The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited for the assignment of ‘Self Evaluation Study’ of India’s status of compliance of provisions of the United Nations Convention...
The government has amended Schedule-I and Schedule-II of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREG) Act, 2005. There is now an expansion of the scope of activities...
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has made Class X Board Examination optional in order to promote holistic development of students and lessen exam related stress. Why...
What is Red Ribbon Express? Red Ribbon Express is an AIDS/HIV awareness campaign train by the Indian Railways. The ‘Red Ribbon Express’ is a special train being run...
Parliament passed a Bill that will make children with disabilities eligible for free and compulsory education under the RTE (Right to Education) Act in all schools. The Right...
Government is to set up Swami Vivekananda Chair in Indian Studies at the University of Chicago, USA. For this the Indian government has entered into an agreement with...
The return of Vladimir Putin as president of Russia embeds the sources of formal and informal power in Russia again in one person. Putin probably realises that his...
Afghanistan and Iran inked an agreement which will permit Afghanistan to use Iran’s south-eastern Chabahar port for shipments and trade. Why Afghanistan needs to use port of Iran?...
Government will write to all states seeking them to have zero tolerance towards crime against people from North East. Referring to the recent death of Dana Sangma in...
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee elected as Chair of the ADB’s Board of Governors. The 46th yearly meeting of ADB (Asian Development Bank) will be held in India in...
