Category: Politics

1. The Central Govt. on 14 Jul (Wednesday) approved an increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) to central govt employees & pensioners from 17% to 28%. The hike will be applicable with effect from 01 July 2021. Read more

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has called for earnest that peace negotiations in order to resolve the Afghan crisis. Presenting the Indian view at the SCO Contact Group Meeting on Afghanistan at Dushanbe. He added that Read more

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. Chinese protest against Dalai Lama’s birthday celebrations (6 July): They displayed banners in protest from across the Indus river, close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC), when Indian villagers were celebrating the birthday of the Dalai Read more

1. The National Education Policy will be implemented from this academic year in institutions of the department of higher education in Karnataka & come into force in the state by 2030. 2. The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), which Read more

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. India has pulled out around 50 diplomats & security personnel (Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel) from its consulate in Kandahar in Afghanistan in view of the deteriorating security situation. 2. US based Twitter company has named Vinay Prakash Read more

1. Ratha Yatra will be held Today, July 12, 2021. The Dwitiya Tithi begins on July 11, 2021, at 7:47, and concludes on July 12, 2021 at 8:19. Lord Jagannath’s Puri Rath Yatra is one of the most revered & Read more

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. After Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams, Sirisha Bandla will become the third Indian-origin woman to fly into space. Sirisha Bandla, a 34-year-old aeronautical engineer, is set to become the third Indian-origin woman to head to space when Read more

1. Fuel prices continue to soar across the country and touched a record high on 10 Jul (Saturday) in the national capital Delhi with petrol retailing at Rs 100.91 per litre and diesel at Rs 89.88 per litre respectively. In Read more

✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman participated virtually in the G20 High-Level Tax Symposium on tax policy and Climate Change on 09 Jul. The Symposium was organised by G20 Italy, ahead of the 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Read more

1. Gujarat to Reopen Schools for Class 12, Colleges from July 15. Students can attend physical classes on a voluntary basis. Attendance will not be mandatory. 2. Haryana to reopen schools for Classes 9 to 12 from July 16. No Read more