Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched Mission LiFE movement (Lifestyle for the Environment) at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat. Envisaged by PM Modi, Mission LiFE is expected to be an India-led global mass movement that will nudge individual…
Month: October 2022
The Centre has cancelled the FCRA licence of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT): Basics Explained
Recently the Ministry of Home Affairs has cancelled the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) licence of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT), organisations that are associated with the Nehru-Gandhi family, for alleged violations of the provisions…
Lothal set to get National Maritime Heritage Complex: Basics Explained
The world’s oldest dockyard, Lothal, is all set to get a heritage complex. The National Maritime Heritage Complex commenced in March 2022 and is being developed at a cost of Rs 3,500 crore. Harappan civilization, also called as Indus valley…
United Nations Day: Basics Explained
United Nations(UN) Day, on 24 October, marks the anniversary of the day in 1945 when the UN Charter entered into force. UN Day, celebrated every year, offers the opportunity to amplify UN common agenda and reaffirm the purposes and principles…
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Basics Explained
October is celebrated as the ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In the year 2020 alone, nearly 23 lakh women were diagnosed with breast cancer and nearly 6.85 lakh died globally, as per the World Health Organisation. In India, data presented in…
ISRO’s Heaviest Rocket Successfully Launches 36 Satellites into Orbit: Basics Explained
ISRO’s Heaviest Rocket Successfully Launches 36 Satellites into Orbit. The satellites were successfully placed into low-Earth orbit, as part of the OneWeb India-1 mission or LVM3 (Launch Vehicle Mark III) M2 mission. This marks the first commercialmission of LVM3, India’s…
The Booker Prize 2022 has gone to ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’
The Booker Prize 2022, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, has gone to The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, a Sri Lankan writer also known for his rock songs, screenplays and travel stories….
Number of poor people in India fell by about 415 mn between 2005-06 and 2019-21: UN
The new Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford said that in India, 415 million people exited poverty, in a 15-year…