Assam’s Charaideo Moidams: Nominated To UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites Central government has decided to put forth the name of Assam’s Charaideo moidams burial sites in addition to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites list for 2023-24. If selected it will be the only cultural heritage site in the North East […]
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WTO’s New Agreement On Fisheries Subsidies
WTO’s New Agreement On Fisheries Subsidies: Switzerland has become the first WTO member to formally submit its acceptance of the WTO’s new Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, paving the way for the historic agreement for ocean sustainability to enter into force. Acceptance of 2/3rd of WTO members is needed for the agreement to come into effect […]
Information Database On Municipal Bonds : SEBI
Information Database On Municipal Bonds : SEBI Markets regulator SEBI has launched an information database on municipal bonds. Objective is to raise awareness of people; Efforts to develop the bond markets and make the process easy and streamlined. The information database contains a wide range of information in the form of statistics and regulations, circulars, […]
AMPHEX 2023 : Tri-Service Exercise
AMPHEX 2023 : Tri-Service Exercise All three defense forces of India, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force participated in AMPHEX recently. AMPHEX is a tri-service exercise and was held in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. Also, it is an amphibious exercise, meaning both land and sea forces will act together simultaneously. The 2023 AMPHEX is […]
SCO Film Festival : Mumbai
SCO Film Festival : Mumbai The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is to host a film festival in Mumbai. National Film Development Corporation is the Indian representative in organizing the festival along with SCO. Indian cinema is gaining international applause and attraction as Bollywood is producing diverse films in different genres. The Indian entertainment industry is one […]
Smart City Conference : Panaji, Goa
Smart City Conference : Panaji, Goa The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs recently conducted a two-day Smart city CEO conference at Panaji, Goa. The conference was co-hosted by a private firm Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL). CEOs and Municipal commissioners of more than 100 smart cities participated in the conference. The main […]
JUICE Space Mission : Europe
JUICE Space Mission : Europe The European Union is to launch the JUICE Spacecraft in April 2023. The spacecraft is to explore the moons of Jupiter. Specifically, the mission is to study the three major moons of Jupiter namely Ganymede, Europe, and Callisto. Out of the 80 moons of the planet, these three were selected […]
Ops Alert Exercise : Border Security Force
Ops Alert Exercise : Border Security Force India is to celebrate its 74th republic day on January 26, 2023. Several anti–national elements try to cause trouble in the country during such nationwide celebrations. To put them under control and to increase security at the border, the BSF is conducting a seven-day long exercise called the […]
Business 20 Inception Meeting
Business 20 Inception Meeting: The B20 Inception Meeting was held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on the sidelines of G20. The meeting was attended by G20 Sherpa, business delegates, CEO, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, etc. The meeting was headed by Mr Chandrasekaran, Head of TATA sons. During the meeting, the bigshots […]
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati: The Union Home Minister will take part in a celebration commemorating farmer leader Swami Sahajanand Saraswati’s birth anniversary in Patna, Bihar. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was an ascetic, a nationalist and a peasant leader of India. Although born in present-day UP, his social and political activities focussed mostly on Bihar in the initial […]
