Varuna Naval Exercise 2019 India and France will conduct their largest ever naval exercise ‘Varuna’ off Goa coast early May. Varuna 2019 India will deploy its aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya with its MiG-29K fighters and French side would be represented …
Sri Lanka’s first satellite ‘Raavana 1’ launched The camera mission of Raavana 1 would be to take pictures of Sri Lanka and its neighbouring countries. Sri Lanka on April 18, 2019 launched its first satellite ‘Raavana-1’ into space from the …
Significance of and Challenges in Lateral Entry The Centre has recently appointed 9 non-governmental professionals selected by the UPSC, under the lateral entry scheme. What is the significance of the move? Globalisation has made the business of governance an increasingly …
World Population 2019 Report The World Population 2019 report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) was released recently. What are the highlights? Population – India’s population in 2019 stands at 1.36 billion, growing from 541.5 million in 1969 and …
Foreign Investment in India India’s foreign exchange reserves rose to a ten-month high of $411.91 billion as of March, 2019. How has the forex reserves been? Forex reserves had hit a high of $426 billion in the week ended April …