The Olympic Gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra was honoured with the Prama Vishisht Seva Medal. Neeraj Chopra brought fame to India by winning the country’s first athletic gold...
United Nations’ culture agency, UNESCO, added the Nordic “clinker boats” to its Heritage List, in December 2021. Highlights The wooden sailboats have allowed peoples of northern Europe to...
Pakistan raised USD 1 billion loan through Sukuk bond, at a record 7.95% interest rate. Key Points It is the cost that Pakistan has agreed to pay on...
Pilot Shivangi Singh is India’s first Woman Rafale pilot. She was a part of the Indian Air Force Tableau at the Republic Day celebrations. She joined the Indian...
The Jagan Mohan Reddy Government of Andhra Pradesh recently created 13 new districts. The districts were created based on Parliamentary constituencies. With this the total number of districts...
The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) is to collaborate with the Jammu and Kashmir Government for administrative reforms. What is the plan? A roadmap is...
The International Monetary Fund recently asked El Salvador to remove the legal status of bitcoin. What happened? In September 2021, El Salvador became the first country to allow...
Russia recently held military drills in the annexed Crimean region. More than six thousand troops participated in the drills. Russia had already stationed 100,000 soldiers in the Ukraine...
On January 26, 2022, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) notified a drone certification scheme for ensuring minimum safety and quality requirements, because it will boost indigenous manufacturing. Drone...
Kerala government has decided to bring an ordinance for amending the “Kerala Lokayukta Act”, so that it would have the powers of rejecting report of anti-corruption body. Highlights...
