Earth Overshoot Day
Humanity has again used up all biological resources that our planet regenerates during the entire year by July 29, 2021, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Earth…
US hands Bagram Airfield to Afghanistan after nearly 20 years
Nearly 20 years after invading Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and al-Qaida, the U.S. military has vacated its biggest airfield in the country, advancing a final withdrawal that the Pentagon…
Uttarakhand’s 11th Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami took oath as the eleventh chief minister of Uttarakhand in Dehradun on July 4, 2021. Dhami succeeds Garhwal MP Tirath Singh Rawat, who had resigned recently. Dhami,…
India’s oldest running Newspaper
On July 1, India’s oldest running newspaper, Mumbai Samachar, entered its 200th year, after seeing through two pandemics and two world wars. The Gujarati newspaper, with its office located in…
Maana Patel becomes first Indian female swimmer to qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
India’s Maana Patel became the first female and only the third swimmer from the country to punch her Tokyo Olympics 2021 ticket. Patel, a backstroke simmer from Ahmedabad, joins Srihari…
Terrorism and organized crime bill 2015 has successfully progressed in the Gujarat assembly.
The Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GUJCOC) Bill, 2015 was passed by the Gujarat Assembly on 31 March 2015. The bill is a re-worked version of the Gujarat…