David Warner Retires From International Cricket The cricketing world bid farewell to one of its most dynamic players as David Warner officially retired from international cricket. Warner’s illustrious 15-year career with the Australian national team came to an end following Read More …
Month: June 2024
Adjournment motion in Lok Sabha
Context: Opposition is planning adjournment motion in Lok Sabha over the issue of NEET exam issue. About Adjournment: A session of Parliament consists of many meetings. Each meeting of a day consists of two sittings, that is, a morning sitting from Read More …
History of Emergency Imposed by Prime Ministry Indira Gandhi (1975-1977)
Context: The new session of the Lok Sabha (18th) started with an intriguing development when the newly-elected Speaker initiated a motion to condemn the Emergency imposed in 1975. Introduction: In 1975, India experienced its greatest political crisis since independence when Internal Emergency Read More …
Largest Leopard safari opens at Bannerghatta
Context: South India’s first and the country’s largest leopard safari was inaugurated by Karnataka Environment Minister at the Bannerghatta Biological Park. Indian Leopard Indian leopard is a leopard subspecies widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent. A leopard does not have any stripes. Read More …
Mark Rutte Appointed as secretary general of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Context: NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general putting in charge of the world’s biggest security organisation at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine. About NATO: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of Read More …
Current Affairs – 28 June 2024
Smriti Mandhana, The First Indian Woman Cricketer To Score Consecutive Centuries in ODIs Smriti Mandhana became the first Indian woman to record two consecutive ODI hundreds during the second ODI against South Africa at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru Read More …
“ABHYAS” – High Speed Expendable Aerial Target
Context: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under Ministry of Defence has successfully completed the developmental trials of High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) ‘ABHYAS’ with improved booster configuration from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha. 10 developmental trials for the ABHYAS Read More …
Mainland serow
Context: The mainland serow, has been recorded at the lowest elevation beyond Bhutan, its natural home. About mainland serow: It is a mammal that appears somewhere between a goat and an antelope. It is a species of serow native to the Himalayas, Southeast Read More …
Potassium Cyanide
How does potassium cyanide cause sudden death? Potassium cyanide when consumed causes death by gradually arresting the supply of oxygen to our body’s cells by forming complexes with haemoglobin and cytochrome (a protein which helps in the respiration of cells), depriving them of their capacity Read More …
Filling the voids in farms
Context: In the recently formed NDA cabinet under Modi 3.0, Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s appointment to head both the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) and the Ministry of Rural Development is a strategic move. During his tenure, Madhya Pradesh achieved Read More …