Context Recently, Prime Minister launched the PM Vishwakarma scheme in New Delhi on the occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti, for giving government support to workers engaged in traditional crafts and skills.…
Context Murmansk, popularly called the capital of the Arctic region and the beginning point of the Northern Sea Route (NSR), is witnessing the rising trend of Indian involvement in cargo…
Context Humanity is struggling with a shortage of water as well as an excess. As the World Health Organization stated, “Floods are increasing in frequency and intensity, and the frequency…
Context On the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Governments of India, the US, Saudi Arabia, the European Union,…
Context Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa took a call last week to expand the BRICS grouping from five countries to 11. The Johannesburg declaration, issued after the summit,…
Context The G20 Heads of State and Government Summit in New Delhi is just around the corner — it will be held on September 9 and 10. G20 Summit 2023 The…
Context The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Aditya L-1, its first space-based mission to study the Sun, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. How did the Aditya L-1…
Context The Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs recently, announced that a “special session” of Parliament. When does Parliament meet? India’s Parliament has no fixed calendar of sittings. In 1955, a Lok…
Context The Centre recently set up a committee to examine various aspects, both legal and logistical, for implementing the “one nation one election” idea. While some amendments to the Constitution…
UPI QR Code Central Bank Digital Currency Context With banks enabling the interoperability of Unified Payments Interface’s (UPI) Quick Response (QR) code with their central bank digital currency (CBDC) or e₹ application,…
