Indian Railways to become world’s first pollution-free rail: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal
Union Budget has set a target to electrify all railway lines in the country in the next three years. With this, Indian Railways will become the world’s first pollution-free rail by the year 2030. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal gave this information. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that by 2023 all trains will be diesel free, […]
Myanmar Military Coup Episode : What To Know
Army of Myanmar (Military Coup in Myanmar) has taken the power of the country under its control under a year of emergency. After all, what happened was that after ten years of being away from power, the army once again strangled democracy in Myanmar. Let us understand some possible reasons for the military to control […]
15th Finance Commission Report Highlights
The final report of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of India was presented in Parliament on 1 February 2021, with the Union Budget 2021-22, for FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26. The Interim Report of the Finance Commission for the FY 2020-21 was included with the Union Budget 2020-21. Finance commissions usually submit their reports for a […]
US-Russia agreed to limit nuclear weapons
US has recently extended the duration of the nuclear ordnance agreement with Russia to limit the stock of nuclear weapons by five years. The US said the move was the beginning of the Biden administration’s efforts to address the security challenges of the 21st century. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a day before […]
Andaman and Nicobar Islands first union territory to be freed from Corona
Recently the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have become the first Corona Free Union Territory of the country with the number of Covid patients being zero. It has been reported in the Health Ministry website that all four patients in the islands have been cured. This result has come due to strict vigilance and monitoring. A […]
ISRO’s first unmanned space mission to be launched in December 2021
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced in her budget speech on 01 February 2021 that ISRO’s first unmanned space mission will be launched in December 2021 as a part of Gaganyaan. Earlier, this unmanned mission was to be launched in December 2020, but, due to the critical situation of coronavirus epidemic in India including […]
Ranji Trophy not to be held for the first time in 87 years
Taking a major decision, the Cricket Board of India (BCCI) has decided not to hold the Ranji Trophy this year. This will be the first time in the history of 87 years when the first-class domestic tournament Ranji Trophy will not be held. The BCCI has decided to hold the Vijay Hazare Trophy after the […]
India will give US $ 150,000 for United Nations Peacekeeping Fund
India has pledged US $ 150,000 to the United Nations Fund for various peacekeeping activities this year. On January 25, 2021, TS Tirumurthy, India’s permanent representative to the United Nations, announced this. TS Thirumurthy stated that, India has extended its support to peacekeeping activities in the United Nations and as a token of its work, […]
According to UNWTO, 2020 was the worst year
United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recently provided its confirmation of the year 2020 as the ‘worst year on record’, owing to international travel restrictions implemented to prevent the outbreak of Covid-19 to global tourism suffered tremendously. Comprehensive travel restrictions and an unprecedented drop in demand led to a 74 per cent drop in international […]
Third COVID-19 vaccine to be available soon in India
A third coronavirus vaccine may be made available in India soon. Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawala has given important information about this. Poonawalla said in a tweet that, the Serum Institute has also demonstrated excellent efficacy results in partnership with Novavax for the COVID-19 vaccine. He further added that he has applied […]