance extracted from the bile duct in […]
