Current Affairs
December 4 , 2019
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu launches Bharatiya POSHAN Anthem
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has stressed on the need to focus on ensuring good quality, easily accessible and affordable maternal healthcare services for all women. Launching the Bharatiya POSHAN Anthem in New Delhi. people’s participation is essential to ensure holistic development and adequate nutrition for pregnant women, mothers and childre...
December 3 , 2019
Defence Minister addresses Armed Forces Flag Day-CSR Conclave
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has expressed confidence that the corporate sector will contribute generously for the welfare of ex-servicemen. Addressing the Armed Forces Flag Day-CSR Conclave in New Delhi, Mr Singh said he is confident that the corporate sector and wealth creators in the country will contribute to the corpus of the Department of E...
December 2 , 2019
India becomes first country to make entire Haj process digital
India has become the first country to make the entire process for pilgrims going on Haj completely digital. Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi signing the bilateral agreement for next year's pilgrimage with the Saudi Haj Minister in Jeddah. 0nline application, e-visa, Haj mobile app, 'e-MASIHA' health facility, "e-luggage pre-tagging" p...
November 30 , 2019
Govt Extends Deadline on Mandatory FASTag Implementation To 15 December
The central government extended the deadline to roll out 100 percent electronic toll collection using FASTags on national highways from 1 December to 15 December 2019. That the extension was made to allow citizens more time to adhere to the new regulations. It has now been decided that charging of double user fee from vehicles which enter FASTag la...
November 29 , 2019
G Kishan Reddy inaugurates 1st Intl. Conference on “Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience"
Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy inaugurated the 1st International Conference on “Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience" in New Delhi. Addressing the Conference, Mr Reddy called for developing technology to anticipate disasters like landslides and develop infrastructure to quickly respond to minimise the damage. That landslides...
November 28 , 2019
Cabinet approves extension to 15th Finance Commission for one year
The union cabinet extended to the term of the Fifteenth Finance Commission by a year, asking it to submit an interim report for fiscal year 2020-21 and a full report for fiscal years 2021-22 to 2025-26—a decision apparently taken to factor in Jammu and Kashmir’s new status. The extension of the term will enable the Commission to examine various com...
November 27 , 2019
Lokpal logo, motto released
Anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal released its logo and motto While the logo symbolises ‘caretaker of people’ and depicts its various essence figuratively in shapes — such as judges bench for ombudsman, three human figures for people, Ashok Chakra for vigilance, orange book for law and two tricolor hands forming a unique balance, the motto in Sanskr...
November 26 , 2019
Government Launches Portal for Subsidy Scheme Under PMAY
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched Credit Link Subsidy Scheme Awas Portal through which people seeking to avail housing subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban will be able to track their applications. Under CLSS, the Centre provides interest subsidy of up to around Rs 2.67 lakh on home loans to individuals, which reduces the pri...
November 25 , 2019
India to host SCO forum of Young Scientists and Innovators next year
The 5th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States Heads of Ministries and Departments of Science and Technology and Permanent Working Group on S&T Cooperation concluded in Moscow, Russia. India will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Forum of Young Scientists and Innovators in 2020, a proposal it had mooted in t...
November 23 , 2019
Jal Shakti Minister releases short documentary film on Water Conservation named 'SHIKHAR SE PUKAR'
Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat released a short documentary film on Water Conservation named 'SHIKHAR SE PUKAR' in New Delhi. The film has been made to promote 'Jalshakti Abhiyan' and is based on the Journey of an IAS Officer Ravindra Kumar, who climbed Everest this year to attract the attention of people from top of the Eve...