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Nikhat Zareen became the fifth Indian woman to win a World title at World Women’s Boxing Championships 2022 in Istanbul by defeating Thai Olympian Jutamas Jitpong at 5-0 in the 52 kg category. Manisha Moun and Parveen Hooda also won bronze medals in separate categories 57kg and 63kg respectively. India last won a World …

Recently, the Central Public Works Department (CPWD)has started the process to identify 4% of posts of junior engineer (civil and electrical) to be reserved for persons with disabilities (PwD) as mandated by the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016(RPwD Act). The Central construction agency wrote to its regional offices to identify 4% of …

Recent satellite images have Captured Twin Cyclones in the Indian Ocean region, one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere, named cyclone Asani and cyclone Karim respectively. Karim is classified as a category II hurricane, with a wind speed of 112 kilometers per hour (kmph). Asani remains a Severe Cyclonic Storm …

Recently, India’s men’s badminton team won the Thomas Cup title for the first time ever. India have defeated the 14-time champions Indonesia. The tournament was held in Bangkok (Thailand). Thomas Cup Thomas Cup, trophy signifies the world supremacy in the sport of badminton. It is a 16-nation team event. The cup was donated in 1939 by …

Recently, Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)facility, revealed the first image of the black hole named Sagittarius A* at the centre of our galaxy – the Milky Way. Nearly all galaxies have these giant black holes at their centre, where light and matter cannot escape, making it extremely hard to …

The recent excavation of Harappan site of Rakhigarhi by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has revealed the structure of some houses, lanes and drainage system. The ASI excavations also revealed pieces of copper and gold jewellery, terracotta toys, besides thousands of earthen pots and seals. The idea of this excavation is to make …

The Prime Minister of India paid tribute to Gopal Krishna Gokhale on his Jayanti. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a great social reformer and educationist who provided exemplary leadership to India’s freedom movement. 9th May 1866 in Kotluk village in present-day Maharashtra (then part of the Bombay Presidency). Gokhale worked towards social empowerment, …

The Prime Minister on 9th May, 2022 paid tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary. According to the Bengali calendar, the Tagore Jayanti falls on the 25th day of the Boishakh month. Rabindranath Tagore He was born in Calcutta on 7th May 1861. He was also referred to as ‘Gurudev’, ‘Kabiguru’, and ‘Biswakabi’. He …

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted the Cyclone Asani to intensify into a ‘severe cyclone’ over Southeast regions of Bay of Bengal. The name Cyclone Asani has been given by Sri Lanka. It means ‘wrath’ in Sinhalese. Cyclones that Hit India in 2020-21: Tauktae, Yaas, Nisarga Amphan Occurrence of Cyclones in India India has a bi-annual cyclone season that occurs between March …

The recently published Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report AR6 (Sixth Assessment Report) has emphasised that humidity is very important factor while estimating the physiological stress that extreme heat puts on the human body. Instead of the “dry bulb” temperaturewhich is usually measured using a regular thermometer, an alternative metric known as the “wet bulb …

Recently, the Ministry of Culture has ordered the restoration of Historic Anang Tal lake in South Delhi. National Monuments Authority (NMA) and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have asked officials to expedite conservation work so the site could be declared a National Monument. The lake is situated in Mehrauli, Delhi …

The Prime Minister paid tributes to Jagadguru Basaveshwara (Basavanna) on the sacred occasion of Basava Jayanti. As per the Hindu calendar, the birth of Basavanna falls on the 3rd day of Vaisahaka month in the Shukla paksha. This usually falls either in April of May of the English calendar. Basavana …

The Delhi government is about to renovate the 14th century monument Malcha Mahal. It was built in 1325 by the then Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq and was, for a long time, used as a hunting lodge. It later became the residence of the descendants of the Nawab of Awadh. It …

Recently, East Timor, also known as Timor Leste, Asia’s Youngest Democracy, held the second and final round of its presidential election. The territory was colonised by Portugal in the 18th century and remained under its control until 1975. When the Portuguese withdrew, troops from Indonesia invaded and annexed East Timor …

Recently, the Ministry of Civil Aviation released the draft Protection and Enforcement of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2022. The proposed law will help international aircraft leasing companies to repossess and transfer planes out of India in case of a financial dispute with an Indian airline at a time many …

The President of India has greeted people on the eve of Chaitra Shukladi, GudiPadwa, Ugadi, Cheti Chand, Vaisakhi, Vishu, NabaBarsha, Vaisakhadi and Puthandu-Pirappu and Bohag Bihu. These festivals of the spring season mark the beginning of the traditional new year in India. Vaishakhi: It is also pronounced as Baisakhi, observed by Hindus and …

Recently, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)released its first Long Range Forecast (LRF) for 2022 which says that the country is likely to receive a normal monsoon for the fourth consecutive year. While forecasting a ‘normal’ southwest monsoonfor this year, IMD also revised downwards the definition of what constitutes average rainfall. Every year, the IMD issues a two-stage forecast: the first …

The nation celebrated the 131st birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar on 14th April 2022. Ambedkar was a social reformer, jurist, economist, author, polyglot (knowing or using several languages) orator, a scholar, and thinker of comparative religions. Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was born in 1891 in Mhow, Central Province (now Madhya Pradesh). He is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution and was India’s first …

Recently, the Prime Minister paid tributes to people killed in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919 He asserted that their unparalleled courage and sacrifice will keep motivating the coming generations. 13th April, 2022 marks the 103 years of the incident. Earlier, the Gujarat government marked 100 years of the Pal-Dadhvav killings, calling it a massacre “bigger than the Jallianwala …

Recently, Archaeologists have identified 65 large sandstone jars (Megaliths) believed to be used for ritual burials across four sites in Hasao district, Assam. Earlier in 2020, the State Department of Archaeology, Chennai had identified 250 cairn-circles (Megalithic Structures) from the Kodumanal excavation site in Erode district of Tamilnadu. Some jars are tall and cylindrical, while …