Sea Dragon 22 Exercise: The US Sea Dragon 22 exercise began along with the navies of India, Australia, Canada, Japan and South Korea in the Pacific Ocean. India, Japan, Australia and the US are also part of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), and also participate in the Malabar exercise. Sea Dragon is a US-led multi-national […]
Category: Current Affairs
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act: Among the 6,000 NGOs that did not have their FCRA registration renewed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently are also included the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the Ramakrishna Mission, and Shirdi’s Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST). The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act registration is mandatory for any NGO or […]
Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)
Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs): Reserve Bank of India has released its list of Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) in 2021. It has identified the state-owned lender State Bank Of India and the private lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank as systemically important banks, which are perceived as banks, ‘too big to fail’. The system […]
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO): A Moscow-led military alliance dispatched troops to help quell mounting unrest in Kazakhstan as the police said dozens were killed trying to storm government buildings. Long seen as one the most stable of the ex-Soviet republics of Central Asia, energy-rich Kazakhstan is facing its biggest crisis in decades after […]
ICAR – Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI)
ICAR – Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI): ICAR – Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI), Coimbatore in collaboration with Anamalai Tiger Reserve, conducted a campaign on “Knowledge empowerment of tribals’ and launched its STC (Scheduled Tribe Component) project at Attagatti in Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), on 5 January 2022. Unlike other tiger reserves, the Anamalai Tiger Reserve has […]
24th Conference On E-Governance 2020-21
24th Conference On E-Governance 2020-21: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the 24th Conference on e-Governance 2020-21 in Hyderabad on January 7, 2021. The two-day conference themed ‘India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a Post Pandemic World’ will be organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and Ministry of Electronics and Information […]
Effective Use of Drone Technology
Use Of Drones: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has suggested to the other Ministries to promote effective use of Drone technology. This suggestion was made as part of the initiatives to make India a global hub for drones under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and in the backdrop of the Union Government rolling out the liberalised […]
25th National Youth Festival
25th National Youth Festival: Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports unveiled the Logo and Mascot of the 25th National Youth Festival to be held in Puducherry from 12th -16th January 2022. Shri Anurag Thakur also unveiled the tag-line of the National Youth Festival, Shaksham Yuva Shashakth Yuva meaning Capable Youth- Forceful Youth, Able Youth- […]
Security Of The Prime Minister: important Points
Security Of The Prime Minister: With the Prime Minister’s cavalcade stranded on a flyover in Punjab’s Ferozepur district for over 15 minutes due to a protest, the Ministry of Home Affairs has sought a report from Punjab government on what it called “a major lapse in the security of the PM”. Planning of the PM’s […]
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA)
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA): Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA)sets a new record of 19000 flying hours in 2021. During the year 2021, IGRUA piled up 19000 hours of flying as against an average yearly flying output of 15000 per year during the previous five years while it was 11641 hours in 2020. […]