President Of Serbia : Aleksandar Vucic Aleksandar Vucichas been re-elected as the President of Serbia. The pollster organizations CeSID and Ipsos had predicted victory for Vucic. The pro-European and centrist Alliance for Victory coalition was represented by Zdravko Ponos, a retired army general. The pollsters had predicted that Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) would win […]
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India’s New Foreign Secretary : Vinay Mohan Kwatra
India’s New Foreign Secretary : Vinay Mohan Kwatra The Indian government has named Vinay Mohan Kwatra who is the country’s ambassador to Nepal, as India’s next Foreign Secretary. He will be taking charge after incumbent Harsh Vardhan Shringla retires on 30th April. Vinay Mohan Kwatra is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and has 32 […]
Grammy Awards 2022 : Indian Winners
Grammy Awards 2022 : Indian Winners The 2022 Grammy Awards were held on 3rd March at the MGM Grand Garden Arena located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Trevor Noah hosted this event. Jon Batiste won the Best Album of The Year award. The award for the Best New Artist as well as for Best Pop Vocal […]
What Is a War Crime?
What Is a War Crime? Germany, France and other countries have accused Russia of war crimes in the town of Bucha just outside Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. The mayor of Bucha said on Saturday that 300 residents had been killed by Russian troops during a month-long occupation. Victims were seen by Reuters in a mass grave […]
Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
Appearance Of Amazon And Future Group Before Singapore International Arbitration Centre: Amazon and Future Group have agreed to appear before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the parties informed the Supreme Court (SC) recently. The Supreme court was hearing Amazon’s application seeking directions to restrain Future Retail from alienating its retail assets till the arbitration […]
Ind- Aus ECTA
Ind- Aus ECTA: India signed a historic trade agreement with Australia, the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind- Aus ECTA). In February 2022, India and Australia announced that they were going to sign such an agreement. The negotiations for India-Australia ECTA were formally re-launched in September 2021 and concluded on a fast-track basis by […]
Reservation To Vanniyakula Kshatriya Community In Tamil Nadu
10.5% Internal Reservation To Vanniyakula Kshatriya Community In Tamil Nadu: The Supreme Court struck down the 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniyakula Kshatriya community in Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court held that 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniyakula Kshatriya community violates the fundamental rights of equality, non-discrimination and equal opportunity of 115 other Most Backward Communities (MBCs) […]
Map of Human Genome
Human Genome: Scientists had published the map of the human genome for the first time nearly two decades ago which was hailed as a breakthrough. In 2003, scientists got the breakthrough, but it was incomplete as about 8% of the human DNA was left unsequenced. Now for the first time, a large team has accounted […]
Operation Upalabdh: RPF
Operation Upalabdh: RPF Railway Protection Force (RPF) conducted a Pan India Drive against the alleged black marketeers under Operation Upalabdh. Earlier in February 2022, the RPF had launched a nationwide operation to curb human trafficking named Operation AAHT. The month-long drive under Operation Upalabdh has been able to curb the activities of touts substantially and […]
Viktor Orban: Hungary’s New Prime Minister
Viktor Orban: Hungary’s New Prime Minister Viktor Orban has again been elected as the Prime Minister of Hungary for the fourth time. He won the 4th term by a huge margin more than what was predicted in the pre-election polls. After the win, he addressed a jubilant crowd who were chanting his name. Many people […]
