Zoji La Tunnel, an engineering marvel as first of its kind on such tough terrain, situated at an altitude of 11578 feet on Srinagar-Kargil-Leh highway, where temperatures fall to -45 degrees, will be India’s longest road tunnel and Asia's longest bi-directional underground road to be built almost 400 metres beneath the existing highway. Currently, Ladakh remains cut-off from the rest of India fr...
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BJP’s Sixth Straight Win in Gujarat is a Big Victory as it beats Five Term Anti-Incumbency
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lead by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party President Amit Shah has won elections in Gujarat for the sixth time winning 99 seats - 54.4% of the total 182 seats and got 49.1% vote share. It faced a tough battle against a renewed Congress that got 80 seats – 43.96% of total seats and 41.4% vote share, under the leadership of newly elected party president Rahul Gandh...
WHO Report on Ambient Air Pollution Alarms India
World Health Organization (WHO) report that states 9 out of 10 people in the world breathe air containing high levels of pollutants figured 14 Indian cities in a list of 20 most polluted ones in the World in terms of PM2.5 levels in 2016 and warns that the combined effects of household air pollution and ambient air pollution will become increasingly hard to address if not tackled early. In terms...
Transformational Changes in Education Sector
To strengthen education system 33 new initiatives have been taken and overall funding for education has increased from ₹ 67867 crore in 2013-14 to ₹ 110000 crore in 2018-19 by the Government, as stated by Union Human Resources Development Minister, Prakash Javadekar, while addressing a Press Conference at New Delhi on June 18, 2018. He added that revolutionary changes have been made to provide a...
SWAYAM to Bridge Students’ Digital Divide
SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds), an instrument for self-actualisation providing opportunities for a life-long learning, is a programme initiated by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, technically supported by Microsoft, and is designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., Access, Equit...
Significance of General Knowledge for Students
Current affairs dispersed like wildfire across the globe and are ultimately settled in the form of General Knowledge. Current affairs form a significant and inevitable part of our lives. All the important actions and decisions taken place around us get recorded in the current affairs under the category of general knowledge questions. Unlike earlier times, when exams were confined to the prescribed syllabus, in p...
Shangri-La Dialogue: India a Champion of Liberal International Order
Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's premier defence summit that draws Defence Ministers from Asia-Pacific region, featured keynote address by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday June 1, 2018 in Singapore, attended by 600 delegates: defence officials and academics from 43 countries including US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis. Modi outlined Ind...
Professionalism & Excellence in Police Service to Be Awarded
Police Medals to promote professionalism and excellence in service have been instituted on Wednesday July 11, 2018 by the Union Home Minister give recognition to those security personnel doing good work in stressful environment and in difficult areas. The awards scheme by the Government is aimed at recognising the good work, boosting morale and inspiring the Security personnel. These five non-ca...
President Visits for Strengthening India-Greece Economic Ties
President Ram Nath Kovind on a State visit to Greece, the first stop of his tri-nation tour of Greece, Cuba and Surinam, on June 18, 2018 highlighted investment opportunities and said India is striving to become a $ 5 trillion economy and the world’s third largest consumer market by 2025, currently India’s economy is estimated at $ 2.5 trillion. He met Greece, the Hellenic RepubliContinue Reading...
Mohanpura Project for Agriculture, Domestic & Industrial Uses
Mohanpura Irrigation Project that includes a dam and a canal system would facilitate irrigation of agricultural land in Rajgarh district and benefit 727 villages in Madhya Pradesh was dedicated to the Nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday June 23, 2018. This ₹3866 crore would irrigate 1.25 lakh hectares of land and provide drinking water to over 400 villages. Prime Minister...