Mar 15, 2024 | One-liner Current Affairs for UPSC, State PSCs & other Govt. Exams

Mar 15, 2024

Established by Gandhi on May 25, 1915, upon his return from South Africa. Kochrab Ashram was his first Ashram in India.

The CAA was passed in the Parliament on December 11, 2019 and received assent from the President of India the next day.

In the field of orbital 'Microgravity Research,' IIT Madras is collaborating with Vellon Space, an Indian space start-up, to conduct research in extra-terrestrial manufacturing. As part of the partnership, IIT Madras is providing a Technology Development Fund to Vellon Space for demonstrating its miniature space laboratory, 'AsteriX Lab,' in orbit.

In March, 2024, PM Modi launched the Namo Drone Didi scheme under the Sashakt Nari-Viksit Bharat programme at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. The scheme aims to empower rural women by providing them with agricultural drones and training them to become drone pilots for agricultural purposes.

The V-Dem Institute's Democracy Report 2024 has once again categorized India as an electoral autocracy. The report, titled "Democracy Winning and Losing at the Ballot," highlights India's ongoing autocratization process and its position among the top 10 standalone autocratizers in 2023.

France has announced plans to introduce new legislation that will legalize "aid in dying" for adults facing end-of-life illnesses.