Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), for developing governance capabilities of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was launched by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi at Ramnagar in tribal-dominated district of Mandla in Madhya Pradesh on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day on Tuesday April 24, 2018 along with unveiling road map for develo...
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India-Sweden for Joint Innovation for a Sustainable Future
"Sweden has many sustainable modern solutions to offer India," Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said in Stockholm in a joint press conference with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi during first visit by Indian Prime Minister to Sweden on 16-17 April 2018 after three decades. The two Prime Ministers spoke of strengthened cooperation between the two countries on defence and presented a new ...
Entrance Exams in India and their Scope
Institutes of Higher Education in India have gained a lot of respect worldwide owing to their best quality education, top-notch faculty, and a rigorous study pattern. This has also caused the Higher Education in India to become immensely competitive. Most of the well-reputed Universities and other prestigious institutes conduct various entrance exams to select the students who are the best of the lot.
Commonwealth one of the World’s Great Convening Powers
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 (CHOGM 2018) its 25th meeting- first full Heads of Government meeting in almost forty years was held in the United Kingdom from 19 to 20 April 2018 and discussed how the Commonwealth can contribute to a future which is fairer, more sustainable, more secure and more prosperous. A gathering of Heads of Government of its 53 member ...
FINE to Build Ecosystem for Converting Innovations into Enterprises
Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE) that aims to celebrate creativity and innovations, organised by the Rashtrapati Bhavan in association with the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) India and the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, was inaugurated by President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind on March 19, 2018. It had about 250 innovative exhibits by the awar...
Xi Jinping China’s President for Life Consolidates Authority
China’s President Xi Jinping can now serve as President indefinitely as China’ s parliament National Peoples Congress (NPC) on March 11, 2018 abolished decades-old practice of two-term limits for the president and endorsed changes in country’s Constitution that would empower President Xi Jinping to weather headwinds - that challenge China’s new stage of transition, which the ruling Communist Par...
Varanasi Is Now Seeing Transformation Never Envisioned Before
Varanasi emerging as the gateway to east India will soon be a reality with model national highways construction, waterways development, air connectivity, rail network and freight corridor; as stated by the President Ram Nath Kovind while addressing a function hosted by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Skill Development Department of Uttar Pradesh at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Trade Facil...
To Mitigate Damage by Forest Fires Cut Down Response Time
Forest fires are a global challenge. Sporadic and widespread forest fires happen during summer season in the dry Western Ghats, especially in the Theni and Palani hills. Recently 39 trekkers, on their way back on expedition from Kurangani to Bodi in the Western Ghats were trapped in a raging forest fire of March 11, 2018 that broke out deep in Kurangani hills reserve near Theni District in Tamil...
Putin the Longest-Serving Leader in Modern Russia to Focus on Domestic Matters
Russian President Vladimir Putin winning his biggest ever election victory with 76.69% votes on March 19, 2018 will extend his political dominance of Russia by six years to 2024. If his term as prime minister is counted, Putin surpasses Leonid Brezhnev - whose 18-year reign ended in 1982, as the longest-serving leader in Russia's modern history. And that will also make Putin the...
NIRF India Rankings 2018
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings 2018on the basis of performance of Higher Educational Institutions were released in New Delhi on April 3, 2018 by Union Minister of Human Resource Development, PrakashJavadekar and 69 top institutions in 9 categories were given awards with an idea to promote quality in education and encourage competition to perform b...