Election Commission of India
Context Recent announcement of dates for Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana, the Election Commission of India (ECI) plays a crucial role in ensuring transparent, free and fair elections. Election…
National Space Day 2024
Context National Space Day 2024 commemorates the groundbreaking success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, which achieved the safe landing of the Vikram Lander on the lunar surface on August 23, 2023.…
Chandrayaan 3’s findings
Context Almost a year after Chandrayaan 3 landed on the Moon, scientists in India have released the findings of studies carried out by one of the instruments on the rover…
UPI Circle launched by NPCI
Context The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has introduced a new feature called ‘UPI Circle’ on its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform. About UPI Circle This feature allows primary…
Polaris Dawn Mission
Context If it succeeds, Polaris Dawn mission will be the first non-government mission to perform a spacewalk. But not only that — it’ll do that about 700 kilometers (435 miles)…
India adds 3 new Ramsar sites
Context Union Environment Minister announced three new Ramsar sites in Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh taking the total of such sites in India to 85. The new additions are the Nanjarayan Bird…
Tanager-1 satellite of NASA to track methane emissions
Context Tanager-1, a satellite developed by a coalition of companies and organisations, including NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base…
Charaideo Moidams added to UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites
Context Assam’s Charaideo Moidams burial sites have been added to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites list. These are royal burial sites of the Ahom…
U-WIN Portal
Context On the government’s 100-day health agenda is the countrywide rollout of U-WIN, an online vaccine management portal for childhood vaccination — similar to CoWIN used during the Covid-19 pandemic. About…
Economic Survey 2023-24
Context Union Finance Minister released the Economic Survey 2023-24, the first day of the monsoon session of Parliament. The survey typically comes out on January 31, a day before the…