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Are you ready to tackle the UPSC Civil Services Exam in 2025? Let me tell you, it’s a challenging journey! Many aspirants...

As the countdown to the UPSC 2025 Civil Services Exam begins, the stakes have never been higher for aspiring civil servants across...

As the countdown to the UPSC Exam 2025 begins, aspirants across the nation are bracing themselves for one of the toughest examinations...

Becoming a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Punjab Police is an exciting journey filled with challenges and opportunities! If you’re aspiring...

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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam is one of the most challenging and prestigious examinations in India. Every year, lakhs of...

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Exam is one of the most challenging and prestigious exams in India. With the...

In the highly competitive landscape of UPSC exam preparation, staying updated on current affairs is paramount. Aspiring candidates are always on the lookout for...

In 1979, when the present pattern of Civil Services Examination was introduced, at that time essay was not included as a separate compulsory paper...

Amritsar, the holiest city of the Sikhs, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in India. With its colonial architecture and stunning Golden...

In just released UPSC Civil Services Exam Final Result, Miss Shruti Sharma achieved the top position by securing the All-India-First Rank. Here is the complete...

The World Economic Forum announced its new Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in India, which would aim to bring together the government and...

The 20th Livestock Census will be conducted in all districts of the Indian Union in participation with all States and Union Territories. States/UTs have...

Indian Railways organized a programme on Ethics in Public Governance and launched “Mission Satyanishtha” at a event held at National Rail Museum, New Delhi. “Mission...

With a view to improve the standards of technical knowhow and knowledge of engineering professionals who are graduating from various colleges to enable them...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the...

IAS Prelims 2021 also known as Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2021 will be held on 27th May 2021. Last date to apply for this...

National Productivity Council is national level organization to promote productivity culture in India. Established by the Ministry of Industry, Government of India in 1958,...

Eastern Uttar Pradesh is one of the potential areas for export of fresh fruits and vegetables, such as green chillies, okra, bitter guard, green...

To check the smuggling of radioactive material, the Government of India has formulated scheme which is aimed at detection, interception, interdiction, prevention, preparedness and...

The United Nations in Paris, France has launched a year-long campaign to honor the foundational human rights document, which next year marks its 70th...

7th edition of ‘Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival’ was held at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts ( IGNCA), New Delhi. Kathakar is the...

An MoU was signed between Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for facilitating the supply of sand for...

The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) was launched in Manipur. A total of approximately 1.75 lakh households (1.62 lakh rural households and...

The Prime Minister Modi dedicated the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, in New Delhi, to the nation. He had laid the foundation stone of this...

Mr. Sunil Kumar Chourasia, IOFS, has been appointed as the new Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and Chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board...

The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu delivered the 19th Convocational address at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, in Kanpur. Chandra...

The National Milk Day (NMD) was observed on 26 November is to mark birth anniversary Dr.Verghese Kurien, father of the White Revolution in India. Since...

Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers Ananth Kumar announced that Government will make revised quality standards for Caustic Soda mandatory for both domestic manufacturers...

In continuance to the revered tradition of the Army Ordnance Corps, a ‘Trekking Expedition to Traill’s Pass’ was organized by AOC Centre, Secunderabad, under...

The WorldSkills Competition occurs every two years and is the biggest vocational education and skills excellence event in the world that truly reflects global...

The 10th Wage Agreement of Coal Workers was finalised recently. Wage Agreement of the employees has been due from 1 July 2016. The negotiation...

With the aim to reduce use of paper and give a boost to digital initiatives of the Government and to promote a contemporary and...

The Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi inaugurated the 3rd annual ‘Women of India Organic Festival’ at Dilli Haat (INA). The...

Tech giant Google has added voice search capability for eight additional Indian languages including Bengali, Malayalam and Tamil. Currently, voice search feature is available in...

The CA Institute recently constituted a 'Digital Accounting and Assurance Board' to foster a cohesive global strategy on aspects related to digital accounting and...

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) have been holding annual Conferences of senior officers...

