Author: Anuska Bagchi
It has been over a month since Mizoram was declared India’s first fully literate state. With a literacy rate of 98.2%, Mizoram surpassed the Ministry of Education’s 95% benchmark under the ULLAS initiative very quickly.
The Indian government has issued a stern directive to all Union Ministers to clear files pending in their offices for over two months.
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made a compelling case for regional stability and counterterrorism at the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Washington DC.
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, will soon be celebrating his 90th birthday. The attention however is on something else. There has been talks of the Dalai Lama potentially announcing his successor, a decision of profound spiritual and geopolitical importance, before he celebrates.
In light of the recent conflicts in the Middle East, India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (or DRDO) is now modifying the Agni 5 missile. The original Agni 5 is a nuclear-capable missile with a range exceeding 5,000 km, is being reconfigured into two new variants.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is gearing up to embark on his longest foreign expedition in a decade.
The Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai inaugurated the one of a kind Constitution Preamble Park at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar School of Law, celebrating the nation’s solidarity under one constitution.
1989 batch IPS officer from the Punjab cadre, Parag Jain, has been appointed the new chief of the Research and Analysis Wing India’s external intelligence agency.
39 year old Indian Air Force pilot, Captain Shubhanshu Shukla creates history as the first Indian to set foot on the International Space Station during the Axiom 4 mission. Launched on June 25 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, aptly named Grace.
NATO’s 32 allied nations voted to more than double their defense spending target from 2% to 5% at the NATO summit in the Hague. The influence behind the decision happens to be President Donald Trump’s persistent calls for greater burden sharing for collective defense amid rising geopolitical tension.