Chennai Airport becomes fifth busiest in Country For Prelims Eight of the top 10 busiest airports as per passenger traffic are in the United States with the two remaining in China. About Airports Authority of India (AAI): Airports Authority of India (AAI) was constituted by […]
Pulitzer Prize Context: A team of four Indian photographers from Reuters news agency — slain photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo and Amit Dave — have won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for their coverage of the Covid 19 crisis in […]
Sivagiri Pilgrimage Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi participated in the inaugural ceremony of year-long joint celebrations of the 90th anniversary of Sivagiri Pilgrimage and Golden Jubilee of Brahma Vidhyalaya About Sivagiri: Sivagiri is a village in the Varkala municipality of […]
Civil Services Day Context: On the occasion of Civil Services Day, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi conferred the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. About: Every year on April 21, India commemorates Civil Services Day. […]
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act Context: The 100-metre radius around Centrally protected monuments where construction is prohibited could be replaced with site-specific limits to be decided by an expert committee, as the Union Culture Ministry was working on amendments to […]