Asteroid Apophis: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has ruled out the possibility of the dreaded asteroid Apophis causing any damage to the Earth for the next 100 years. Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid with a relatively large size (about 335 meters wide). Named after the ancient Egyptian god of chaos and darkness, it […]
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New Development Bank (NDB)
New Development Bank (NDB): Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged the New Development Bank (NDB) to consider working closely with India’s new development financing institution for funding infrastructure. NDB has so far approved 18 projects in India, including emergency loans of $2 billion to support health spending and economic recovery in the […]
2020 Human Rights Report
2020 Human Rights Report: Released by the U.S. State Department. The report, which is submitted each year to the U.S. Congress, is retrospective and contains a country-wise discussion of the state of human rights. Key findings: The harassment and detention of journalists critical of the Indian government in their reporting and on social media, has […]
World Immunisation And Logistics Summit
World Immunisation And Logistics Summit: Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare digitally participated in a panel discussion on vaccine production and distribution across Asia at the “World Immunisation and Logistics Summit”. The HOPE Consortium’s World Immunisation & Logistics Summit opened on March 30, 2021 to enhance collaboration in the world’s approach […]
Investment Opportunities In India’s Healthcare Sector: NITI Aayog
‘Investment Opportunities In India’s Healthcare Sector: NITI Aayog Releases: The report outlines the range of investment opportunities in various segments of India’s healthcare sector, including hospitals, medical devices and equipment, health insurance, telemedicine, home healthcare, and medical value travel. India’s healthcare industry has been growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of around 22% since […]
Exercise Vajra Prahar 2021
Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR: Special Forces of India and the USA conducted the joint military exercise ‘VAJRA PRAHAR 2021’ in Himachal Pradesh. Earlier, India and the USA navy had carried out a two-day Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the eastern Indian Ocean Region. The joint exercise by the Special Forces of both the countries is conducted alternatively […]
Supreme Court on National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)
Tata Group’s Decision To Remove Cyrus Pallonji Mistry As The Executive Chairman And Director Of Tata Sons: The Supreme Court overturned the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) decision and upheld Tata Group’s decision to remove Cyrus Pallonji Mistry as the Executive Chairman and Director of Tata Sons. Supreme Court Observations: Minority shareholders or their […]
Sabarmati River Front Development Phase 2
Sabarmati River Front Development Phase 2: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, in its draft budget for 2021-22, has set aside Rs 1,050 crore for the Sabarmati River Front Development phase 2, work on which is to begin soon. Sabarmati Riverfront is a waterfront being developed along the banks of the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. Proposed in […]
Power Of Judicial Review
Power Of Judicial Review: Public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court by Wasim Rizvi seeking declaration of 26 verses of the Quran as unconstitutional, non-effective and non- functional on the ground that these promote extremism and terrorism. Under Indian law, only a “law” can be challenged as unconstitutional. Article 13(3) defines law, […]
India-Korea Friendship Park
India-Korea Friendship Park: Indian Defence Minister and his South Korean counterpart inaugurated the India-Korea Friendship Park in a ceremony at the Delhi Cantonment. Later on both the ministers concluded a bilateral meeting and explored different areas of cooperation. Earlier in February 2019, the Prime Minister of India visited South Korea (Republic of Korea). The park […]
