World Environment Day 2020: List of Most Critically Endangered Species in India
World Environment Day 2020: As per the IUCN Red List by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (March 2019), there...
Month: August 2020
The first Indian who started a shipping company in British India- V.O.Chidambaram Pillai
Its the start of the 20th century. People in British India are seeing a new ray of hope. The businesses...
Gujarat tops Niti Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index 2020, followed by Maharashtra and TN
Gujarat has topped the Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2020 followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu in the second and...
National Council for Transgender Persons
The Centre has constituted the national council for transgender persons, headed by the Union social justice minster and comprising representatives...
What is Revenue Expenditure?
Revenue Expenditure is that part of government expenditure that does not result in the creation of assets. Revenue Expenditure is...
The ugly truth about India’s adherence to the FRBM Act
By completely ignoring Revenue Deficit, and only focusing on containing Fiscal Deficit, the government has ensured that the FRBM Act...
What does ancient DNA show about history?
The story so far: Last Thursday, the journal Cell published a paper, An Ancient Harappan Genome Lacks Ancestry from Steppe Pastoralists and Iranian...
The Paleolithic Age: Characteristics and list of Sites
Paleolithic Period or Old Stone Age; the earliest period of human development, last until approx 8000 BC. The Paleolithic Period...
Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority
The Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority has been able to force The Peerless General Finance and Investment Company...
The strategic importance of the Atal Tunnel at Rohtang
The Atal Tunnel at Rohtang near Manali is near completion. It is expected to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra...
With depleting fish catch, Sundarbans fishers migrate to other coastal states
Sankizahan in Kultali area of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem made of islands, rivers and creeks, used to...
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana completes 6 years today; here’s a look at its journey
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana or PMJDY – the national mission for financial inclusion completed six years of its implementation...
The world’s most effective air-to-air missiles
Advanced air-to-air missiles (AAMs) such as the Meteor, IRIS-T and AIM-9X Sidewinder form the core weaponry used in a dogfight...
Kerala’s ‘Namath Basai’ programme brings tribal children back to school
Namath Basai, the State government’s unique programme of teaching tribal children in their mother tongue, has become a runaway hit...
JANANI-SHISHU SURAKSHA KARYAKRAM
Institutional deliveries in India increased substantially after launched of JananiSuraksha Yojana (JSY). However 25% women still hesitate to access health...