The Indian Railways started the Him Darshan Express train between Kalka and Shimla stations, as a Christmas gift to the people. The train has six modern and first-class AC vista-dome coaches with glass rooftop to have a panoramic view of the hilly region. A single journey will cost Rs 630 per ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Atal Bhujal scheme to strengthen the institutional framework for participatory groundwater management and bringing about behavioural changes at the community level for sustainable groundwater resource management in seven States. Daily Current Affairs ...

The MoS launched the ‘Good Governance Index’ at an event organized by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, on the occasion of Good Governance Day. The Good Governance Day is observed on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. On the ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that NDA government is bringing Digital Radio in 2024. The audio of digital radio will be more clear and its reach will be higher. The Minister said, All India Radio is an institution which is a part of people's lives, be it music, ...

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), the state-government run bus service for Bengaluru and its periphery has launched its new official mobile app titled ‘My BMTC’.  The app, which is currently in its beta stage, has been developed by Bengaluru school student Nihar ...

The Telangana Government has announced its decision to increase the retirement age of the RTC employees to 60 years from 58. The increase in age limit for retirement will be extended to each and every employee of the TSRTC. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The Chief Minister had made this ...

Ministry of Women and Child Development has invited applications for Nari Shakti Puraskar for the year 2019. The National Award is given annually to individuals, groups, institutions in recognition of their exceptional work towards the cause of women empowerment, especially for vulnerable and ...

The right kind of diet will help to reduce the disease burden in the country. This was stated by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare while inaugurated the second edition of the ‘Eat Right Mela’ at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium. He stressed upon the importance of having a ...

India cricket team captain Virat Kohli has been named in the Cricketers of the decade list alongside four others by the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac. Apart from Kohli, South African duo of Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers, Australia’s Steve Smith and women’s all-rounder Ellyse Perry also found a place ...

Major Anoop Mishra developed bullet-proof jacket Sarvatra to develop his bulletproof jacket the day hit by a stray bullet during an operation. Mishra hit by a ball on his coat during deployment in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Army officer stressed that the full-body protection jacket could ...

The Centre approved a Rs 453-crore loan at a subsidised interest rate of five per cent to the Tamil Nadu government for setting up three fishing harbours. The funds will be released from the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) that has a corpus of Rs 7,522 crore. ...

A national outreach Programme, GeM Samvaad, was launched on 17th December 2019 to reach out to stakeholders across the country and also local sellers in order to facilitate on-boarding of local sellers on the marketplace while catering to specific requirements and procurement needs of buyers. ...