Indian Navy’s Second P-8I Squadron INAS 316 ‘Condors’: Recently, the Indian Navy commissioned its second P-8I aircraft squadron – Indian Naval Air Squadron 316 –at INS Hansa, Goa. P-8I is a long-range, multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft. The P-8I aircraft is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft (MMA) operated by the US Navy. […]
Tag: 5th Apr 2022
Khelo India University Games 2021 : Mascot And Logo
Khelo India University Games 2021: 2021 Khelo India University Games logo was unveiled recently. It will be held in Karnataka from 24th April 2022. At the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru the logo was unveiled. The Jain University, Bengaluru will be hosting this event from 24th April to 3rd May 2022. Anurag Thakur, Union Sports Minister, […]
Viktor Orban: Hungary’s New Prime Minister
Viktor Orban: Hungary’s New Prime Minister Viktor Orban has again been elected as the Prime Minister of Hungary for the fourth time. He won the 4th term by a huge margin more than what was predicted in the pre-election polls. After the win, he addressed a jubilant crowd who were chanting his name. Many people […]
Operation Upalabdh: RPF
Operation Upalabdh: RPF Railway Protection Force (RPF) conducted a Pan India Drive against the alleged black marketeers under Operation Upalabdh. Earlier in February 2022, the RPF had launched a nationwide operation to curb human trafficking named Operation AAHT. The month-long drive under Operation Upalabdh has been able to curb the activities of touts substantially and […]
Map of Human Genome
Human Genome: Scientists had published the map of the human genome for the first time nearly two decades ago which was hailed as a breakthrough. In 2003, scientists got the breakthrough, but it was incomplete as about 8% of the human DNA was left unsequenced. Now for the first time, a large team has accounted […]
Reservation To Vanniyakula Kshatriya Community In Tamil Nadu
10.5% Internal Reservation To Vanniyakula Kshatriya Community In Tamil Nadu: The Supreme Court struck down the 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniyakula Kshatriya community in Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court held that 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniyakula Kshatriya community violates the fundamental rights of equality, non-discrimination and equal opportunity of 115 other Most Backward Communities (MBCs) […]
Ind- Aus ECTA
Ind- Aus ECTA: India signed a historic trade agreement with Australia, the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind- Aus ECTA). In February 2022, India and Australia announced that they were going to sign such an agreement. The negotiations for India-Australia ECTA were formally re-launched in September 2021 and concluded on a fast-track basis by […]
