What Is Chintamani Natakam? Earlier this year, the Andhra Pradesh government banned a 100-year-old play named ‘Chintamani Padya Natakam’ Chintamani Padya Natakam’ was written in 1920 by playwright Kallakuri Narayana Rao, who was also a social reformer. The play is about Chintamani, a courtesan and a devotee of Lord Krishna, who finds salvation by […]
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One Ocean Summit 2022
One Ocean Summit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the high-level segment of One Ocean Summit on Feb 11, 2022 through a video message. The Summit will also be addressed by several Heads of States and Governments including Germany, United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan and Canada among others. One Ocean Summit is being organised […]
Privilege Motion against Prime Minister
Privilege Motion: Four Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) members in the Rajya Sabha have submitted a Privilege Motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding his February 8 remarks in the Upper House about the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill. Prime minister during his Motion of Thanks to the President’s address, had questioned the parliamentary process adopted […]
Free Trade Agreement: ASEAN
ASEAN: India is in discussion with the 10-nation bloc ASEAN for initiating the review of the FTA (free-trade agreement) in goods between the two regions to seek more market access for domestic products. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is a pact between two or more nations to reduce barriers to imports and exports among them. […]
US Relations With Indo-Pacific
US Relations With Indo-Pacific: The United States has said that it remains focused long-term on the Indo-Pacific region despite concerns over Russian aggression toward Ukraine. This highlights the importance of the region and the role that India has to play with regard to ensuring security of the region. The idea of the Indo-Pacific as […]
New Milestone in Producing Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear Fusion: Scientists in the United Kingdom said they have achieved a new milestone in producing nuclear fusion energy, or imitating the way energy is produced in the sun. Energy by nuclear fusion is one of mankind’s long standing quests as it promises to be low carbon, safer than how nuclear energy is now […]
Ban on Import of Drones
Drones: The Government banned the import of drones with immediate effect, except for research and development, defence and security purposes. The move aims to promote made-in-India drones, a statement from the Ministry of Civil Aviation said. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry notified the Indian Trade Classification […]
India’s First Homegrown mRNA Vaccine
mRNA Vaccine: Data from human trials of India’s first homegrown mRNA vaccine against coronavirus are likely to be presented to authorities for evaluation by the end of the month, and company officials are aiming to roll out the product before April. The mRNA vaccine being developed by Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals is currently in phase […]
Usage of Phrase Urban Naxals
Urban Naxals: Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai told the Rajya Sabha that the government does not use the phrase “urban naxals”, but when it comes to left-wing extremism (LWE), be it in urban areas or any other place, a vigil is kept and strict action is initiated. Rai was responding to […]
Coastal Vulnerability Index
Coastal Vulnerability: Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has carried out coastal vulnerability assessment for entire Indian coast at States level to bring out an Atlas comprising 156 maps on 1:1,00,000 scales to prepare a Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI). From this CVI, it can be delineated that Gujarat’s 124 coastal km is […]
