Why in news? The Ministry of Culture on 18th June had organised a programme to observe the Flag Satyagraha in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. It is a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience that focused on exercising the right and freedom to hoist the nationalist flag and challenge the legitimacy of the British Rule in India through […]

Afghan Talks Indian position The United States of America (US) announced the withdrawal of all its troops from Afghanistan by September 11th of this year. After two decades they are in a hurry to pack up and leave. Most have left with their equipment. Afghanistan Army is on the retreat and many soldiers have abandoned […]

WHAT IS JUNETEENTH ? WHY IN NEWS ? US President Joe Biden is to sign a law to make June 19 or “Juneteenth” a national holiday. This holiday will be recognized by federal government to commemorating end of slavery after American Civil War. Bill to establish Juneteenth National Independence Day was supported in both houses […]

New Atlantic Charter between the US & the UK The New Atlantic Charter signed The new US President, Joseph Biden met the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson in person at the 2021 G7 Summit in Cornwall, England, and both of them signed the New Atlantic charter on the 10th of June 2021. […]

Why in news? Tribal people will benefit from new job opportunities and will be able to start their own businesses. The Minister for Tribal Affairs launched the ‘Sankalp Se Siddhi – Mission Van Dhan’ tribal livelihoods initiative. To buy our online courses: Click Here About Sankalp Se Siddhi -Mission Van Dhan The mission was launched to […]

WISA Woodsat The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) in India is developing the Wide Area Linear Optical Polarimeter (WALOP). WALOP is a critical component of the PASIPHAE Project. The Polar-Areas Stellar-Imaging in Polarisation High-Accuracy Experiment (PASIPHAE) is a collaborative international sky surveying project. To buy our online courses: Click Here About the PASIPHAE Survey: […]

How G7 counter to China’s Belt and Road Initiative will benefit India New G7 Build Back Better World program to counter Chinese Belt and Road Initiative The seven richest economies in the world, known as G7 plan to counter China’s economic power around the world. They agreed to offer developing nations support to build basic […]

Massive spider webs engulf Gippsland in Australia Millions of spiders and cobwebs An arachnophobe’s (a person who is afraid of spiders) worst nightmare. Residents of the Gippsland in the eastern Australian state of Victoria were greeted with layers of huge alien-looking spider webs with huge areas draped in them. They were hit by severe flooding […]

Why in news? Recently, Coast Guard have enforced laws and started operation Olivia to protect Olive Ridley turtles in Odisha. In between November 2020 to May 2021, Coast Guard has devoted 225 ship days and 388aircraft hours. They have protected 3.49 lakh turtles. Enforcement of use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TED) by trawlers in waters […]

Why in news? European Space Agency (ESA) has announced about its probe called ‘EnVision’ to study Venus, after American Space agency NASA decided to send two missions to the planet. To buy our online courses: Click Here About EnVision EnVision is an ESA led mission with contributions from NASA. It will be launched on an Ariane […]