With the Modi government fastening up plans to take the growth and development of India up to the desired levels by 2025, it has identified the country’s priorities as enumerated 1. Economic Growth: The Government has firmed up plans for a growth rate of 6.5% to 7% of the GDP in fiscal year while remaining wary of infra spending and policy reforms that help boost the economy. 2. Controlling Inflation: In this budget, the efforts made have been in controlling inflation especially on the essentials so that the economy will be stabilized, and consumer interest is protected. 3. Employment Generation:…
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The country has recently banned the sales of Apple’s iPhone 16 and Google’s Pixel smartphone since they were not compliant with the local content regulations. It requires that at least 40 percent of the components in a smartphone should be sourced locally. This is aimed at boosting local manufacturing besides attracting foreign investment. The Case of Apple and Google Apple did not hit the threshold with its investment in Indonesia. The report said the firm invested roughly 1.48 trillion rupiah or around $95 million. A minimum was pegged at 1.71 trillion rupiah, which sums to approximately $109.6 million. Following the…
Defense exports from India have faced a tremendous transformation in the past decade. With this growth, self-reliance about defense production along with increasing footprints can be seen globally in defense markets. Very recently, it was announced that Defense Minister Rajnath Singh reported that India has crossed its record of defense exports by ₹21,000 crores in FY 2023-24, setting a new record in defense manufacturing in India. Growth in Defense Exports Indian defense exports have multiplied tenfold-from about ₹2,000 crore ten years ago to ₹21,083 crore in the last fiscal year. Such exponential growth is an upward curve, 31 times the…
The Indian Space Research Organisation will ring in the New Year 2024 with a bang-the SpaDeX, an in-orbit space docking experiment scheduled on December 30, 2024. This will depict country capability for autonomous in-orbit docking-a complex procedure where two spacecraft rendezvous and physically connect while orbiting Earth. Mission SpaDeX Overview Launch Details: SpaDeX will launch on 30 December 2024 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota at 21:58 IST onboard Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C60. Orbit Configuration: It would have two satellites, “Chaser” SDX01 and “Target” SDX02, weighing 220 kg each. These would be put in orbits little differing from each…
China has approved the construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, called the Brahmaputra in India. The ambitious project, estimated to cost $137 billion, will be larger than the capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydropower facility. Project Overview It will be on the lower stretch of Yarlung Tsangpo River, close to Great Bend where the river performs an acute U turn, approaching India. At that site, a tremendous height fall is about 2,000 meters along the river over a length of about 50 kilometers; so it will give excellent…
Ken-Betwa River Linking Project is one of the biggest initiatives taken up by the Indian government especially relating to the scarcity issues about water in the Bundelkhand region in both Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation of this project is one vital step toward the initiation of this ambitious plan. Outline of the Project The Ken-Betwa River Linking Project is the first interlinking of rivers under the National Perspective Plan (NPP) of India. It aims to transfer surplus water from the Ken River in Madhya Pradesh to the Betwa River in Uttar Pradesh for…
NISAR is a collaborative mission between ISRO and NASA. It will launch in March 2025. It is going to be the most ambitious mission under collaboration that provides state-of-the-art data to monitor diverse applications: monitoring of climate change and natural hazards as well as managing resources related to our nature. Below is a proper explanation of what NISAR is What is NISAR? NISAR is the abbreviation for NASA – ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar. In fact, it shall be the first of its kind radar imaging satellite. Using a dual-frequency radar technology, this satellite will create images of the Earth’s surface,…
The Kumbh Mela 2025, also known as the Maha Kumbh, is the largest spiritual congregation in the world, which will be held in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh, India. It will be held from January 13 to March 8, 2025, and millions of pilgrims, saints, and tourists from all over the world will visit the sacred confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers.This is once in 12 years that has religious and cultural values for the Hindus. For the devotees, bathing in the river during auspicious days of Kumbh Mela cleans off sins and leads to freedom (moksha). Weather…
The introduction of a four-day workweek for public employees in Japan from April 2025 marks a very bold step the country is taking in its approach to a long-standing demographic challenge: its declining fertility rate. A birth rate record low of 1.2 children per woman in 2023, well below the replacement level of 2.1, has positioned Japan for a shrinking population and an aging society. This places immense pressure on its economy and social systems. Tokyo, the country’s capital city, enjoys a low fertility rate at 0.99. Alarming trends have prompted policymakers to consider innovative approaches to promote work-life balance,…
The case against working president of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), former Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development of Telangana K.T. Rama Rao (KTR), has been of a presumed financial scam seen in conducting the Formula E race organized in February 2023 at Hyderabad. It points to unaccounted payments and procedural impropriety while KTR was in position. Background of the Formula E Race The Formula E racing event was an international event held in Hyderabad to put the city on the global map. This was the first time that India was hosting the electric car racing series. It was supposed…
