What is 25th Amendment of US Constitution?

The United States Capitol Protests, 2021, has induced calls to invoke 25th Constitutional amendment. What is 25th Amendment of US Constitution? The 25th Constitutional amendment lays out how a US President or a Vice President can be replaced or succeeded. It includes resolve issues revolving around unfortunate situations like death, resignation to removal of US ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: 25th Constitutional Amendment • Capitol protests • Constitutional amendment • Donald Trump • United States

Alphabet Workers Union

More than two hundred engineers and workers have formed the Alphabet Workers Union capping years of growing activism in the company. What is the main objective of Alphabet Workers Union? The Alphabet Workers Union will strengthen the growing labour movement at Alphabet and serve as a vehicle for workers to voice their concerns. Is Alphabet ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Alphabet • Alphabet Workers Union • Google • labour union • United States

National Defence Authorisation Act, 2021

The National Defence Authorisation act, 2021 was enacted by United States to specify budget, expenditure and policies of United States Department of Defence for the fiscal year 2021. The act determined the annual budget of United States as 740.5 USD. The first National Defence authorisation act, 2021 was passed in 1961. Since then, the act ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021

Category: Defence Current Affairs • International Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: Defence Budget • Donald Trump • National Defence Authorisation Bill • United States • veto power

Stopgap Funding Bill

The US President Donald Trump recently signed the Stopgap Funding Bill. The bill provides the law makers two more days to sort out few issues in the ongoing negotiations about the 900 billion USD aid package. What is Stopgap Funding Bill? A stopgap funding bill is used by the US Government to ensure that it ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: Donald Trump • Stopgap Funding Bill • United States • US Congress

CARAT: Joint Naval Exercise by Bangladesh and US

On November 4, 2020, Bangladesh and United States held a joint Naval Exercise CARAT. CARAT is Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training. The exercise was held at Chittagong. Highlights Historically, the exercise involves people-to-people interactions, variety of professional exchanges, community relations project, Subject Matter Expert exchanges and social events. Due to COVID-19, the exercise was held ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: Defence Current Affairs • International Current Affairs

Topics: ASEAN • Bangladesh • Bangladesh Navy • Carat • Chittagong • Indo-Pacific • Military exercise • naval exercise • United States