Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART): NASA will launch its first planetary defense test mission named the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). The DART spacecraft will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission is to test the new technology to be prepared in case an asteroid heads towards Earth in the future. […]
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Abul Kalam Azad: National Education Day
Abul Kalam Azad: National Education Day: Every year, 11th November is celebrated as National education day, which commemorates the birth anniversary of independent India’s first education minister, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. In 2008, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Now Ministry of Education) decided to celebrate Azad’s birthday as National Education Day. Educational institutions across […]
US Joins International Solar Alliance
US Joins International Solar Alliance: The United States of America has become the 101st member country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Earlier, the fourth general assembly of ISA was held. The ISA is an intergovernmental treaty-based organisation with a global mandate to catalyse solar growth by helping to reduce the cost of financing […]
UN Assistance Mission In Afghanistan (UNAMA)
UN Assistance Mission In Afghanistan (UNAMA): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) recently held a meeting with the women activists and applauded their courage and affirmed that the UN will continue to stand by the people of Afghanistan. UNAMA was established on 28 March 2002 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1401. It […]
Integrated Theatre Commands
Integrated Theatre Commands: In a fresh push towards the creation of theatre commands to fight the next wars in an integrated manner, the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) under the Defence Ministry has asked the three services to conduct studies on the structures of the new formations and submit their reports by April next year. […]
November 11: Onake Obavva Jayanti
November 11: Onake Obavva Jayanti From this year, the Karnataka government has decided to celebrate ‘Onake Obavva Jayanti’ on November 11 throughout the state Onake Obavva is a woman warrior who fought the forces of Hyder Ali single-handedly with a pestle (‘onake’ in Kannada) in Chitradurga in the 18th century. She died protecting the Chitradurga […]
Services Export Target
Services Export Target: Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said that India is poised to achieve a services export target of one trillion dollars by 2030. He was addressing the Global Services Conclave-2021 in New Delhi. The Minister said that in 2020, India became the 7th largest services exporter in the world, moving up […]
Leonids Meteor Shower
Leonids Meteor Shower: The annual Leonids Meteor Shower has begun and will be active between 6th and 30th November, with peak activity expected on 17th November. Meteor: It is a space rock or meteoroid that enters Earth’s atmosphere. Meteoroids are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. Most are […]
CRPF Launches Chaupal
CRPF Launches Chaupal: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has decided to start a ‘Chaupal’ like get-together for its personnel to vent their mental agony. Chaupal is a popular meeting activity in the rural areas. Once or twice a week, 18-20 personnel will sit in chairs in a circle outdoors, perhaps under a tree. The […]
Introducing Millets In The Mid-Day Meal Scheme
Introducing Millets In The Mid-Day Meal Scheme: Flagging “critical” levels of malnutrition and anaemia among children, the Union Government has urged the states to explore the possibility of introducing millets in the mid-day meal scheme, now known as PM Poshan. Millets or nutri-cereals, which include Jowar, Bajra, and Ragi, are rich in minerals and B-complex […]
