Barack Obama
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program
A Texas based Federal judge has created a storm in the USA by ruling that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which was created by former president Barack Obama in the year 2012 is illegal as the congress ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
India-US 2030 Climate Partnership
On April 22, 2021, India and the United States launched the US-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership during the Leaders’ Summit. The US President hosted the Leaders Summit on Climate. The world leaders from around forty countries attended ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Deferential Action for Childhood Arrivals
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is the US’ immigration policy that allows undocumented immigrants who were brought into the country as children to receive a renewable 2-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for a ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Booker Prize 2020 won by Douglas Stuart
The Booker Prize of the year 2020 was won by Douglas Stuart for his debut novel “Shuggie Bain”. The shortlist of Booker Prize consisted of five more titles such as Burnt Sugar. The Burnt Sugar was published in India as ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Barack Obama publishes book “A Promised Land”
On November 17, 2020, the former President of the United States Barack Obama published a memoir called “A Promised Land”. It is the first of the two volumes that Obama had written during his tenure as President of United States ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
What is Defence Production Act, 1950 invoked in the US?
US President Donald Trump invoked the Defence Production Act recently. The act has been invoked in order to direct General Motors, a Multinational Corporation to manufacture ventilators needed to fight COVID-19. Highlights The act was enacted in 1950 in response ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
American Factory wins Oscar for best feature-length documentary
Recently, the Oscar award for best feature-length documentary was presented to ‘American Factory’. It was the first documentary released by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company named ‘Higher Ground’. The documentary film was released in the Netflix, and it is ..
Nancy Pelosi: receives JFK Profile in Courage Award 2019
The USA’s House of Representatives (lower house of US) Speaker Nancy Pelosi was honoured with 2019 John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. Key Highlights About Pelosi: She has served in House of Representatives since 1987. She was recognized for ..