Exercise AJEYA WARRIOR-25: The eighth edition of the Exercise “AJEYA WARRIOR-25” commenced at the Foreign Training Node, Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan. It is a bilateral military exercise conducted between India-UK. It is held biennially since 2011 which has evolved into a flagship engagement between the Indian Army and the British Army. The Indian Army […]
Regulating Cryptocurrency in India
Regulating Cryptocurrency in India: A global investigation, titled The Coin Laundry, conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), has uncovered how cryptocurrency exchanges have become a new hotspot for global money laundering. Cryptocurrencies are borderless, pseudonymous, and fast, offering limited traceability in the absence of strict KYC norms. Crypto “mixers” and “wallet hops” […]
Floating Rate Bonds (FRBs)
Floating Rate Bonds (FRBs): RBI’s Floating Rate Bonds (FRBs) are witnessing a sharp rise in demand as investors shift from equities, gold, and traditional deposits toward safer, higher-yielding government-backed debt instruments. The demand is due to their higher returns, which are linked to the National Savings Certificate (NSC) rate + 35 basis points. RBI’s Floating […]
10th Anniversary of Amrit Pharmacies
10th Anniversary of Amrit Pharmacies: The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) inaugurated AMRIT (Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment) Pharmacy’s 10th Anniversary Celebrations at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. AMRIT was launched in 2015 by the MoHFW and implemented by HLL Lifecare Limited, a Mini Ratna Public Sector Enterprise under the […]
Birth Anniversary of Batukeshwar Dutt
Birth Anniversary of Batukeshwar Dutt: Batukeshwar Dutt, a brave revolutionary who fought alongside Bhagat Singh in India’s freedom struggle, was remembered on his birth anniversary on 18th November.Batukeshwar Dutt was a freedom fighter and was born on 18th November 1910 in Khandaghosh village, Burdwan district, West Bengal. During college, he met Bhagat Singh, who inspired […]
Quantum Clock
Quantum Clock: A 2025 study in Physical Review Letters has uncovered that in a quantum clock, the energy required to read the time is far greater than the energy required to make the clock tick, offering new perspectives in quantum physics, thermodynamics, and precision metrology.A quantum clock measures time using the behaviour of quantum particles, […]
India Joins Global Research on Dolphin–Fisher Mutualism
India Joins Global Research on Dolphin–Fisher Mutualism: The University of Kerala, in collaboration with international researchers, has launched a multi-year research project (2024–2028) to study the rare cooperative fishing behaviour (mutualism) between Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins and artisanal fishers in Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala.Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa plumbea) signal dense fish shoals with tail-slaps or rolls, helping […]
India Africa Bilateral Relations
India Africa Bilateral Relations: India’s renewed diplomatic push towards Africa has triggered debate after experts highlighted the need to “connect, build and revive” India–Africa ties ahead of the next India–Africa Forum Summit (IAFS-IV).Centuries-old Indian Ocean trade in gold, spices and textiles built deep sociocultural links, reinforced by Gujarati merchant networks and shared experiences of colonial […]
Chatbot Initiative for Animal Healthcare
Chatbot Initiative for Animal Healthcare: Rajasthan’s Animal Husbandry Department has launched a pioneering chatbot-based veterinary service that enables livestock owners to report illnesses and receive expert medical guidance digitally.A digital, chatbot-enabled veterinary assistance platform through which livestock owners can report symptoms and receive real-time medical advice from certified veterinary doctors.Aim is to provide fast, accessible, […]
Rudra Brigade
Rudra Brigade: The Army successfully validated a newly raised Rudra all-arms integrated brigade during the major tri-service Trishul exercise, prompting discussions on upgrading India’s Cold Start doctrine to a “Cold Strike” doctrine.A Rudra Brigade is a newly conceptualised all-arms, permanently integrated combat formation combining infantry, mechanised units, armour, artillery, air defence, engineers, signals, drones, logistics […]
