Category: Current Affairs

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 […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Rebecca Grynspan To Head UNCTAD: UN General Assembly (UNGA) has approved the nomination of Rebecca Grynspan to head the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). She is an economist from Costa Rica. She will be the first woman and Central American to lead the Geneva-based organization, UNCTAD. She was nominated as secretary-general of […]

UN Security Council (UNSC): Countries including Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been elected unopposed to the powerful UN Security Council (UNSC) as non-permanent members for 2022-23 terms. UN General Assembly (UNGA) has held elections to elect five non-permanent members for UNSC. They will take their seats on Council for a […]

Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME): Scientists with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) Collaboration have assembled the largest collection of fast radio bursts (FRBs) in the telescope’s first FRB catalogue. CHIME is an interferometric radio telescope. It is located in British Columbia, Canada. It consists of four antennas consisting of 100 x 20 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]