New Chief of Defence Staff – Lt. General Anil Chauhan The Union Government has appointed former Eastern Army Commander Lt. General Anil Chauhan as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). He will also function as Secretary to Government of India, Department …
PM SHRI Schools In News: * PM Modi, on the occasion of Teacher’s Day, announced a new scheme — PM-SHRI Yojana to develop 14,500 schools as model schools. * The schools will be equipped with modern infrastructure, including labs, smart classrooms, libraries, …
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was on Saturday sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI). President Droupadi Murmu administered him the oath during a brief ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former …
The Agnipath scheme In a “transformative” military recruitment reform , the Centre has announced the Agnipath scheme for recruitment of soldiers in the three branches of the armed forces, on a short-term basis. Under the scheme, youth between 17.5 to 21 years …
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover Elon Musk is one of Twitter’s most effective and prolific users, with over 80 million followers. Now, if all goes according to plan, he will also own the platform by the end of the year. Twitter’s …
Russia-Ukraine conflict and International Court of Justice Ukraine has filed an application before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), instituting proceedings against the Russian Federation concerning the Genocide Convention of 1948. Ukraine has accused Russia of falsely claiming that “acts …
What is SWIFT payment system and how its blocking may harm Russia The U.S., Europe and several other western nations are moving to exclude Russia from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), an international network for banks to …
Russia Ukraine War and NATO Connection Russia’s unjustifiable incursion into Ukraine following weeks of military troop build-up on their shared border has drastically raised tensions in the region with broader ripple effects across the world, particularly for NATO countries and …
A U.S.-based economist won the Nobel prize for economics for pioneering research that showed an increase in minimum wage does not lead to less hiring and immigrants do not lower pay for native-born workers, challenging commonly held ideas. Two others …
The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.” Both the scientists have developed a new and ingenious tool for molecule building: organocatalysis. Its uses include research into …