National Deep Water Exploration Mission: Prime Minister of India announced the National Deep Water Exploration Mission on the 79th Independence Day to boost offshore oil and gas discovery, targeting areas like the Andaman Sea and deep waters off the Andhra coast to achieve energy self-reliance. National Deep Water Exploration Mission is a flagship energy security […]
Category: Current Affairs
Golden Dome Missile Defense System
Golden Dome Missile Defense System: U.S. President has unveiled the Golden Dome Missile Defense System design and appointed a leader for the $175 billion project, aiming to shield the U.S. from foreign missile threats. It Is a next-generation U.S. missile defense program using space-based and land-based intercept layers to neutralise missile threats. Envisioned as a […]
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo: Prime Minister of India paid tribute to Sri Aurobindo on his birth anniversary (15 August 1872), highlighting his role as a philosopher, spiritual leader, and freedom fighter who linked nation-building with spiritual evolution. Sri Aurobindo Was Yogi, philosopher, poet, and nationalist leader. Propounded the philosophy of Integral Yoga, aiming at spiritual transformation of […]
Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medals (SYSM)
Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medals (SYSM): It Is India’s highest wartime distinguished service decoration. Awarded for “distinguished service of the most exceptional order during war, conflict or hostilities.” Instituted in 1980, but awarded rarely. Till 2025, only three officers had received it (Operation Pawan, Kargil War). Awarded By: Conferred by the President of India. Recipient of […]
Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound Wins Big at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2025
Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound Wins Big at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2025: Acclaimed filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan has once again captured the spotlight, with his latest drama Homebound sweeping the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2025. The film won Best Film and earned Ghaywan the Best Director award at the festival’s awards night held on […]
ISRO Inaugurates Space Laboratory in Remote Arunachal Pradesh District
ISRO Inaugurates Space Laboratory in Remote Arunachal Pradesh District: the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has inaugurated a state-of-the-art space laboratory at Mechuka Government Higher Secondary School in the remote Shi-Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh. The initiative, launched in collaboration with the Muskaan Foundation, was formally inaugurated by Arunachal Pradesh Education Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona […]
Framework MoU with IN-SPACe
Framework MoU with IN-SPACe: Pune-based space tech startup Astrophel Aerospace recently signed a framework MoU with IN-SPACe, the Department of Space nodal body, to access ISRO facilities for technical reviews, system-level testing, and qualification support for semi-cryogenic propulsion systems, including turbopumps and engine modules. Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) is a single-window, […]
Lampedusa Island : 20 People Died
Lampedusa Island : 20 People Died At least 20 people have died after a migrant boat capsized off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa recently. Lampedusa Island is the largest (21 sq.km.) of the Isole Pelagie (Pelagie Islands), an island group that includes the Linosa and Lampione islets. Administratively Lampedusa is part of the autonomous […]
Cheque Truncation System
Cheque Truncation System: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided on the transition of the Cheque Truncation System (CTS) from the current approach of batch processing to continuous clearing with settlement on realisation in two phases. It is a cheque clearing system undertaken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for faster clearing of […]
Moai Statues
Moai Statues: A study warns that rising sea levels could submerge Easter Island’s iconic moai statues by 2080 and it will threaten the island’s cultural identity and tourism economy. Moai Statues are massive megalithic stone-carved human-shaped statues found at Easter Island. The Easter Island statues are monolithic human figures carved from volcanic rock by the […]
