Current Context : Recently, the Central government has appointed Robert Jerard Ravi as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Currently, he is serving as Deputy Director General at DoT and before that he was serving as the Advisor (Consumer Affairs and Qualoty of Services) at the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). He will replace P K Purwar, who served as the CMD of BSNL and MTNL since July 2019.  Read More

Current Context : Gaurav Gogoi, the three term Congress MP from Assam’s Jorhat will continue to be the party’s deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, Additionally, Senior Kerala MP Kodikkunnil Suresh will continue as the party’s chief whip. Gaurav Gogoi is a three-time MP, is the son of three-time Assam CM Tarun Gogoi.Read More

Current Context : Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has broke his own record by winning elections with more than 99% of the vote. ABOUT RWANDA: It is a landlocked country located south of the equator in east-central Africa. It is part of the Great Rift Valley region of Africa. Often referred to as the “land of a thousand hills”, Rwanda’s landscape is mostly hilly and mountainous. It covers an area of 26,338 sq. km. Borders: Rwanda shares a border with the four nations of Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda ,and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Capital: Kigali Languages: Kinyarwanda, French, English Money: Rwandan franc  Read More

Current Context : European Parliament lawmakers re-elected Ursula von der Leyen to a second five-year term as President of the European Union’s executive commission. She was first elected by MEPs in July 2019. Election Method : The vote was held by secret paper ballot. Majority Need : Parliament is currently composed of 719 MEPs, so the necessary majority was 360 votes. ABOUT EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC): It is an executive body of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU. One of the 27 members is the Commission....Read More

Current Context : President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed K P Sharma Oli as the new Prime Minister of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML)-Nepali Congress (NC) coalition. K P Sharma Oli, 72, succeeds Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda who lost the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives, leading to the formation of the new government process as per Article 76 (2) of the Constitution. K P Sharma Oli served as Nepal's Prime Minister from October 11, 2015, to August 3, 2016 and then, from February 5, 2018, to July 13, 2021. ABOUT NEPAL Nepal is a land-locked....Read More

Current Context : Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) Rajinder Khanna was appointed as additional National Security Adviser. While Intelligence Bureau special director V. Ravichandran was appointed as deputy NSA. Rajinder Khanna is a 1978-batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre, served as the R&AW chief from December 2014 to December 2016. ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETRIAT (NSCS) It is the apex body deals on all internal and external security-related matters. It is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with NSA Ajit Doval acting as its secretary.Read More

Current Context : Deputy National Security Advisor Vikram Misri will be the next foreign secretary. ABOUT He was born in Srinagar in 1964, holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the Delhi University’s Hindu College and an MBA from XLRI. He is a 1989-batch Indian Foreign Service officer and will take charge as Foreign Secretary on July 15. He was India’s ambassador to China between 2019 and 2021 and is known to have a good network in the Chinese establishment. He also served as India’s ambassador to Spain (2014-2016) and Myanmar (2016-2018).Read More

Current Context : Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mr. Mark Rutte, has been announced as the new Secretary General of NATO . Mark Rutte will assume his office on 1 October 2024 after the retirement of Jens Stoltenberg. ABOUT NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is a Western military alliance founded during the Cold War between the United States-led Western countries and the Soviet Union-led East European Communist countries. Aim : to stop the Soviet Union and its communist ideology from spreading in Europe. Member Countries : 32 members. Sweden is the 32nd member of NATO, joined on 7 March 2024.....Read More

Current context : Recently, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu took oath as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. It will be the fourth term in the post as a Chief Minister. ABOUT ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh is a state in the southern coastal region of India. It shares borders with Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and the Bay of Bengal. Founded: 1 November 1956 Capital: Amaravati Area : 162,970 km²Read More

Current Context : Recently, government appointed Lt. General Upendra Dwivedi as the new Army Chief of India. Lt Gen Dwivedi will now take over the new appointment from the June 30, 2024, when Gen Pande retires from office. ABOUT : He was born on July 01, 1964, and was commissioned into the Infantry ( Jammu & Kashmir Rifles) of the Army on December 15, 1984. He has served in a variety of Command, Staff, Instructional and Foreign appointments. He also served as Director General Infantry and General Officer Commanding in Chief (Headquarter Northern Command) from 2022-2024.Read More