The International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower" is the parade of the best military music bands of Russia and other countries that takes place...

e-Shakti is a pilot project of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for digitisation of Self Help Groups (SHGs). It was initiated to...

The Government established Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) as a Society in 1994 to facilitate agri-business ventures by catalyzing private investment through Venture Capital...

The Revised Accreditation Framework which became operational in July 2017, is ICT enabled, objective, transparent, scalable and robust. The new framework is a subtle combination...

The Central Government has set up four Research Councils, namely Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for Research in Unani...

The India Convention Promotion Bureau (ICPB) has been set up under the patronage of the Ministry of Tourism to promote India as a venue...

A National Medical and Wellness Tourism Board has been constituted to provide a dedicated institutional framework to take forward the cause of promotion of...

Electricity generated by central sector generating stations is allocated to the beneficiary States and Union Territories in the electricity region by the Ministry of...

The Central Government complements/supplements the efforts of the State Governments. Under the revamped Khelo India proposal, there is an exclusive component called “Promotion of...

Ministry of Mines has amended the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Act, 1957 through the MMDR Amendment Act, 2015, one of the...

Government is expanding health infrastructure and human resources, besides bringing in new interventions to increase the accessibility to health services. The details of steps taken...

The Government has taken the following initiatives to reduce the debt burden of farmers: With a view to ensuring availability of agriculture credit at a...

Government has initiated Rashtriya Gokul Mission with the aim of development and conservation of indigenous breeds and National Mission on Bovine Productivity for enhancing...

An autonomous Research Council, namely, Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) is working under the Ministry of AYUSH as the apex...

As per National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), survey conducted during 2011-12 on Household Consumer Expenditure, percentages of monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) on education...

USA has designated Hizbul Mujahideen — also known as Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, also known as HM — as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. It has also imposed sanctions on this Pakistan-based...

The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an autonomous body under the Ministry of AYUSH is conducting the various research oriented health...

Building on the overwhelming success of Textiles India 2017, Ministry of Textiles has set up institutional mechanisms to synergize efforts of the Ministry of...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) was established in 1956 under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)...

The Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh released a book titled ‘Vande Mataram’. The book traces the journey of ‘Vande Mataram’ since the time of...

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has taken a number of legislative initiatives in labour laws during the last 3 years. Such initiatives include: Amendment...

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is implementing the 2nd  round of National Deworming Day (NDD) 2017 on 10th August in 33 States/UTs followed by...

India in 2017 commemorated the 75th year of 'August Kranti' or 'Quit India Movement'. In the history of our freedom movement, the 9th August movement has...

The Government has decided to commemorate centenary of Champaran Satyagraha during April 2017 to April 2018. A National Implementation Committee (NIC) has been constituted under...

The Central Government has established National Institute of Ayurveda at Jaipur which offers undergraduate and postgraduate and fellowship programme. Further, the Government has also established...

Ministry of AYUSH has set-up two autonomous organisations namely, Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) and Morarji Desai National Institute of...

Ministry of AYUSH has set-up four autonomous Research Councils, namely, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy...

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India has constituted a National Steering Committee to initiate a National Programme on “Scientific Validation...

The current sanctioned strength of IAS and IPS as on 01.01.2017 is detailed below:   Sl No. Cadre   IAS IPS Total Authorized Strength 1 Andhra Pradesh 211 144 2 AGMUT 337 295 3 Assam-Meghalaya 263 138 4 Bihar 342 231 5 Chhattisgarh 193 103 6 Gujarat 297 195 7 Haryana 205 137 8 Himachal Pradesh 147 94 9 Jammu & Kashmir 137 147 10 Jharkhand 215 149 11 Karnataka 314 215 12 Kerala 231 172 13 Madhya Pradesh 439 305 14 Maharashtra 361 302 15 Manipur 115 89 16 Nagaland 94 70 17 Odisha 237 188 18 Punjab 221 172 19 Rajasthan 313 215 20 Sikkim 48 32 21 Tamil Nadu 376 263 22 Telangana 208 139 23 Tripura 96 65 24 Uttarakhand 120 69 25 Uttar Pradesh 621 517 26 West...

