First Indian To Enter Men’s Long Jump: Murali Sreeshankar becomes first Indian to enter men’s long jump final at World Athletics Championships In the World Athletics Championships, Murali Sreeshankar has become the first Indian to enter the men’s long jump final at Oregon, USA. He leapt 8 meter in the qualification round. The 23-year-old from […]
Category: Current Affairs
Bundelkhand Expressway
Bundelkhand Expressway: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bundelkhand Expressway at Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh. The 296-kilometre long, four-lane Bundelkhand Expressway passes through seven districts, Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah. The 296-Km, four-lane expressway has been constructed at a cost of around 14,850 crore rupees. […]
S-400 Missile System
S-400 Missile System: US House of Representatives has passed a legislative amendment that approves a waiver to India against the punitive CAATSA sanctions for its purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia to help deter aggressors like China. Ro Khanna, the US representative from California’s 17th congressional district said, “The United States must […]
Registration Of Press And Periodicals Bill, 2019
Registration Of Press And Periodicals Bill, 2019: Government will revive the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019 for a new registration regime for newspapers that will include digital Media as well (the current registration framework doesn’t include digital news) It will replace the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 ( the act currently […]
POSOCO
POSOCO: The power ministry has notified Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO) as the central nodal agency to set up and run a single window green energy system. POSOCO is CPSE under the Ministry of Power to monitor and ensure round-the-clock integrated operation of the Indian Power System in a reliable, efficient and secure manner […]
Build Operate Transfer Model
Build Operate Transfer Model: For new projects, NHAI will prefer the build-operate-transfer model Under the BOT model, a private player will finance, build and operate a project for a period of time (20 or 30-year period). The developers will be recouping the investments by way of user charges or tolls charged from customers using the […]
Great Indian Bustard
Great Indian Bustard: Only four Female Great Indian Bustards (GIB) are left in Gujarat. According to a 2018 count, India has fewer than 150 GIBs, of which 122 are in Rajasthan Great Indian Bustard: It is the State bird of Rajasthan and is considered India’s most critically endangered bird. It is considered the flagship grassland […]
Iran And Belarus To Be The Newest SCO Members
Iran And Belarus To Be The Newest SCO Members: Iran and Belarus are likely to be the two newest additions to the China and Russia-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) India will host the SCO summit next year, and Varanasi has been selected as the SCO region’s first “Tourism and Cultural Capital”. Key Highlights: Iran to […]
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022: The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), is yet again the top higher educational institute in the country followed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, and IIT Bombay, according to the Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022. Among the universities, IISc, Jawaharlal Nehru University, […]
Monkeypox In India
Monkeypox In India: The first known lab-confirmed case of monkeypox in India has been reported in a 35-year-old man in Kerala, who reached the State capital three days ago from the UAE. Monkeypox initially presents like any tropical disease with fever, headache, joint ache and possible swelling of the lymph glands. The incubation period for […]
