Recently Indian Railways has announced a new scheme 'Bharat Gaurav' to tap the vast tourism potential. Introduction: Under the scheme, now there will be a third section for tourism in trains. Till now the railways had a passenger section and a goods section. It’s not...
Recently Group Captain 'Abhinandan Varthaman' was awarded the 'Veer Chakra', which is a wartime gallantry award, by the President of India. 'Gallantry Awards' are announced twice a year - on the occasion of Republic Day and Independence Day. Gallantry Awards in India (History): After independence,...
Recently the Union Minister of Labor and Employment launched the first all India survey on domestic workers. Such a nationwide survey is being conducted for the first time in independent India and will be completed in about a year. Introduction: The main objectives of the survey...
Recently, the President honored cities for their performance in maintaining cleanliness, waste management and overall cleanliness in the sixth edition of Swachh Survekshan 2021. The event was organized during the 'Swachh Amrit Mahotsav' which is a celebration of the achievements of cities in the...
Recently Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) has completed 5 years on November 20, 2021. Earlier it was reported that only 5.4% of the houses sanctioned under PMAY-G have been completed in the period 2020-2021 due to adverse impact of COVID-19. Pradhan Mantri Awas...
The Prime Minister handed over the Advanced Electronic Warfare Suit 'Shakti' to the Indian Navy at a ceremony held as part of the Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv on 19 November 2021. Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv is part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations. ...
Recently a civil society organization- Pratham has been awarded the 'Indira Gandhi Award' for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2021. Pratham is an organization dedicated to improving the quality of education among underprivileged children in India and around the world. Indira Gandhi Award: ...
The Council of the European Space Agency (ESA) has approved a declaration to accelerate the use of space in Europe. Basically the Council adopted a resolution that sets out Europe's strategy in terms of maintaining and expanding its activities in space. In addition, the...
Recently the Union Cabinet has approved Universal Service Obligation Fund/Universal Service Obligation Fund for the provision of 4G based mobile services in untouched villages from aspirational districts of five states- Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Odisha. USOF) scheme has been approved. The Aspirational...
It has been almost 14 months since the agriculture laws were implemented by the central government. These laws are constantly being opposed by a large section of farmers. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the withdrawal of these agricultural laws. He said in his...
