Current Affairs

National Raksha Mantri commissions stealth guided missile destroyer INS Imphal ⇒ INS Imphal, a Project 15B stealth guided missile destroyer, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at an impressive ceremony held at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on December 26, 2023. Design & constructed by: The event […]

National Construction of New 4.56 km long, 6-Lane Bridge across River Ganga ⇒ The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, gave its approval for the Construction of New 4556 m long, 6-Lane High Level/ Extra Dosed Cable stayed Bridge across River Ganga on 27 December 2023. Besides, the

National Commemorative Postal Stamp on completion of 50 years of Pandit Jasraj’s Music Festival ⇒ Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah released a commemorative Postal Stamp, to mark 50 years of Pandit Jasraj’s music festival – ‘Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram Sangeet Samaroha’, in New Delhi on 27 December 2023. The commemorative

National Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023 ⇒ The Advocates Amendment Bill, 2023 was passed in the Lok Sabha on December 4, 2023, the first day of the winter session of Parliament. The Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was already passed by the Rajya Sabha on August 3, 2023. The Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks to repeal the

National Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023 ⇒ In a historic decision, the Lok Sabha passed the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023 on December 21, 2023. The Bill has already been passed by Rajya Sabha in the Monsoon Session. Bill passed to repeal the colonial era law of the Press and Registration

National Mobile Application “Paat-Mitro” ⇒ To provide important information about MSP and agronomy to jute farmers, the Ministry of Textiles launched “Paat-Mitro” – a mobile application during ‘Jute Symposium’ on 21 December 2023. The application is available in 6 languages. The ‘Jute Symposium’ was organised to create awareness and popularize Jute based technical textiles with

National National Geoscience Data Repository (NGDR) Portal ⇒ Ministry of Mines, Government of India, launched the National Geoscience Data Repository (NGDR) Portal on 20 December 2023 in a ceremony in New Delhi. The launch ceremony was graced by Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi. » NGDR is a comprehensive online

National Logistics Ease Across Different State (LEADS) 2023 ⇒ Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal released the “Logistics Ease Across Different State (LEADS) 2023” report in New Delhi on 16th December 2023. During the event two sessions were held: Leveraging Data and technologies to

National Flight Trial of Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator, an indigenous high-speed flying-wing UAV ⇒ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out a flight trial of Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator, an indigenous high-speed flying-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from the Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga in Karnataka in December 2023. The successful

National 68th Railway Week Central Function – Ati Vishist Rail Seva Puraskar-2023 ⇒ The Union Minister of Railways, Communications & Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw conferred Award/ Shields to best performing Railway personnel for promoting best practices among Railway employees at the 68th Railway Week Central Function – Ati Vishist Rail Seva Puraskar-2023.