August 2022

65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference being held in Halifax, Canada

65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference being held in Halifax, Canada

An Indian Parliamentary delegation led by Om Birla will be attending the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference scheduled to be held in Halifax, Canada from August 20-26. The Conference will also be attended by 23 Presiding Officers and 16 Secretaries from State Legislatures in India who are also members of the CPA.  Om Birla will participate as a panellist in Workshop ‘C’ […]

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IAF contingent to participate in Exercise Pitch Black in Australia

IAF contingent to participate in Exercise Pitch Black in Australia

An Indian Air Force contingent has reached Australia to participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2022. The exercise is being held in Darwin till the 8th of next month. This is a biennial, multi-national exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force. The Indian Air Force contingent comprises over 100 air warriors, deployed with four Su-30 MKI fighters and two C-17 aircraft. They

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UPSC Daily Important Topic

Financial Assistance of India to Palestine: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 21 August 2022

Financial Assistance of India to Palestine ✓India has so far extended budgetary and project support of US$ 60 million to Palestine.  During the visit of President Abbas to India in the year 2008, India announced a grant of US$ 10 million as budgetary support and this was transferred to Palestine in March 2009.During the visit

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Cabinet approves interest subvention of 1.5%p.a. on agriculture loan

Cabinet approves interest subvention of 1.5%p.a. on agriculture loan

Cabinet has approved interest subvention of 1.5% on short term agriculture loan upto 3 lakh rupees. This increase in Interest Subvention support requires additional budgetary provisions of 34,856 crore rupees for the period of 2022-23 to 2024-25 under the scheme. Aim: To ensure the sustainability of credit flow in the agriculture sector as well as ensure financial health.

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Delhi High Court appoints 3-member committee to manage IOA affairs

Delhi High Court appoints 3-member committee to manage IOA affairs

The Delhi High Court has passed an order to constitute a 3-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) to run daily affairs of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Agenda: To prepare the new constitution of IOA as per the Sports Code and the court rulings, and prepare the electoral roll in order to hold fresh elections. The CoA will be assisted by three sportspersons — Abhinav

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