Tenures Of CBI & ED Directors Extended: The President promulgated two ordinances that would allow the Centre to extend the tenures of the directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate from two years to up to five years. The Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act,1946 and the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) […]
Category: Current Affairs
H-1B Visa Holders
H-1B Visa Holders: The United States has agreed to provide automatic work authorisation permits to the spouses of H-1B visa holders — a move that is likely to benefit thousands of Indian professionals based in the US. As per the latest amendments, while L-1 spouses will be given the extension without applying for it, H-4 […]
NASA’s DART Mission
NASA’s DART Mission: On November 24, at around 11.50 am (IST), NASA will launch the agency’s first planetary defense test mission named the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). The spacecraft will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. About DART Mission: The main aim of the mission […]
National Interlinking Of Rivers Authority (NIRA)
National Interlinking Of Rivers Authority (NIRA): The Centre Government is contemplating creation of the National Interlinking of Rivers Authority (NIRA). NIRA is supposed to be an independent autonomous body for planning, investigation, financing and the implementation of the river interlinking projects in the country. NIRA will function as an umbrella body for all river linking […]
Bhopal’s Habibganj Railway Station : Now Rani Kamlapati Station
Bhopal’s Habibganj Railway Station : Now Rani Kamlapati Station The name of Bhopal’s Habibganj railway station has been changed to Rani Kamlapati station. The station has been redeveloped at a cost of around Rs 100 crore with private participation — a first such large-scale PPP model in station redevelopment in India, in the works for […]
147th Birth Anniversary Of Birsa Munda
Birth Anniversary Of Birsa Munda: Birth anniversary of Birsa Munda was observed on November 15th. In recognition of his impact on the national movement, the state of Jharkhand was created on his birth anniversary in 2000. Bisra Munda was a folk hero and a tribal freedom fighter hailing from the Munda tribe. He was a […]
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART): NASA will launch its first planetary defense test mission named the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). The DART spacecraft will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission is to test the new technology to be prepared in case an asteroid heads towards Earth in the future. […]
Abul Kalam Azad: National Education Day
Abul Kalam Azad: National Education Day: Every year, 11th November is celebrated as National education day, which commemorates the birth anniversary of independent India’s first education minister, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. In 2008, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Now Ministry of Education) decided to celebrate Azad’s birthday as National Education Day. Educational institutions across […]
US Joins International Solar Alliance
US Joins International Solar Alliance: The United States of America has become the 101st member country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Earlier, the fourth general assembly of ISA was held. The ISA is an intergovernmental treaty-based organisation with a global mandate to catalyse solar growth by helping to reduce the cost of financing […]
UN Assistance Mission In Afghanistan (UNAMA)
UN Assistance Mission In Afghanistan (UNAMA): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) recently held a meeting with the women activists and applauded their courage and affirmed that the UN will continue to stand by the people of Afghanistan. UNAMA was established on 28 March 2002 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1401. It […]
