India – China Economic Relations Context: India’s imports from China rose to $97.5 billion in calendar year 2021, up 46.1 per cent from imports worth $66.7 billion in 2020, which was impacted by Covid-19related restrictions, as per data from the China General Administration of Customs. […]
FCRA Context: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked 6,000-odd NGOs to go back to the governmentfor redressal of their grievances on non-renewal of their Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration. The FCRA registrations of about 5,900 NGOsceased to be active after December 31, 2021, owing to either […]
Environmental Emergency in Peru Context: The Government of Peru recently declared an environmental emergency due to oil spill. The emergency is to last for 90 – days What happened? Around six thousand barrels of oil were spilled into the Pacific Ocean. […]
Drone Show Context: India has announced that a novel “Drone Show” comprising 1,000 swarm drones will light up the sky for about 10 minutes during the Beating Retreat Ceremony on 29 January 2022. It has been designed, conceptualised and produced indigenously under the “Make […]
National Voters Day Context: The 12th National Voters’ Day was celebrated across the country today on January 25, 2021. In the national function held at New Delhi, Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu’s message as the Chief Guest on the occasion was […]
Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people of Himachal Pradesh on their Statehood Day. Background: Himachal Pradesh observes its statehood day on January 25. It became the 18thstate of India in the year 1971. It came to being in 1948 as […]
France’s EU Council Presidency Context: • France assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2022 after 14 years. About: • The Council is the legislative arm of the EU which is entrusted with the role to approve, […]