Manish Sisodia Liquor Policy Case

Manish Sisodia is the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi holding the education portfolio. He is from the political party AAP. The AAP party won the Punjab elections in 2022. According to the CBI, Manish was involved in providing illegal support to the liquor companies. Eventually, he used the benefits to win the Punjab elections in ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • India Nation & States Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs • Persons in News • States Current Affairs

Topics: AAM • Arvind Kejriwal • CBI • Delhi Excise Policy • Delhi Liquor scam • Goa elections • Manish Sisodia • Punjab elections

PM-KISAN Scheme: PM Modi released Rs 16800 crores

The Government of India launched the PM-KISAN scheme in 2019 to provide financial support to the farmers in the country. Under the plan, Rs 6,000 is provided annually. Recently, PM Modi released Rs 16,800 crores under the scheme. More than 80 million farmers benefited from this. The Prime Minister released the funds from Bellavi, Karnataka. ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: doubling farmer income • farmer welfare • Financial Assistance • PM Modi • PM-Kisan

Desert Flag exercise VIII

The exercise Desert Flag VIII was held in the UAE air base Al Dhafra. Indian Air Force participated in the exercise. The other countries that participated were the USA, Korea, Spain, Morocco, Bahrain, the UK, Australia, Kuwait, France, and UAE. For the first time, LCA Tejas of India is participating in a military exercise that ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Defence Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs

Topics: Desert flag exercise • India-UAE • Military Exercises • Persian Gulf

APEDA signs pact with Lulu to promote millets in GCC

The FSSAI recently released standards for millets; GoI is to promote millets in the brand name “Shree Anna”; millet production is to be boosted in the country, 2023 was made the International Millets Year by UN. More and more plans are coming up in promoting millet. One such is the recent MoU signed by APEDA ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • International / World Current Affairs

Topics: APEDA • GCC • Memorandum of understanding • millet exports • Millets • promoting millets

NASA Space-X Crew-6 Mission to ISS

The Crew-6 mission is to be launched on February 27 from the Kenedy Space Centre of NASA located in Cape Canaveral. It is a joint operation of both NASA and SpaceX. The Crew Dragon capsule will be carried by the Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX. The capsule is being sent to the International Space Station. ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: International / World Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Crew Dragon • Crew-6 mission • NASA • Soyuz • SpaceX

German Chancellor Olaz Scholz visits India

The Inter-Governmental Consultation mechanism was established between India and Germany in 2011. After IGC, this is the first visit of a German Chancellor to India. Also, this was the first visit of Olaz Scholz as a chancellor. He visited India to discuss the Ukraine crisis and trade, China’s actions in the Indo-Pacific, the green transition, ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • International / World Current Affairs • Persons in News

Topics: German Chancellor • India-Germany • Olaz Scholz • Ukraine crisis