ISRO plans Gaganyaan unmanned flight tests, gears for abort mission Context The Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) has begun to be prepared for by the Indian Space Research Organisation, which intends to start unmanned flight testing for the Gaganyaan mission. What is Mission Gaganyaan? […]
Territorial Army inducts five Chinese language interpreters for border talks Context Five Chinese-speaking translators were hired by the Territorial Army (TA) in August to help the army at border personnel meetings (BPMs) with China, according to sources in the military. Additionally, plans exist to hire […]
ITBP on alert, conducting patrols along China border: Home Ministry Context According to the 2022–23 annual report of the Union Home Ministry, which was released on Friday, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) carried out 2,899 patrols along the Chinese border between April and December 2022. […]
GST Council affirms 28% tax on online betting from Oct. 1 Context The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council resolved several lingering issues on Saturday, including lowering the tax rates on some millet-based products, adjusting the age-related requirements for members of the eagerly anticipated GST […]
Israel ‘at war’ as Hamas attack leaves 200 dead Context On Saturday, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the deadliest attack on Israel in years, killing at least 200 people and claiming to have taken dozens of hostages in a surprise attack combining gunmen crossing […]