37th Kathak Mahotsav 2025: The 37th Kathak Mahotsav 2025, organized by Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, a constituent unit of Sangeet Natak Akademi, concluded successfully in New Delhi. This six-day festival was a landmark event, featuring the world’s first-ever Kathak Literary Festival along with seminars, exhibitions, and captivating dance performances. The festival showcased all major Kathak […]
Category: Current Affairs
MGNREGS Wage Hike for 2025-26
MGNREGS Wage Hike for 2025-26: The Government of India has notified an increase in wage rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) for the financial year 2025-26. The hike ranges from 2.33% to 7.48%, with wages increasing by Rs 7 to Rs 26 per day depending on the state. This marks […]
Gudi Padwa 2025
Gudi Padwa 2025: Gudi Padwa is a popular festival celebrated in Maharashtra. It marks the beginning of the Marathi New Year. The festival also welcomes the harvest season and the arrival of spring. According to the Hindu lunisolar calendar, Gudi Padwa falls on the first of the Chaitra month. In 2025, Gudi Padwa will be […]
Indian Coastal Crisis
Indian Coastal Crisis: India’s coastal regions face a dual crisis—illegal light fishing depleting marine life and erosion threatening 33.6% of the coastline, as revealed by recent government data. India has 7,500 km of coastline, spanning 9 states and 4 UTs, supporting livelihoods, trade, and biodiversity. Contributes 4% to India’s GDP through fisheries, tourism, and shipping. […]
Heritage Repatriation Fund
Heritage Repatriation Fund: A Parliamentary panel recently proposed establishing a ‘Heritage Repatriation Fund’ to assist in recovering Indian antiquities stolen and smuggled overseas. A proposed financial initiative to facilitate the recovery and return of stolen Indian cultural artifacts from abroad. Proposed by Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture. Under the Ministry of […]
Gaia Space Observatory
Gaia Space Observatory: The European Space Agency (ESA) officially retired its Gaia space observatory. Gaia significantly enhanced our understanding of the Milky Way by creating the most detailed 3D map of the galaxy. Gaia (originally Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics) was a space-based astrometry mission designed to map the Milky Way with unmatched precision. Developed […]
Exercise Prachand Prahar
Exercise Prachand Prahar: The Indian Armed Forces recently conducted a multi-domain exercise, Prachand Prahar, in Arunachal Pradesh.It is a tri-service integrated multi-domain warfare exercise conducted in the high-altitude terrain of Arunachal Pradesh. It was conducted ‘deep’ in the high-altitude terrain of Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern sector of the 3,488-km long Line of Actual Control […]
Nag Anti-Tank Missile System
Nag Anti-Tank Missile System: Defence Ministry signs ₹2,500 crore contracts for NAMIS and Light Vehicles. Developed By: Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), DRDO Production by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) NAMIS is a tracked version of the Nag Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) mounted on a BMP-2 chassis. Third-generation ‘fire-and-forget’ missile that locks onto targets using […]
Tejas LCA Mk1A
Tejas LCA Mk1A: After delays, GE Aerospace announces delivery of jet engines for Tejas LCA-Mk1A GE Aerospace has begun delivering F404-IN20 jet engines to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Tejas LCA Mk1A fighter jets after a delay. The first engine was shipped from GE’s facility on March 26, 2025, and is expected to arrive […]
GSAT-18
GSAT-18: Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has expressed “dismay” at the avoidable expenditure totalling Rs 17.27 crore on the launch of GSAT-18 communication satellite. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has raised concerns over the economic viability of GSAT-18 due to the underutilisation of six transponders until 2027. The committee has recommended that the Department of Space […]
