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India’s First Privately developed Launch Vehicle: Vikram-S

In News  Hyderabad-based Skyroot’s Vikram-S is all set to make its maiden flight from the country’s only spaceport in Sriharikota making it India’s first privately developed launch vehicle. The mission is code named ‘Prarambh’.  About the Prarambh mission It will mark the beginning of private sector launches in India. The development of privately built rockets […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1 Take criticism of Collegium in positive light, must improve: Justice Chandrachud (Polity and Governance) Know about Supreme Court’s Collegium system,Criticism and Way Ahead   GS 2 1 Global South in acute pain, return to table: Jaishankar to Russia (International Relations) What […]

Garuda VII

Context Indian Air Force (IAF) and French Air and Space Force (FASF) are participating in ‘Garuda VII’ at Air Force Station Jodhpur. About The first, third and fifth editions of Garuda VII were conducted in India in 2003, 2006 and 2014 at Air Force Stations Gwalior, Kalaikunda and Jodhpur, respectively. The second, fourth and sixth […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2/3 4 83 cases under UAPA registered since 2005, Delhi Police tells HC ( Governance/Internal Security) Know about Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA),Aim,Issues and Way Ahead   GS 1 4 Ranthambore fest to be held after considering impact on wildlife: NGT   (Art […]

Mother Tongue Survey of India

In News The Ministry of Home Affairs recently completed the Mother Tongue Survey of India (MTSI) with a field video of the country’s 576 languages. The NIC and the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) will be documenting and preserving the linguistic data of the surveyed mother tongues in audio-video files. What is the MTSI? The […]

India-Russia Bilateral Talks

In News India’s External Affairs Minister recently held wide-ranging talks with his Russian counterpart. More about the news On the Ukraine conflict: Indian Minister stated that the Ukraine conflict was a dominant feature in his discussions with the Russian Foreign Minister. Interdependence of economies: He also stated that the global economy is too interdependent not […]

Age of Consent for Adolescents

In News Recently, the Karnataka High Court (HC) said that the Law Commission of India would have to rethink the age criteria in case of age for consent, to take into consideration the ground realities. Key Points HC’s Stand: The Karnataka HC dismissed a case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, […]

50th CJI & Collegium System

In Context Justice Chandrachud recently said that criticism of the Collegium system must be looked at in a “positive light” and attempts made to improve it.  More about the news 50th CJI: The President of India recently administered the oath of office to the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI) – Justice Chandrachud.  He is […]

Supreme Court’s Verdict on EWS quota

In News  By a majority of 3:2, a five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court has upheld the validity of the Constitution (103rd) Amendment, which came into effect in January 2019.  About 103rd Amendment  The 103rd Amendment, passed by Parliament in 2019, had inserted Articles 15(6) and 16(6) in the Constitution to provide up to 10 […]

Guru Nanak Dev Jayanti

In News The President of India has greeted fellow-citizens on the eve of Guru Nanak Dev Jayanti. About Guru Nanak Jayanti  It is also known as Gurpurab and is the most important festival for the followers of the religion of Sikhism as the birth anniversary of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev. The festival […]