Indian Naval Exercise Maritime Partnership Exercise between Ships of Indian Navy and JMSDF Context: Indian Naval Ships Shivalik and Kadmatt undertook Maritime Partnership Exercise with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force(JMSDF) Ships Uraga and Hirado in the Bay of Bengal on 13 Jan 22. Both […]
India UK FTA India and UK Launch Free Trade Agreement Negotiations Proposed FTA expected to help double bilateral trade by 2030 Context: The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal launched the Free […]
Forest Survey Report Forest Survey report 2021 released; increase of 2,261 sq. km in the total forest and tree cover of the country in last two years. Stats From the report: Area-wise Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in the country Maximum increase […]
Fisheries Startup Grand Challenge Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Launches Fisheries Startup Grand Challenge Context: The Department of Fisheries, Government of India in association with Startup India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry inaugurated the “Fisheries Startup Grand Challenge” on 13th January […]
National Youth Day Context: National Youth Day 2022: Every year on January 12, India celebrates National Youth Day, also known as Yuva Diwas, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda who was one of the most prominent philosophers, monks, and thinkers of India. This day […]
BARC Context: In the spirit of the TRP Committee Report and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI’s) recommendation dated 28.04.2020, M/s Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) has undertaken revision in its processes, protocols, oversight mechanism and initiated changes in governance structure etc. The reconstitution […]
Emergence of Lok Adalat as the most efficacious tool of Alternative Dispute Resolution Context: A total number of 1,27,87,329 cases were disposed off in 2021. Due to technological advancement like E-Lok Adalats, Lok Adalats have reached doorsteps of parties National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) […]
POWERGRID and Africa50 in Joint Development Agreement Context: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform to continue to develop the Kenya Transmission Project on a public-private partnership basis. The project entails […]
Saraswathi River Context: Asserting that understanding the close link between geography and civilisation, noted economist, author and historian Sanjeev Sanyal recently highlighted the critical role River Saraswati played in our civilisational existence. “There is a close link between our geography and our civilization. […]
BRAHMOS MISSILE The BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile has successfully tested its propulsion system, airframe, power supply, and other main indigenous components. BRAHMOS is a cooperative venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia’s National Propulsion Organization (NPOM). The rivers Brahmaputra and Moskva […]