Enemy Property In India: The Indian government has begun to auction properties classified as ‘enemy properties’. Enemy Property are those immovable and moveable assets which were left behind by people who took citizenship of Pakistan and China after leaving India during the partition and post the 1962 and 1965 wars. Besides real estate, enemy property […]
Tag: 20th Jul 2024
Rwanda : Election
Rwanda : Election Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has smashed his own record by winning recent elections with more than 99% of the vote. Rwanda is a landlocked countrylocated south of the equator in east-central Africa. It is part of the Great Rift Valley region of Africa. Often referred to as the “land of a thousand […]
Phlogacanthus Sudhansusekharii : New Plant Species
Phlogacanthus Sudhansusekharii : New Plant Species Researchers from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) recently discovered a new plant species named Phlogacanthus sudhansusekharii, from Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh. Phlogacanthus Sudhansusekharii is a newly discovered plant species which belongs to the family ‘Acanthaceae’ and the ‘Phlogacanthus’ genus. It was discovered from the Itanagar Wildlife […]
Gaia Spacecraft
Gaia Spacecraft: Gaia spacecraft has faced and overcome significant challenges in its mission to map over a billion stars in the Milky Way. Gaia Spacecraft was launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in December 2013. It is located 1.5 million kilometres from Earth at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2). It monitors each of […]
Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) Program
Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) Program: The Government’s ambitious Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) program is set to get a fresh boost under the leadership of the Union Minister for Youth Affairs. Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) Program is aimed at school children between nine and 18 years age group. The nation-wide […]
UN Water Convention : Ivory Coast Joined
UN Water Convention : Ivory Coast Joined Ivory Coast joined the United Nations Water Convention, becoming the 10th African nation to do so. It is also known as the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes which was adopted in Helsinki in 1992 and entered into force in 1996. It […]
Foreigners Tribunals
Foreigners Tribunals: The Assam government asked the Border wing of the State’s police not to forward cases of non-Muslims who entered India illegally before 2014 to the Foreigners Tribunals (FTs). Foreigners Tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies formed through the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order of 1964 under Section 3 of the Foreigners’ Act of 1946, to let local […]
SEBI : Introduction Of a New Asset Class Or Product Category
SEBI : Introduction Of a New Asset Class Or Product Category The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed the introduction of a new asset class or product category. This move is aimed at providing investors with a regulated investment product that features higher risk-taking capabilities, while also curbing the proliferation of unregistered […]
The Voicebox Programme
The Voicebox Programme: The National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) has joined hands with Netflix India to launch an upskilling program for voice-over artists in India called “The Voicebox”. Voicebox Programme will offer Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) training for voice-over artists focusing on English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Gujarati languages. The program […]
5th Positive Indigenization List And Internal Security Plan
5th Positive Indigenization List And Internal Security Plan: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has recently notified a fifth Positive Indigenisation List (PIL) comprising defence items, aimed at boosting self-reliance and minimizing imports and encouraging the domestic defence sector. Key Highlights of the Fifth Positive Indigenisation List: The fifth PIL comprises 346 items aimed at advancing […]
