Current Affairs

National Gallantry awards to Armed Forces Personnel ⇒ President Smt Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 80 Armed Forces personnel, including 12 posthumous, on the eve of 75th Republic Day i.e. 25 Janaury 2024. These include six Kirti Chakras, including three posthumous; 16 Shaurya Chakras, including two posthumous; 53 Sena Medals, including seven posthumous; […]

National PM inaugurates and lays foundation stone for development projects in Bulandshahr ⇒ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth over Rs 19,100 crores in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh on 25 January 2024. The projects are related to several important sectors like rail, road, oil and gas

National Three day Kisan Mela in Anand ⇒ Secretary, DARE and DG, ICAR Dr. Himanshu Pathak inaugurated the Kisan Mela on 22nd January 2024 in Anand, Gujarat. Organized by: ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research (ICAR-DMAPR), Anand, Gujarat organized a 3-Day KISAN MELA, Herbal Expo, Farmers Training cum Exposure visit during January 22-24, 2024.

National Pan India Campaign ‘Hamara Samvidhan, Hamara Samman’ ⇒ The Vice-President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated a yearlong pan India campaign ‘Hamara Samvidhan, Hamara Samman’ to commemorate the 75th Year of India as Republic on 24th January, 2024 at Dr Ambedkar International Centre. Undertaken by: The Campaign ‘Hamara Samvidhan, Hamara Samman’ is being undertaken by Department

National Pran Pratishtha (consecration) Ceremony of Shri Ramlalla in Ayodhya ⇒ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi participated in the Pran Pratishtha (consecration) ceremony of Shri Ramlalla in the newly built Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on 22 January 2024. Pran Pratishtha Ceremony: The historic Pran Pratishtha ceremony witnessed the participation of

National 58th Jnanpith Award 2023 ⇒ The Jnanpith selection committee has announced two popular names for the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award 2023, Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya. This year marks the second occasion of the award being conferred for excellence in Sanskrit and the fifth time for Urdu. The recipients

National Book ‘Assam’s Braveheart Lachit Barphukan’ ⇒ Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah released the book ‘Assam’s Braveheart Lachit Barphukan’ in Guwahati, Assam on 20 January 2024. Written by Arup Kumar Dutta, this book is based on the life of Lachit Barphukan, the great 17th century Ahom warrior. 3rd Edition of

National PM inaugurates new BIETC campus and launches Boeing Sukanya Program ⇒ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the new state-of-the-art Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) campus in Bengaluru, Karnataka on 19 January 2024. The Prime Minister also launched the Boeing Sukanya Program. BIETC Campus: Built with an investment of Rs 1,600

National Asia’s largest Aviation Expo-Wings India 2024 ⇒ The largest event in the Civil Aviation sector in Asia, the mesmerizing four-day “Wings India 24” extravaganza kickstarted in Hyderabad on 18 January 2024. The inaugural session of the Global Aviation Summit was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia.

National REC wins ICAI Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting for FY 2022-23 ⇒ REC Limited, a Maharatna Public Sector Unit and a leading NBFC under the Ministry of Power, has been awarded ‘Plaque’ under the ‘Financial Services Sector (Other than Banking and Insurance)’ category at the ICAI Awards for Excellence in Financial Reporting for