Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) or Mission Mangalyaan is the first interplanetary space mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was... View Article
HRIDAY scheme called National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on 21st... View Article
The Human Capital Index is a part of the Human Capital Project launched to explore strategies to augment human resource development across the... View Article
The war in Sri Lanka between the separatist Tamil forces and the government was a heavy one with a death toll of over 150000 from both sides... View Article
Skill India Mission is a government scheme launched in 2015. It is an umbrella scheme that has many skilling schemes and programmes under it. The... View Article
The Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) is an international code of conduct against ballistic missile proliferation. The HCoC consists of a set of... View Article
The FRBM Review Committee was formed in 2016 under the chairmanship of N.K.Singh with a mandate to review the Fiscal Responsibility & Budget... View Article
With more than 7000 kilometres of coastline, India ranks 20 in the world among the countries with the longest coastline. In order to protect... View Article
The National Forest Policy 1988 aimed at the  protection, conservation, regeneration and development of forests. The main points of the National... View Article
26th June is recognized as the International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 7th... View Article
In order to find the prevalence of drug abuse in India, a study was conducted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE). As per... View Article
Teesta Water dispute is a dispute on Teesta river sharing agreement between India and Bangladesh. Bangladesh wanted equitable distribution of... View Article
Tipaimukh Dam is a proposed embankment dam on the river Barak in Manipur state India, first commissioned in 1984. UPSC aspirants can also get a... View Article
The Housing for All scheme was an initiative of the Indian government to establish housing facilities for slum dwellers. It was introduced by the... View Article
Table of Contents: A. GS1 Related: B. GS2 Related: 1. Una issue rocks Parliament, Opposition stages walkout 2. Turkey declares 3-month Emergency... View Article
There are two types of nuclear reactions called nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. These nuclear reactions involve the disintegration and... View Article
Ashuganj port is a popular river port in eastern Bangladesh which is also one of the notable industrial ports of the delta region(Bengal).... View Article
The city of Amaravati is the legislative capital of Andhra Pradesh which lies close to the Krishna river and has a huge green landscape. It is... View Article
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency dealing with labour issues, particularly international labour standards,... View Article
