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On this Day Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights movement leader was assassinated in 1968. Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in 1975. Robert Downey Jr., an American actor best known for his roles in the movies Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes was born in 1965. Daily Quiz Who will be stepping […]
Headlines of the Day Contrary to widespread claims of a large rise in poverty in both rural and urban India post the Covid-19 pandemic, a new paper authored by former Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya and Vishal More, Founder of New Delhi-based research and consulting organisation Intelink Advisors, has said that rural poverty declined […]
On this Day Harry Truman, the American President signed the Marshall Plan in 1948. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Maratha Empire in India passed away in 1680. Vladimir Lenin appointed Joseph Stalin as the General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party in 1922. Daily Quiz The first-ever International Day of Zero Waste, aimed to […]
Headlines of the Day The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday successfully conducted the ‘Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX)’ at the Aeronautical Test Range of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district. Chile, the country endowed with the most lithium reserves is keen to partner with India […]
On this Day-1st April Gmail was launched by Google in 2004. The Netherlands became the first country to grant equal marriage rights to same-sex couples in 2001. Iran was declared an Islamic Republic marking the end of the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Daily Quiz-1st April Daily Quiz Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is a flagship product […]
Headlines of the Day A fortnight after an investigation that revealed that at least 77 Indian antiquities linked to notorious smuggler Subhash Kapoor who is in a TamilNadu jail are still at the New York-based Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), the New York Supreme Court has issued a search warrant against the museum which promptly […]
On This Day-30th March Dalai Lama escaped China and took political asylum in India in 1959. The USSR invaded Austria in 1945 during the World War II. Celine Dion, a Canadian singer known for the theme song of Titanic was born in 1968. Daily Quiz What is the name of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party […]
Headlines of the Day In a significant ruling, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has upheld the penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore imposed by the competition regulator on Google for its anti-competitive conduct in the Android ecosystem. With the Chinese State Councillor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong listening, National Security Adviser Ajit […]
Thousands of doctors took to the streets in Rajasthan to protest against the Right to Health Bill, hitting healthcare services across the state. The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the country’s largest physician association, has announced its support for the Rajasthan doctors. The Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on […]