The year 2025 started with a release of the government’s first advance estimates of a slowdown in the country’s GDP growth to 6.4% in the FY24 against a projected 7% +. Despite the best efforts of the government to grow at 8-10%, we are stuck at 7% average annual growth for the last three decades…
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) puts the first brick of the superstructure of India’s home in space when it succeeded in coupling two Indian satellites in space, today, under its SpaDeX space program. This success will give a big boost to speed up the race to establish Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) in a decade. Space…
As we say goodbye to 2024, it will be a bit early to pat our backs and label every event in the country as historic, though some landmark performances undoubtedly stood out for their significance and potential to shape the future of India. The year witnessed moments of pain when natural disasters struck in several…
Dr. R K Chadha The Central Government employees pay their homage to the former Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, who passed away on 26 December 2024 at the ripe age of 92 in New Delhi. We all owe him for bringing monumental changes in the Sixth Pay Commission that transformed the lives of…
The youngest World Chess Champion D. Gukesh made a very mature and balanced statement after winning the championship. He said, “Winning the World Chess Championship does not mean I am the best player, obviously that is Magnus Carlsen. I want to reach the level Magnus has achieved.” This speaks volumes about the character and determination…
In Episode #1 of the Adani saga played out in January 2023, a US-based firm, Hindenburg published a report claiming that the Indian conglomerate of Adani Group, led by Gautam Adani, the 3rd richest man in the world has been involved in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme over decades. This report had…
Priyanka Vadra is all set to enter the Parliament after winning the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala vacated by his brother Rahul Gandhi by surpassing his victory record margin of over 3.6 lakhs. While her victory adds to the growth of the family of trio, mother, son and daughter it signals the annihilation of…
Donald Trump is all set to become the 47th President of the United States of America (POTUS) after the US Vice President Kamala Harris conceded defeat in a chaotic and most polarising presidential election fought bitterly in November 2024. Owing to his good chemistry with him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first few…
I woke up to the sad news of yet again a stampede that occurred in the early morning today, the 27th October 2024, injuring nine people at the Bandra Terminus Railway station in Mumbai when passengers tried to board the train heading toward Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Stampedes are manmade disasters that take a heavy toll…
ISRO Chandrayaan-3 Team received the prestigious International Astronautical Federation’s (IAF) World Space Award in a glittering ceremony at the 75th International Astronautical Congress held in Milan, Italy from 14-18 October 2024. This award is in recognition of India’s prowess in space technology that led to the successful soft landing of the Indian mission on the…
