Tuesday, 28 January 2025

Constitutional/legal upheaval 2025

Constitutional/legal upheaval 2025 

=>Assam passed a bill making elderly care compulsory:  Assam government employees will be liable to part with 10 to 15 per cent of his monthly gross salary if found guilty of not taking adequate care of his or her dependent elderly parents and physically challenged siblings.

Tuesday, 21 January 2025

External Affairs 2025

 External Affairs 2025

=>Operation Brahma: MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO MYANMAR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS BY INDIAN ARMY.

In a swift response to the devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28th March 2025, the Indian Army, under ‘Operation Brahma’, is deploying a specialised medical task force to provide urgent humanitarian assistance.



Sunday, 19 January 2025

India Defence Sector 2025

 Indian Defence 2025

=>Operation Sindoor: India launched Operation Sindoor after the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam. The operation was precise, targeting only terror camps and avoided Pakistani military sites. India's actions in Operation Sindoor were not about revenge but were about defence and keeping its citizens safe.

Day, Festival, Exhibition, conferences & meets 2025

 Exhibitions, Days, celebrations, conferences, summits & meets  2025

=>G 7 Summit 2025: The 51st G7 summit, the 57th annual meeting of the organization G7, was held from 16 to 17 June 2025 in KananaskisAlberta, Canada. This was the 2nd G7 summit in Kananaskis since the 28th G8 summit in 2002, and the seventh summit held in Canada.

Sunday, 12 January 2025

Obituaries 2025

 Obituaries 2025

=>Eminent scientist Srinivasan: Eminent scientist Malur Ramasam Srinivasan, who played a role in the development of India’s nuclear power programme and the indigenous Pressurized Heavy-water Reactor, passed away. He was 95. 

Organizations 2025

 Organizations 2025 

=>India is elected to UN ECOSOC for 2 years:

Friday, 10 January 2025

Persons in the news 2025

 Persons in the news 2025

=>M.S. Dhoni inducted in the ICC hall of fame: that raises the no. of Indian cricketers in the list. Now, there are 11 Indian cricketers in the Hall.

Celebrations 2025

 Celebrations 2025

=>18th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated once in every two years to strengthen the engagement of the overseas Indian community with the Government of India and reconnect them with their cultural roots. The 18th PBD Convention was held from

 8th-10th January, 2025 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Thursday, 9 January 2025

Space & Technology 2025

Space & Technology 2025 

=>ISRO missions:

Appointments 2025

 Appointments 2025

=>International Olympic Committee (IOC): The 41-year-old Kirsty Coventry became the first female and first African president of the International Olympic Committee in its 131-year-old history.

Tuesday, 7 January 2025

Games 2025

Games 2025

=>Neeraj Chopta repeated himself at Paris: India’s javelin star Neeraj Chopra has won the Paris Diamond League title thanks to his first throw of 88.16 metres. 


Thursday, 2 January 2025

Awards 2025

Awards 2025 

=>International Booker Prize 2025 to a Kannada author, Banu Mushtaq: Kannada author Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection Heart Lamp, which interprets and inhabits the faultlines and silent revolts in the everyday lives of Muslim women, won the 2025 International Booker 

Translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, Heart Lamp (Penguin) examines how misogyny unfolds,



Wednesday, 1 January 2025

Infrastructrure boost 2025

Infrastructrure boost 2025

=>J & K get 2 Marvel bridges: as Chenab bridge & Anji bridge,

CHENAB BRIDGE The 272 km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway link (USBRL) Project is designed to provide all-weather connectivity by eventually linking the Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country.


ANJI BRIDGE The Anji Khad bridge is an important part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla-Rail-Link, a major infrastructure project in the Jammu Division of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Once completed, it will strengthen regional connectivity and foster stronger ties between the mountainous region and the rest of the country

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Wednesday, 9 October 2024

Nobel prizes 2024

Nobel prizes 2024 

1)=>Medicine: the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun

for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation

This year’s Nobel Prize honors two scientists for their discovery of a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.

 


Moments of honor 2025

Moments of Honor 2025  => Shubanshu Shukla reached in ISS:   Axiom 4 Mission: Shubhanshu Shukla becomes second Indian in space after Rake...