Sri Lanka’s Crisis: Sri Lanka, a country of 22 million people, is under the grip of an unprecedented economic turmoil, the worst in seven decades, leaving millions struggling to buy food, medicine, fuel and other essentials. Following the political and economic instability, hundreds of anti-government protesters stormed into the Sri Lankan President’s residence demanding his […]
Category: Current Affairs
Youth In India 2022 Report
Youth In India 2022 Report: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has released ‘Youth in India 2022’ Report, which shows that the population share of the youth is starting to decline whereas the share of the elderly is expected to increase during 2021-2036. A sustained drop in fertility has led to an increased […]
New Insights Involved In The Movement Of The Earth’s Tectonic Plates
New Insights Involved In The Movement Of The Earth’s Tectonic Plates: A recent study by a team of scientists at Goa-based National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has brought new insights into the critical processes involved in the movement of the earth’s tectonic plates. The buoyant rising of hot and low-density magma or […]
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF)
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF): High Crude Oil prices have been advantageous for the countries to invest through their Sovereign wealth funds. Six of the top 10 countries by SWFs are oil-rich economies. A sovereign wealth fund is a state-owned investment fund comprised of the money generated by the government, often derived from a country’s surplus […]
Statue Of Peace Of Swami Ramanujacharya
Statue Of Peace Of Swami Ramanujacharya: In Srinagar, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah unveiled Swami Ramanujacharya’s Statue of Peace. Ramanujacharya was Born in 1017 in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. Ramanujacharya is revered as a Vedic philosopher and social reformer. He travelled across India, advocating equality and social justice. He Brought the treasure of Vedic […]
Azores High
Azores High: A study revealed that an extremely large ‘Azores High’ (a subtropical weather phenomenon) has resulted in abnormally dry conditions across the western Mediterranean, including the Iberian Peninsula, primarily occupied by Spain and Portugal. Azores High is a subtropical high pressure system that extends over the eastern subtropical North Atlantic and western Europe during […]
Major Economies Forum On Energy And Climate (MEF)
Major Economies Forum On Energy And Climate (MEF): The Union Minister for Environment, Shri Bhupender Yadav, represented India at the virtual meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF), hosted by U.S. President Joseph Biden. The Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) was launched on March 28, 2009. The MEF […]
PM Modi Unveils National Emblem On New Parliament Building
PM Modi Unveils National Emblem On New Parliament Building: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the National Emblem cast on the roof of the new Parliament building. The concept sketch and process of casting the National Emblem on the roof of the building went through eight different stages of preparation from clay modelling/ computer graphics to […]
Dark Matter
Dark Matter: One of the most sensitive dark matter detector experiments named LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) in the U.S.A, has been used for finding evidence of dark matter in the universe. All interactions in the universe are a result of four fundamental forces acting on particles — strong nuclear force, weak nuclear force, electromagnetic force and gravitation. […]
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray: Ministry of Culture along with the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, and Vijnana Bharti (VIBHA) organized a curtain-raiser for two days International Conference on the “Contributions of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray as a Chemist and Freedom Fighter”. PC Ray’s contribution to the field of Science was a step toward nation-building. […]
