Ambedkar Circuit: The Central government announced a special tourist circuit named Ambedkar circuit, which encompasses five key sites associated with Dr B.R. Ambedkar. The government had first proposed the Ambedkar Circuit, or Panchteerth, in 2016, but the conceptualisation of the plan could be held recently. The five cities in the tourist circuit as announced by […]
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Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission: NASA
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission: NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is about to launch its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. It is the first Kinetic Impactor Method of planetary defence, where a DART spacecraft will be colliding with the asteroid Dimorphos. The Kinetic Impactor Method involves sending one or more […]
Swachh Toycathon
Swachh Toycathon: Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry will launch Swachh Toycathon, a unique competition to make toys from waste. The competition will be open to individuals and groups to bring forth innovation in toy designs using dry waste. It will focus on efficient designs that can be replicated at a larger scale, and toys […]
Megh Chakra Operation
Megh Chakra Operation: The operation code-named “Megh Chakra” is being carried out following the inputs received from Interpol’s Singapore special unit based on the information received from the authorities in New Zealand. It is a pan-India drive against the circulation and sharing of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation […]
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah: The Prime Minister Modi has extended his warmest greetings to the Prime Minister of Israel, Yair Lapid and the Jewish people around the world on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah. Rosh HaShanah is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah, literally “day of shouting or blasting.” It […]
Su-30MKI Fighter Aircraft
Su-30MKI Fighter Aircraft: Having taken delivery of all Su-30MKI fighter aircraft and the deal for contracting 12 more Su-30s meant to replace those lost over the years deferred against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is working to speed up the long-delayed upgrade of these frontline fighters. The Sukhoi Su-30MKI […]
Internal Democracy Within Parties
Internal Democracy Within Parties: After taking action against registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) for failing to comply with norms, the Election Commission is likely to take up the issue of internal democracy within parties next, according to EC sources. Though the Representation of the People Act does not mandate internal elections, the EC’s guidelines for […]
Child Mortality Rates
Child Mortality Rates: In a significant milestone, India has achieved landmark achievement in further reduction of child mortality rates. As per the Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report 2020 released on 22nd September 2022 by Registrar General of India (RGI), the country has been witnessing a progressive reduction in IMR, U5MR and NMR since 2014 […]
International Day Of Sign Languages
International Day Of Sign Languages: Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre, an autonomous body under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, celebrated ‘Sign Language Day’. International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) is celebrated annually across the world on 23 September. This year’s theme was “Sign Language Unite Us.” Objective of this day […]
Carbon Dating
Carbon Dating: A district court in Varanasi allowed a petition seeking carbon dating of the structure inside the Gyanvapi mosque that the Hindu side has claimed is a ‘Shivling’. Carbon dating is a widely-used method applied to establish the age of organic material, things that were once living. Living things have carbon in them in […]
