Morarjibhai Desai Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid homage to former Prime Minister, Shri Morarjibhai Desai. About: Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the 4th PM of India between 1977 and 1979 leading the government formed by the […]
National Science Day Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the scientists on National Science Day. About: National Science Dayis celebrated in India on 28 February each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928. […]
National Museum of Indian Cinema Context: A good news for cine-enthusiasts of Mumbai and the visitors to the city. The National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC), that had remained closed during the Covid pandemic, has reopened to public. About: The recently inaugurated National […]
EXERCISE EASTERN BRIDGE -VI Context: The Indo-Oman exercise, Eastern Bridge-VI (2022) was successfully conducted at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 21 to 25 February 2022. Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) participated with Indian Air Force (lAF) in the exercise which was aimed […]
Veer Savarkar Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to freedom fighter Veer Savarkar on his Punya tithi. Born on May 28, 1883 in Bhagur, a city in Maharashtra’s Nashik. He was against foreign goods and propagated the idea of Swadeshi. In […]
SWIFT International Payment System Context: The United States and its allies on Saturday moved to block certain Russian banks’ access to the SWIFT international payment system in further punishment of Moscow as it continues its military assault against Ukraine. The measures, which will also […]
India’s Ukraine dilemma Context: Late last week, India abstained from a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution which called for condemning the Russian military action against Ukraine, but it went on to note its uneasiness of the Russian action in writing. Background: New […]
History of Disintegration in Eastern Europe Collapse of USSR: The decline of Soviet power began in the late 1980s with protests in the Eastern Bloc as well as in Soviet republics and the Soviet exit from Afghanistan. The Soviet Union sent […]