'Amid international criticism of Israel for its continued bombing of Gaza, South Africa moved the International Court of Justice (ICJ), for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in breach of its o Read More...

'The Government of India, with the approval of the President of India, has constituted the Sixteenth Finance Commission, in pursuance to Article 280(1) of the Constitution. ' Dr Arvind Panagariya Read More...

'From the New Year, all wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme must be paid through an Aadhaar-based payment system (ABPS), which requires workers&rsqu Read More...

'Recently, the third of four P-15B ‘Visakhapatnam’ class stealth guided missile destroyer was commissioned into the Indian Navy as INS Imphal at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.' Imphal ha Read More...

'The government has released draft guidelines on accessibility of railway stations, facilities there and in trains for people with disabilities, highlighting the need for integrating technology-enable Read More...

'The deadline to freeze the administrative boundaries of districts, tehsils, towns, and municipal bodies, among others, has been extended till June 30, 2024.' This means that the decennial Census e Read More...

'On December 30, 1971, two laws — the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act and the North-Eastern Council Act — were enacted by Parliament.' Today, ‘Northeast India’, or Read More...

'The navy has unveiled the new design of senior officers’ epaulettes, a shoulder piece that signals rank, inspired by the seal of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.' In the new design, the navy has Read More...

'The peace pact between the pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the central government recently, has made it the red-letter day in the history of the Assam insurgency.' Read More...

'The year 2023 holds special significance for conservation community and for the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).' Tigers have been re-introduced in the western part of the Rajaji Tige Read More...