In case, Parliament has passed a law on a subject mentioned in the Concurrent list subsequent to the State passing a law on that subject, then the law passed by the Parliament prevails. On the other hand, if a State passes a law on that subject subsequent to a law passed by the Parliament, and …
After India gained independence in 1947, it requested the Portuguese to cede their territories. However, Portuguese refused. In 1961, Indian Government launched Operation Vijay and annexed Daman and Diu islands and Goa. An opinion poll, known as the Goa Status Referendum, was conducted in 1967. People voted in favour of Goa becoming a Union territory …
Cyclone Remal’s landfall has affected the coastal areas in West Bengal and Bangladesh near the southwest of Mongla. It was named by Oman as per the standard convention of naming tropical cyclones in the region. Remal in Arabic means ‘sand’. Cyclone Remal is the first pre-monsoon cyclone in the Bay of Bengal this season. …
This day commemorates the first successful ascent of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal in 1953. This day was established in 2008, the year when Edmund Hillary died. Mount Everest is situated within the Mahalangur Himal sub-range, which is a prominent section of the Himalayas. The China-Nepal …