National Institutes renamed after late Union Ministers Sushma, Arun Jaitley and Manohar Parrikar

The Government of India has been renaming the national institutes after late ministers. The leaders passed away in 2019 due to health issues. They were Manohar Parrikar, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj. Objective of renaming The renaming is being done in order to align the institutes on the lines of the vision of the late ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Arun Jaitley • Defence minister • Education • External Affairs Minister • Finance Minister • Manohar Parrikar • Sushma Swaraj

Mary Kom becomes First woman Sportsperson to win Padma Vibhushan

Six-time World Amateur Boxing Champion and Olympian bronze medallist (London 2012), MC Mary Kom was announced as one of the recipients of the prestigious ‘Padma Vibhushan’ award on the occasion of  Republic Day 2020. Mary Kom became the first women sportsperson to win the award. She is the first boxer in the world in both ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Topics: Anerood Jugnauth • Arun Jaitley • Bharat Ratna • George Fernandes • Mary Kom • Mauritius • Padma Vibhushan • Sushma Swaraj

Fact Box: Sushma Swaraj

Former Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest in New Delhi. She was 67, She had started her political career under Janata Party and was elected to the Haryana assembly in 1977 and became a state minister at age 25. About Sushma Swaraj She was born on 14 February ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: External Affairs Minister • first woman Chief Minister of Delhi • India’s first full-time woman Foreign Minister • Obituary • Person in news • Sushma Swaraj

Sushma Swaraj held meeting with Maldives President

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has held a joint ministerial meeting with her Maldivian counterpart Abdullah Shahid, where the latter reiterated his Government’s “India-First Policy’. The Government of Maldives assures to remain sensitive towards India’s security and strategic concerns. A joint statement were signed on visa facilitation for diplomatic and official passport holders, development cooperation ..

Topics: Countries • Foreign relations of India • Geography of Asia • India-First Policy • Maldives • Maldives President • Republics • South Asia • Sushma Swaraj • Travel visa

16th Russia-India-China (RIC) Foreign Ministerial Meeting to be held in Wuzhen

The 16th meeting of the Russia-India-China (RIC) Foreign Ministers would be held at the Chinese city of Wuzhen in the eastern Zhejiang province on February 27. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will participate in the meeting together with the host Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The Ministers are expected ..

Topics: Government of India • Jaish-E-Mohammed • Masood Azhar • Pulwama attack • Punjabi people • Sergey Lavrov • Sushma Swaraj • Sushma Swaraj's tenure as External Affairs Minister • Wuzhen