1901- December 10: First Nobel Prizes awarded. 1904- U.S. began construction of the Panama Canal 1905- Albert Einstein’s formulation of special relativity 1907- Bakelite, the world’s first fully synthetic plastic, invented in New York by Leo Baekeland, who coins the term “plastics”….
Background On 22 April, Pakistan based terrorist group “The Resistance Front” (TRF) perpetrated a devastating attack in Pahalgam, India. In this attack 26 innocent tourists were killed in cold blood after segregating them based on their religion. TRF is an offshoot of…
The July Revolution, also known as the July Mass Uprising or the Student-People’s Uprising was a pro-democracy mass uprising in Bangladesh in 2024. It began as a quota reform movement in early June 2024, led by the Students Against Discrimination, after the…
1971 3–16 December Third war with Pakistan, culminating in the creation of Bangladesh Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, in Orissa State in India, kills 10,000. 16 December – Victory Day…
The EVM was designed by a team led by A.G. Rao and Ravi Poovaiah, professors at IIT Bombay. The system was developed for the Election Commission of India by state-owned Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL) and Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL). Starting in…
“Lakshmir Bhandar” Scheme is a flagship program launched by the West Bengal Government in February 2021, to provide financial assistance to women from economically weaker sections of society. The acclaimed SKOCH Award in the Women and Child Development category has been bestowed…
More than 968 million voters had registered ahead of India’s 2024 general election, for which voting was held in seven phases between April 19 and June 1 to constitute the 18th Lok Sabha. At the end of the tabulation on June 4…
During his second presidency, United States president Donald Trump enacted a series of steep tariffs affecting nearly all goods imported into the United States. From January to April 2025, the average applied US tariff rate rose from 2.5% to an estimated 27…
By Adhyayan Academy Faculy Two years after World War II, the United Kingdom formally dissolved British India, dividing it into two new nations: the Union of India and Pakistan. Initially by Indian Independence Act 1947, both got independence in August 1947, but…
By mid-2025, Iran and Israel were locked in a war of attrition. Israel conducted targeted airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear, military, and civilian infrastructure. Iran launched multiple missile and drone attacks against Israeli cities, infrastructure, and military sites. The damage was significant on…