Author: Keyur Desai

A survey conducted by NCERT has revealed that Tamil Nadu has the highest number of Class III students who don’t have basic numeracy skills in India. 29% of TN’s Class III students couldn’t perform most of the basic grade-level tasks, which is against the national average of 11%. The tasks include number identification and discrimination, division, multiplication, and fractions as well as identifying patterns comprising numbers and shapes, dates and months in a calendar. Tamil Nadu is followed by states that include Jammu & Kashmir (28%), Assam (18%), Gujarat (18%), and Chattisgarh (18%) with its neighbour states Andra Pradesh (9%),…

Macron said that there are countries that have chosen a form of neutrality via-a-vis this war. Those who say that they’re non-aligned are wrong and making a historic error. President of France Emmanuel Macron, addressing the General Debate of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday, said that PM Modi was right when he told Russian President Putin that this is not the time for war. PM Modi told this to Putin when he met him last week on the sidelines of the 22nd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Samarkand of Uzbekistan.…

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar proposed the amendment to the Representation of the People (RP) Act to “cleanse the political funding landscape” in a letter to the law minister Kiren Rijiju. The Election Commission of India has suggested in a draft amendment that cash donations of above Rs 2,000 to political parties can not stay anonymous, down from the present ceiling of Rs 20,000. It also sought that the donations can not be more than Rs 20 crore or 20%, whichever is lower. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar proposed the amendment to the Representation of the People (RP) Act to…

Over the course of the week, Jaishankar is scheduled to have more than 50 official engagements including bilateral, plurilateral as well as multilateral meetings. External affairs minister said in talks with Csaba Korosi, president of the 77th session of the UNGA at UN headquarters in New York that India pledges full support to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and commitment to multilateralism. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda for the global process was one of the highlights of the discussions between the UNGA president and Jaishankar. He arrived at the UN headquarters in New York on Sunday for the high-level…

The joint venture has not yet finalised a location so far as they have started evaluating various sites Vedanta and Foxconn have hired experts to evaluate the possible location for their next semiconductor plant in Gujarat. They may finalize a site in the next couple of weeks, the secretary of Gujarat Science and Technology Department Vijay Nehra said. He also added that the joint venture company has not yet finalised the site as they are evaluating various locations in Gujarat considering technical aspects, commercial viability and connectivity to set up the semiconductor and a display fabrication unit in the state.…

India has emerged as the largest bilateral lender of Sri Lanka with a $968 million total in loans in four months in 2022, overtaking China as per the report. India has emerged as the largest bilateral lender of Sri Lanka with a $968 million total in loans in four months in 2022, overtaking China as per the report. In the last five years from 2017-2021, China had been the largest bilateral lender to Sri Lanka by disbursing $947 million to them, out of which $809 million were obtained as market borrowings from the China Development Bank as per the report…

PM Modi on his 72nd birthday today is set to participate in four events focused on the development of various sectors. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is celebrating his 72nd birthday with a jam-packed schedule today 17th September. He is going to launch a wide variety of projects in various sectors for the growth and development of the nation. Today, PM Modi is not going to celebrate his birthday with an elaborate function or party, but he is going to give some important speeches at four different events on topics covering wildlife and the environment, women’s empowerment, skills development, youth, and…

The FDA-Maharastra had taken the samples of J&J’s talc-based baby powder from Pune and Nashik for quality check during a random inspection in December 2018. The drug regulating body Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cancelled the license for the baby powder manufacturing of the global pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J)’s plant in Mulund, Mumbai. The FDA also instructed the company in its order on Thursday to recall the stock of the concerning product from the market. The FDA-Maharastra had taken the samples of the talc-based baby powder from Pune and Nashik for quality check during a random inspection…

“Let them” bring back Article 370, which the Centre abolished in August 2019, remarked Ghulam Nabi Azad. Former Congress politician Ghulam Nabi Azad claimed Thursday that he could guarantee Jammu and Kashmir’s return to statehood but not Article 370. Because of my dozen Rajya Sabha speeches, I convinced the PM and Amit Shah Ji to regain statehood. At a large meeting in Anantnag, which is in south Kashmir, Azad said, “We’ll get a state, and I’ll make sure we have rights to land and jobs.” This was Azad’s second public event in the Valley after leaving the Congress and before…

The SCO is conducting its first in-person meeting in Uzbekistan after two years. The conference will also include Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived Thursday to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conference, which will discuss regional security problems, commerce, and energy sources. After two years, the SCO is convening its first in-person summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The conference will also include Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. PM Modi is also likely to have bilateral talks with Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev outside of the main conference.…