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Gandhi Mandela Award

In News The 14th Dalai Lama was recently conferred the Gandhi Mandela Award 2022 at Thekchen Choeling in Dharamshala’s McleodGanj by Himachal Pradesh Governor. He has been conferred with the peace prize for the qualities of non-violence and compassion and he has been called a “universal ambassador of peace”. What is the Gandhi Mandela Award? […]

Permacrisis

In News The Collins Dictionary’s word of the year for 2022 is “permacrisis” About Permacrisis ‘Permacrisis’ is a word that describes living in an age of continued upheaval; Collins defines the noun as ‘an extended period of instability and insecurity’. It perfectly embodies the dizzying sense of lurching from one unprecedented event to another, as […]

National Florence Nightingale Awards 2021

In News Recently, the President of India presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards for the year 2021 to the Nursing professionals. About the Award The National Florence Nightingale Awards were instituted in the year 1973 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India . The award is given to outstanding Nursing personnel […]

New Zealand’s Plain Language Act

Context Recently, New Zealand has passed the Plain Language Bill, which requires bureaucrats to use simple, easily understood language while communicating with the public. About With the law, which banishes jargon and complicated English words, New Zealand is aiming to become a more inclusive democracy and help people who speak English as their second language, […]

2022 Booker Prize

In News  Shehan Karunatilaka has won the Booker Prize 2022 for his second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. About  The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida tells the story of a war photographer who has woken up dead in what seems to be a celestial visa office.  He has ‘seven moons’ to try and […]

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

In News The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Ben S Bernanke, the former chair of the US Federal Reserve, and two other academics (Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig)  for research into banks and financial crises. About The work for which Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig are being […]

National Conference on Project Mausam

In News  Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) organised a two-day National Conference on Project Mausam – Jaladhipurayatra. About Project Mausam It was launched in 2014. It is the initiative of the Ministry of Culture and is being administered by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as the nodal agency with research support of the Indira […]

Nobel Peace Prize for 2022

In News  The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been jointly awarded to Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial, and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Centre for Civil Liberties.  The award was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.  About Nobel Peace Prize The Peace Prize laureates represent civil […]

36th National Games

Context Recently, the 36th National Games was inaugurated by the Prime Minister in Gujarat.  36th National Games The National Games, being held after seven years, will witness India’s best athletes compete in. The Official mascot for the 36th National Games is “SAVAJ”. The stance of the Mascot clearly portrays a sportsman’s most prominent personality traits […]

36th National Games

In News  Recently ,Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 36th National Games  in the state of Gujarat. The last edition of the National Games was held in Kerala in 2015. About National Games The genesis of the National Games is in the Olympic movement, which gathered momentum in the country in the 1920’s.  The need […]