The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has approved the Green Credit Scheme. It will allow the Forest Department to outsource the responsibility of reforesting to non-government agencies, if implemented. This scheme will encourage plantation by individuals outside the traditional forest area and will ...

HDFC Bank has launched myApps application to boost digital payments in India. This is a unique customised suite of banking products to benefit urban local bodies, housing societies, local clubs and gymkhanas and religious institutions. In a first, HDFC bank is helping organisations to entirely ...

Kerala chief minister unveiled a set of path-breaking initiatives that will enhance the ease of doing business in the state including a wage subsidy scheme for the first five years for new ventures getting registered from April 1, 2020. Inaugurating the two-day ASCEND Kerala 2020 global investors ...

Census India 2021 will begin on 1 April and will end on 30 September 2020 where the census officers visiting households will ask citizens for information regarding toilets in their homes, TV, internet, vehicles they own, source of drinking water, mobile number (of the head of the family) etc. The ...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the 8th edition of Odisha Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) International Trade Fair 2020 in Bhubaneswar. The event is being organised by the MSME department through Directorate Industries, Directorate of Export Promotion and Marketing and ...

City of Destiny Visakhapatnam is gearing up to host another International Naval event ‘MILAN’ in March 2020. With about two months to the mega event, the preparations were reviewed at the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) by Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, Chief of Staff ENC on 07 January 2020.  Daily ...

Incidents of rape and gang rape of minor girls below age of twelve years and similar heinous crimes against women have shaken the conscience of the entire nation. Therefore, the offences of rape and gang rape of women and children require effective deterrence through fast and time bound completion ...

Indian Railways has planned to source about 1000 Mega Watt (MW) Solar Power and about 200 MW of wind power progressively by 2021-22 across Zonal Railways & Production Units. Of this, 500 Mega Watt (MW) solar plants are to be installed on the roof top of Railway buildings which will be used to ...

The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Nature India launched the Nature India essay competition 2020 to provide young and experienced scientists, researchers and authors in India, a platform to share ideas on how societally-impactful science can advance and strengthen the ...

Cabinet approves agreement between India and Mongolia on Cooperation in the Exploration and Uses of Outer Space for Peaceful and Civilian Purposes. The Agreement was signed at New Delhi on 20 September 2019 during the state visit of the President of Mongolia to India. This Agreement shall enable ...

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated every year on January 09. The purpose of celebrating this day is to recognize the overseas Indians who have contributed to the development of India. This day has been celebrated every year since 2003 in many places in the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz ...

Cabinet approves Capital Grant as Viability Gap Funding to Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited for setting up the North East Natural Gas Pipeline Grid. MoPNG shall identify milestones for major activities for this project and link the same for releases of capital grant of the project. The Capital Grant ...