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RBI hikes repo rate by 50 bps to 5.90%; home, car loans to be impacted Context Last week, the rupee weakened against the dollar past the 81-mark to a record low. In recent months, the depositor…

PFI Banned In India: Strings Of Bloody Conspiracy Of PFI The Union Home Ministry has declared the popular Front of India (PFI) and its front organizations as an "unlawful association" …

GOI appoints Lt Gen Anil Chauhan as the new Chief of Defence Staff The government of India has announced the appointment of Lt General Anil Chauhan (Retired) as the next Chief of Defence Staff …

Rupee Slips To Record Low AT 81.67, Markets Destabilize The rupee plunged 58 paise to close at an all-time low of 81.67 against the US dollar as the strengthening of the American currency overs…

Sittanavasal, a Jain heritage site in Tamil Nadu, battles the elements The Sittanavasal Rock Cave Temple, a major centre of Jain influence for 1,000 years just before the Christian era, is in n…

Maharaja Hari Singh The Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to declare Maharaja Hari Singh’s birth anniversary a public holiday.  The announcement was made by lieutenant governor Manoj…

Why our Urban Centers Need to be better Planned Context Indian urban centres need to plan for migration, climate change. Healthcare, affordable housing, sustainability and inclusion hold the ke…

Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov passed away at the age of 80 Russian Cosmonaut Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov, who holds the record for the longest spaceflight, has passed away at the age of 80. Accor…

India’s first successful full-arm transplant performed in Kerala hospital India’s first full arm transplant was performed at the Kerala-based Amrita Hospital. 20 surgeons, 10 anesthetists, and …

PM CARES Fund: Govt appoints Industrialist Ratan Tata as Trustee According to the prime minister’s office, Veteran businessman ratan Tata, former Supreme Court judge KT Thomas, and former deput…

Context According to the accord reached within the sixteenth spherical of India China Corps Commander Level Meeting, the Indian and Chinese troops within the space of Gogra-Hotsprings (PP-15) ha…

What unique name can be given to promote No Bag Day on Saturday for school children? Introduction  School authorities should prepare a information for such activities. This step will definitely…

Varanasi nominated as first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2022-2023 Varanasi city has been nominated as the first cultural and tourism capital during 2022-2023 at the 22nd meeting o…

Scheduled Caste quota For dalit Muslims and Christians The Centre is probably going to before long choose fitting a national commission to review the social, economic and academic standing of Da…

Zoological Park in Darjeeling recognised as best zoo The Padmaja Naidu chain of mountains Zoological Park (PNHZP) in West Bengal’s Darjeeling has been adjudged the simplest menagerie within the…

Big Cat We often get confused to differentiate between Cheetah/Bagh/Sher/Puli. The Acinonyx jubatus, that is being re-introduced to Republic of India from Africa, isn't to be confused with…

SCO summit 2022 PM Modi directly Tells Putin that this is not an era of War Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, which is set …

India Becomes Power Surplus Nation The country has become power surplus, we have connected the whole country into one grid, and strengthened the distribution system.  These steps have increase…

Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Clashes Again Fresh clashes broke out  between Armenia and Azerbaijan, with each side reporting casualties and blaming the other for the violence. Armenia said Azerba…

What is India Foreign policy? Intro  Forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan is leading India to multi alignment. Background India's journey of …

Uttarakhand Panel Seeks inputs on UCC  The expert committee formed by the Uttarakhand government to examine ways for the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has launched a website, seek…