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Global Bribery Risk Rankings

In News India stands at 82 in global bribery risk rankings, dips by five spots. Major Highlights Image: The Tribune Rankings: India has slipped to 82nd position in 2021, five places down from 77th rank last year, in a global list that measures business bribery risks. TRACE: The list by TRACE, an anti-bribery standard setting […]

World Record by BRO for Chisumle to Demchok Tarmac Road

In News BRO feat recognised by Guinness World Records for constructing and black topping the world’s highest motorable road at 19,024 feet at Umlingla Pass in Ladakh. About The 52-kilometre long Chisumle to Demchok tarmac road passes through the 19,024 feet high Umlingla Pass and betters the previous record of a road in Bolivia, which […]

UNESCO’s Network of Creative Cities

In News The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated Srinagar as a part of UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN). Highlights of the News 295 across the globe: UNESCO designated 49 other cities too as a part of the creative cities network. With this, the total number of creative cities in the […]

Dada Phalke Award

In News  Recently, the Actor Rajinikanth has conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at a National Film Awards ceremony by the Vice-President of India. About Dada Phalke Award Beginning: The Government of India started it in 1969 to commemorate Dadasaheb Phalke, known as the ‘Father of Indian Cinema’. He made India’s first full-length feature film Raja […]