Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak on 23 July 1856 in Chikhali, Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra State, India. He was ]an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence activist. Tilak was married to Tapibai ( Née Bal) in 1871, when he was sixteen, a few months before his father’s death (Gangadhar Tilak, who […]
A flag symbolizes a free country and each free nation around the world has its own flag that represents the country to the rest of the world. The Indian Flag of today is one of those flags that are recognized around the world. On 22 July 1947, a few days before the independence (15 August, […]
Cabinet approves continuation of GSLV Programme – Phase 4 On 16th April, 2019, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi sanctioned the continuation of Phase 4 of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) programme. The GSLV Programme – Phase 4 will make it possible to launch 2 ton class of satellites for […]
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday launched the EMISAT satellite alongside 28 different satellites from different countries, including 24 from the US from the Sriharikota launch station at 9:27 am. The mission would observe the ISRO setting payloads in three circles and leading space tests for the 1st time. The EMISAT satellite is […]
Multi-Disciplinary Terror Monitoring Group constituted for J&K On 29th March, 2019, The Government of India established a Multi-Disciplinary Terror Monitoring Group (MDTMG) to enable strong action against terror financing and other terror related activities in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J & K). There will be a group meeting every week and action report […]
Brunei to make gay sex, adultery punishable with death by stoning In recent years, there have been instances of countries liberalizing laws particularly regarding the LGBTQ community. But, on the other hand, a small Southeast Asian nation named Brunei is in news for making gay sex, adultery punishable with death by stoning. Brunei announced the […]
United States of America on March 27, 2019 circulated a draft resolution at the US Security Council (UNSC) to blacklist the head of Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Masood Azhar. Azhar is associated with terrorism for “taking part in the funding, planning, facilitating, getting ready, or perpetrating of works or activities completed by JeM”. The […]
