Author: Gurdeep.Kaur

Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to commence his state visit to the United States in the third week of June. It is assumed that the main purpose of this visit would be diplomatic negotiations. It is possible that the Prime Minister may visit New York on the 21st of June which is celebrated as International Yoga Day. This visit is going to be a crucial visit keeping in mind the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. The United States and India have been strategic partners for many years. The two leaders last met at the G20 summit held last year in Bali, Indonesia.…

The 10 days religious festival; Attukal Pongala is celebrated yearly at Attukal Bhagavathy Temple in the capital of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. Thousands of women gather in the state capital to participate in the festival and make ritual offerings, including sweet rice pudding, jaggery, grated coconut, ghee and banana. All these offerings are to be prepared in earthen pots. The festivities begin with the lighting of the hearthstone at the Attukal temple. Thekkedath Kuzhikkattillathu Parameswaran Vasudeva Bhattathiripad. The tantri will be handing over the flame from the sanctorum to the chief priest P.Kesavan Namboothiri. Thereafter the chief priest lights up the Pongala…

The Yogi government in order to promote electric vehicles has decided to provide some benefits for electronic vehicle buyers. In a recent notification released, the government has decided to exempt the road tax and the registration fees on the purchase of electronic vehicles for a period of three years from October 14, 2022, onwards. This exemption would be valid for a period of five years on the purchase of state manufactured electronic vehicles. This exemption also applies to the automobile using electronic motors fueled by batteries, ultra-capacitors or fuel cells. ELECTRONIC VEHICLE POLICY On 13th October 2022, the government of…

In recent months, many political parties have promised to reinstate the Old Pension Scheme as part of their electoral campaigns (OPS). Opposition-governed states like Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, and Himachal Pradesh have announced the restoration of the old pension scheme in the respective states. With a gamut of litigations filed against the government and the government failing to win even one of them, the government has decided to provide the central government employees with a one-time choice between the Old Pension Scheme and the New Pension Scheme. This order will also be applicable to the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF). Employees…

Ruins of a 13th-century temple were discovered at Pushpagiri Kshetram in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district. Ruins were discovered in the midst of a shrub forest on a tiny hill in Vellur Mandal’s Pushpagiri Kshetram, northeast of the Durga Temple. The Pushpakala area is well-known for its temples dedicated to Hindu deities such as Chennakesava, Umamaheshwara, Rudrapada, Vishnupada, Trikoteswara, Vaidyanatha, Subrahmanya, Vigneswara, and DurgaDevi. This location is also known as Hari-Hara Kshetra since it contains a number of temples devoted to Lord Shiva and Vishnu. This region is washed by the Penne River, which flows to the southwest. When a delegation…

The Jinping administration announced on Tuesday that their Finance Minister, Qin Gang, will attend the G20 Finance Ministers conference in New Delhi on March 1st and 2nd, 2024. This will be Qin’s first visit to India since he replaced Wang Yi as Finance Minister in December 2022. This will also be his first bilateral meeting with Mr Jaishankar. G20 FINANCE MINISTER CONFERENCE 2024 The G20 Finance Ministers’ conference will see the world’s three largest economies, the United States, China, and Russia, engage in communication. S Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister, is slated to meet with colleagues from several nations. It…

Every year on 28th February, National Science Day is celebrated to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect by Sir C.V. RAMAN. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh unveiled the theme for National Science Day 2024 as “Global Science for Global Wellbeing”. WHO WAS C.V. RAMAN Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian physicist and the first recipient of Bharat Ratna in 1954. He was born to Tamil Brahman Parents in the Madras Presidency on the 7th of November 1888. He was a born prodigy. At the age of 13, he completed High School and by the…

On 26th February, the Union Ministry of Culture began with year-long celebrations to commemorate the 284th birth anniversary of the religious banjara leader, Sant Sevalal Maharaj. This is being organized by the Ministry of Culture under the aegis of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav at Dr B.R. Ambedkar International Center in New Delhi, where for two days cultural and dance programs will be performed accompanied by an exhibition of Banjara Art. The banjara community is a part of the Scheduled Tribes list in five states- Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Bihar. Odisha, Jharkhand and is a Scheduled Case in Himachal Pradesh and…

The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, witnessed chaos as the PM Netanyahu-led coalition government passed the first hearing of judicial reforms bills. The passing of these bills witnessed a lash from the Israeli common population as well as from opposition leaders. People in Jerusalem, the capital city, turned the streets around Israel’s Supreme Court and Knesset into a sea of Israeli flags. Opposition leaders and activists accused the government of undermining one of the basic principles of democracy i.e. the system of checks and balances. Their set of arguments asserts that the government is attempting to seize absolute power and trying to…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated Rozgar Mela in Uttarakhand to encourage active participation from youth in the employment sector in order to reduce the effect of global economic crises faced by Indian youth in the post-pandemic era. The first edition of Rozgar Mela was inaugurated in October 2022, wherein the recruitment of 1 million (10 lahks) people was promised. In the January edition of Rozgar Mela, 71,000 appointment letters were distributed employing them in various Government departments. In this edition, the Karmayogi Prarambh module which is an orientation course for all new appointees , was also launched. According to…