Shocking Truth: Only 10% of Aspirants Read the Right Books for...
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Important Topics for UPSC Prelims 2025 exam
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UPSC Exam 2025: Are You Ready for the Biggest Challenge Yet?
As the countdown to the UPSC 2025 Civil Services Exam begins, the stakes have never been higher for aspiring civil servants across...
UPSC Exam 2025: Challenge That Could Shape the Future of India’s...
As the countdown to the UPSC Exam 2025 begins, aspirants across the nation are bracing themselves for one of the toughest examinations...
How to become DSP in Punjab Police?
Becoming a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Punjab Police is an exciting journey filled with challenges and opportunities! If you’re aspiring...
Which is the best coaching institute for Punjab PCS Exam?
Absolutely! Choosing the best coaching institute for the Punjab PCS Exam can be overwhelming, but don’t worry—there are some great options out...
How to get October 2025 Current Affairs Magazine PDF?
Absolutely! Finding reliable and up-to-date current affairs resources for the UPSC exam can feel overwhelming at times, especially with so much material...
UPSC 2025 Syllabus Breakdown: What to Study for Each Stage
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam is one of the most challenging and prestigious examinations in India. Every year, lakhs of...
Top 10 Preparation Strategies for UPSC 2025 Aspirants
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Exam is one of the most challenging and prestigious exams in India. With the...
Current Affairs for UPSC PDF Free Download
In the highly competitive landscape of UPSC exam preparation, staying updated on current affairs is paramount. Aspiring candidates are always on the lookout for...
Essay Writing in UPSC Civil Services Exam 2023
In 1979, when the present pattern of Civil Services Examination was introduced, at that time essay was not included as a separate compulsory paper...
Best Hotels For Tourists in Amritsar
Amritsar, the holiest city of the Sikhs, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in India. With its colonial architecture and stunning Golden...
Shruti Sharma IAS Topper 2022: Full Details and Story
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...
Centre for The Fourth Industrial Revolution
The World Economic Forum announced its new Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in India, which would aim to bring together the government and...
20th Livestock Census
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...
Mission Satyanishtha: Complete Details
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...
Initiatives to Improve Knowledge of Engineers
With a view to improve the standards of technical knowhow and knowledge of engineering professionals who are graduating from various colleges to enable them...
General Data Protection Regulation
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 Preparation
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 of India
National Productivity Council is national level organization to promote productivity culture in India. Established by the Ministry of Industry, Government of India in 1958,...
Shipment of Green Chillies by Air Starts in India
Eastern Uttar Pradesh is one of the potential areas for export of fresh fruits and vegetables, such as green chillies, okra, bitter guard, green...
Counter Nuclear Smuggling Team of India
To check the smuggling of radioactive material, the Government of India has formulated scheme which is aimed at detection, interception, interdiction, prevention, preparedness and...
70th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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...
Storytelling Festival ‘Kathakar’ in News
7th edition of ‘Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival’ was held at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts ( IGNCA), New Delhi.
Kathakar is the...
Supply of Sand from South-East Asia to India
An MoU was signed between Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for facilitating the supply of sand for...
SAUBHAGYA Scheme Launched in Manipur State
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...
Dr. Ambedkar International Centre Launched
The Prime Minister Modi dedicated the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, in New Delhi, to the nation. He had laid the foundation stone of this...
New Chairman of Ordnance Factory Board
Mr. Sunil Kumar Chourasia, IOFS, has been appointed as the new Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and Chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board...
Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology
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...
National Milk Day Observed
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...
Government Makes Standards For Caustic Soda Mandatory
Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers Ananth Kumar announced that Government will make revised quality standards for Caustic Soda mandatory for both domestic manufacturers...
‘Traill’s Pass’ in News
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...
World Skills Competition
The WorldSkills Competition occurs every two years and is the biggest vocational education and skills excellence event in the world that truly reflects global...
Wage Agreement of Coal Workers
The 10th Wage Agreement of Coal Workers was finalised recently. Wage Agreement of the employees has been due from 1 July 2016. The negotiation...
Government Launches E-Greetings
With the aim to reduce use of paper and give a boost to digital initiatives of the Government and to promote a contemporary and...
‘Women of India Organic Festival’ in News
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...
Google Adds 8 Local Tongues in Search
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...
Digital Accounting and Assurance Board
The CA Institute recently constituted a 'Digital Accounting and Assurance Board' to foster a cohesive global strategy on aspects related to digital accounting and...
Rajaswa Gyan Sangam
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) have been holding annual Conferences of senior officers...
International Military Music Festival
The International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower" is the parade of the best military music bands of Russia and other countries that takes place...
Pilot Project “e-Shakti” in News
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...
Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium
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...
Revised Accreditation Framework of NAAC
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...