The Minister of Communications Manoj Sinha said that for provision of seamless services including advanced facilities like 4G, 5G and Internet of Things (IoT),...

The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari has released the book ‘Empowering the Marginalized’ authored by Deepak Dwivedi. The Vice President said that empowering...

Union Public Service Commission on 27 July 2017 has declared the result of Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2017. This IAS Prelims 2017 exam was...

The Government has established Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy under the Ministry of AYUSH. Prime mandate of the Pharmacopoeia Commission is to...

The Minister of Women & Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched an online complaint management system titled Sexual Harassment electronic–Box (SHe-Box) for registering...

The Union Ministry of Rural Development launched Aarambh mobile app for performance based maintenance contracting and community contracting for maintenance of rural roads. Aarambh mobile...

India has ratified six out of the eight core/fundamental International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions. These are the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), Abolition...

India has become the largest user of facebook in world. India has overtaken USA recently with 241 million active users beating USA's 240 million...

The Ministry of AYUSH has established the following three organizations for the development of Yoga and Naturopathy and also for providing treatment through Yoga...

Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan in a written reply in Lok Sabha informed...

In order to promote ship building and ship-repair industry in India, the government has formulated a policy of financial assistance for shipbuilding for a...

Government of India (GoI), Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has granted 'in principle' approval for setting up of 18 Greenfield Airports in the country. The...

The President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 200th anniversary celebrations of the Paika Rebellion of Odisha on July 20, 2017 in New Delhi. The...

The Government of India is expanding ties with small countries and island nations based on its assessment of various relevant factors. The opening of...

There are 91 Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) and 55 Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) working as on 15 July, 2017. There are 38 Passport...

Total Sixteen number of National Highway Projects have been awarded on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) model in Karnataka. Thirteen number of National...

National Bamboo Mission renamed as National Agro-Forestry & Bamboo Mission (NABM) is being implemented as per the set objectives and targets of the Mission. As...

University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that the new qualifying criteria for declaration of result for UGC NET Examination is as follows: Top 6% of...

WHO's Model list of essential medicines for 2017 has been released. It contains new advice on which antibiotics to use for common infections and...

The Indian cooperative movement has sustained itself as one of the biggest cooperative movements in the world. The reach of cooperative in India is...

President of India Pranab Mukherjee dedicated the BML Munjal University to the nation. The event was conducted at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. BML Munjal...

The Defence Minister Arun Jaitley released a Book titled ‘Ganga Avahan – The Epic Tale of a Historic Swim’. The ‘Ganga Avahan’ was a pioneering...

As per the Third Advance Estimates food grain production in the country has increased to 273 MT in 2016-17, oil seeds to 32.5 MT,...

Union Finance Minister launched a new tax payer service module ‘Aaykar Setu’. This e-initiative would help in reducing physical interface between assesses and tax assessing...

The Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mr. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurated the first Gharib Nawaz Skill Development Centre at Vijayanagar Colony in Hyderabad. In this Skill...

Agricultural mechanisation is one of the important factors for sustainable development of the agricultural sector which helps in increasing production through agricultural works, reducing...

Indian Prime Narendra Modi formally inaugurated TransStadia in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The multi-purpose sports complex hosts a 20-000 seater state-of-the-art football stadium, the first of its...

The President of India Pranab Mukherjee attended the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of Professor P.C. Mahalanobis in Kolkata. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was an Indian scientist and applied...

New ransomware virus with name "GoldenEye" or "Petya" has striked the world. Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents or limits users from accessing...

Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Krishna Chaudhary flagged-in the first Mount Dhaulagiri-1 (8167 Mtr) International Mountaineering...

Islamic State group militants have blown up Mosul’s iconic al-Nuri mosque (In Iraq) and its famous leaning minaret. The Great Mosque was named after Nur...