Women Officers In Territorial Army Raksha Mantri recently approved posting of Women Officers of the Territorial Army along the Line of Control. It aims to commemorate its raising by the first Governor General C Rajagopalachari on this day in 1949. The Territorial Army (TA) was raised by the Britishers in 1920 through Indian Territorial Act […]
Tag: 9th May 2023
All India Radio : Known As Akashvani
All India Radio : Known As Akashvani The Centre, ordered that public broadcaster, previously known as All India Radio (AIR), be exclusively referred to as Akashvani in all broadcasts and programmes. All India Radio (AIR) is the radio vertical of Prasar Bharati. It’s motto is ‘Bahujan Hitaya : Bahujan Sukhaya’. It is one of the […]
Shanghai Organisation Corporation (SCO) : Dialogue Partners
Shanghai Organisation Corporation (SCO) : Dialogue Partners SCO added Kuwait, UAE, Myanmar and Maldives as dialogue partners. The SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organization. It’s a Eurasian political, economic and military organization aiming to maintain peace, security and stability in the region. It was created in 2001. The SCO Charter was signed in 2002 […]
River-Cities Alliance
River-Cities Alliance: National Mission For Clean Ganga Organizes River-Cities Alliance Global Seminar. River Cities Alliance (RCA) was launched in 2021. It is organized by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in association with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA). It is a joint initiative of the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga […]
Arab League
Arab League: The Arab League recently welcomed back Syria’s government, ending a more than decade-long suspension. Arab League, also called League of Arab States (LAS) is a regional organization of Arab states in the Middle East and parts of Africa. It was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945.The founding member states were Egypt, Syria, […]
World Thalassaemia Day 2023
World Thalassaemia Day 2023: World Thalassaemia Day is celebrated on May 8, every year. Thalassaemia is the name for a group of inherited conditions that affect a substance in the blood called haemoglobin. People with thalassaemia produce either no or too little haemoglobin, which is used by red blood cells to carry oxygen around the […]
National Center For Good Governance
National Center For Good Governance: The National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) recently completed its flagship capacity building programme (CBP) for the 58th batch of civil servants of Bangladesh. National Center for Good Governance (NCGG) was set up in 2014 by the Government of India as an apex–level autonomous institution under the Ministry of Personnel, […]
Tungnath Temple : Monument Of National Importance
Tungnath Temple : Monument Of National Importance The central government recently issued a notification declaring the ancient temple of Tungnath as a monument of national importance. Tungnath Temple is located in Rudraprayag District, Uttarakhand. It is the highest Shiva temple in the world nestled at an altitude of 3680 meters. It is one of the […]
MiG-21 Aircraft : Crashed
MiG-21 Aircraft : Crashed A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed recently in Rajasthan. The MiG-21 is India’s longest-serving fighter plane. It was designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (OKB) of the erstwhile Soviet Union. India got its first single-engine MiG-21 in 1963, and progressively inducted 874 variants of the Soviet-origin […]