Ayurvedic Drugs Developed by Indian Councils
The Central Government has set up four Research Councils, namely Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for Research in Unani...
India Convention Promotion Bureau
The India Convention Promotion Bureau (ICPB) has been set up under the patronage of the Ministry of Tourism to promote India as a venue...
National Medical and Wellness Tourism Board
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 Distribution and Tariff Rates
Electricity generated by central sector generating stations is allocated to the beneficiary States and Union Territories in the electricity region by the Ministry of...
Indigenous Sports Disciplines in India
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...
Payment of Mineral Royalty to Districts
Ministry of Mines has amended the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Act, 1957 through the MMDR Amendment Act, 2015, one of the...
Steps Taken To Check Increase in Population
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...
Steps Taken to Reduce the Debt Burden of Farmers
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...
Steps Taken for Development of Cattle Population
Government has initiated Rashtriya Gokul Mission with the aim of development and conservation of indigenous breeds and National Mission on Bovine Productivity for enhancing...
Research Institutes in Yoga and Naturopathy
An autonomous Research Council, namely, Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) is working under the Ministry of AYUSH as the apex...
Per Capita Expenditure on Education in India
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 Declares Hizb-ul-Mujahideen as Terrorist Group
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...
Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences
The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an autonomous body under the Ministry of AYUSH is conducting the various research oriented health...
Institutional Mechanism for Textiles Sector
Building on the overwhelming success of Textiles India 2017, Ministry of Textiles has set up institutional mechanisms to synergize efforts of the Ministry of...
Regulation of Higher Education in India
The University Grants Commission (UGC) was established in 1956 under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)...
Book Titled ‘Vande Mataram’ Released
The Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh released a book titled ‘Vande Mataram’. The book traces the journey of ‘Vande Mataram’ since the time of...
Latest Labour Laws Reforms in India
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...
2nd Round of National Deworming Initiative
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...
75th anniversary of Quit India Movement
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...
Champaran Satyagrah Centenary Anniversary
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...
Two New Institutes of Ayurveda Established
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...
Extra Mural Research Scheme in News
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...
Autonomous Research Councils in AYUSH
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...
Programme on Scientific Research on Panchgavya
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India has constituted a National Steering Committee to initiate a National Programme on “Scientific Validation...
Sanctioned Posts of IAS / IPS Officers
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...
Radiation from Mobile Phones and Its Towers
The Minister of Communications Manoj Sinha said that for provision of seamless services including advanced facilities like 4G, 5G and Internet of Things (IoT),...
Book ‘Empowering the Marginalized’
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...
UPSC Civil Services Prelims Result Declared
Union Public Service Commission on 27 July 2017 has declared the result of Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2017. This IAS Prelims 2017 exam was...
Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy
The Government has established Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy under the Ministry of AYUSH. Prime mandate of the Pharmacopoeia Commission is to...
‘SHe-Box’ Launched for Sexual Harassment Complaints
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...
Mobile App ‘Aarambh’ Launched For Road Maintenance
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...
Conventions That India Has Not Ratified
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 Becomes Largest User of Facebook
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...
Main Organizations for Yoga and Naturopathy
The Ministry of AYUSH has established the following three organizations for the development of Yoga and Naturopathy and also for providing treatment through Yoga...
Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal Issue in Parliament
Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan in a written reply in Lok Sabha informed...
List of Ship-Repairing Facilities in India
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...
18 New Greenfield Airports in India
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...
Paika Rebellion of Odisha in News
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...
Countries Where India Don’t Have Resident Mission
The Government of India is expanding ties with small countries and island nations based on its assessment of various relevant factors. The opening of...
Latest Information on Passport Seva Kendras
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...
DBFOT Model of Investment in Infrastructure
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
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...
UGC NET Examination: New Qualifying Criteria
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 Model List of Essential Medicines Released
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...
Cooperatives in India: Latest Information
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 Dedicates New University to Nation
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...
Book ‘Ganga Avahan-The Epic Tale of a Historic Swim’
The Defence Minister Arun Jaitley released a Book titled ‘Ganga Avahan – The Epic Tale of a Historic Swim’.
The ‘Ganga Avahan’ was a pioneering...
Record Production of Food Grains in India
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,...
New Tax Payer Service ‘Aaykar Setu’ Launched
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...
Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres Launched
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...
Farm Mechanisation in Indian Agriculture
Agricultural mechanisation is one of the important factors for sustainable development of the agricultural sector which helps in increasing production through agricultural works, reducing...
TransStadia “Arena Project” Inaugurated by PM
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...
125th Birth Anniversary of Professor P.C. Mahalanobis
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...
Golden Eye Cyber Attack Strikes World
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...
Mount Dhaulagiri Mountaineering Expedition
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...
Mosul’s Great Al-Nuri Mosque Destroyed
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...