Al-Aqsa Mosque: Significance and Contentions

Recently, a raid by Israeli police on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque sparked an intense reaction from Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and the wider Arab and Muslim world. The incident underscores the sensitivity and significance of the Al-Aqsa mosque, a ..

Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023

Category: Places in News Current Affairs

World Energy Transitions: Outlook 2023

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released its World Energy Transitions: Outlook 2023 report, highlighting the need for a more aggressive approach to transition towards renewable energy sources. The report outlines the current state of renewable energy generation and provides ..

Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Women Officers in Regiment of Artillery

In a historic move, the Indian Army is set to commission its first lot of women officers in the artillery regiments later this month. The Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai will see these women officers pass out after receiving ..

Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Australia’s Gender Pay Gap Law

Australia has recently passed a new law aimed at addressing the gender pay gap in the country. The law requires companies with over 100 employees to reveal their gender pay gaps, a move towards transparency that is expected to make ..

Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023

Category: International / World Current Affairs

Finland’s NATO Membership

On April 4 this year, Finland officially became a member of the NATO, marking a definitive shift in Europe’s post-World War II alignment and isolating Russia further. The move ends over 70 years of military non-alignment for the small Nordic ..

Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023

Category: International / World Current Affairs

Caltoris bromus sadasiva

A group of lepidopterists discovered a butterfly subspecies from the peripheries of Akkulam and Vembanad lakes in Kerala. The newly-discovered taxon is named Caltoris bromus sadasiva, and it is the first record of the species Bromus swift from the Western ..

Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Basohli Painting and GI Tag

The world-famous Basohli Painting from the Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir has obtained the Geographical Indication (GI) Tag. This is the first time in the history of GI registration that the Jammu region got a GI tag for handicrafts. ..

Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: April 8, 2023

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for April 8, 2023 INDIA The government approved the Indian Space Policy 2023 that seeks to institutionalise the private sector participation in space sector. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released an ..

Who is Christina Koch?

In a significant moment for space exploration, astronaut Christina Hammock Koch has been announced as the first woman to circle the Moon. The US space agency, NASA, has declared that Koch will be the mission specialist when four humans board ..

Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023

Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News • Science & Technology Current Affairs

Penrose Tiling Problem and the “The Hat” Shape

In the world of mathematics, there are problems that have been around for centuries, or even millennia, waiting to be solved. One such problem is the Penrose tiling problem, named after the British mathematician and physicist Roger Penrose. The Penrose ..

Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs