The following matters are generally regarded as matters of public interest:- (1) affairs of state : public acts of ministers and officers of state , (2)the administration of...
Govt. launched a 6-year aspirational agricultural research programme, the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP). To fulfill the Govt of India’s objectives as expressed in India’s National Policy on...
Narasimhan Ravi has been unanimously elected as the president of Editors Guild of India. Mr. Ravi is the director of Kasturi and Sons Limited , publisher of “The...
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and State Agricultural Universities have formulated various early maturing varieties of crops which perform well under moisture stress/drought conditions. Rice: Several techniques...
In August 2010 an expert committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Asad Rahmani (Director Bombay Natural Society) was constituted by Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to study...
Mr. Ajay Maken, Union Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) held the following updates on RAY and RRY Schemes in Rajya Sabha: ‘Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY)’...
A “National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM)” has been proposed to be launched by The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in 12th Five Year Plan. The NULM will replace...
Ajay Devgn (Bollywood actor), Runa Laila (Bangladeshi singer) and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ( Oscar-winning Pakistani filmmaker) have been named as SAARC Goodwill Ambassadors for HIV/AIDS ‘ for advocacy and awareness...
Air India’s Dreamliner aircraft, grounded since January after battery fire incidents, may resume normal operations by mid-May with the US aviation regulator FAA approving Boeing’s revamped battery system...
All 49 leases for iron ore extraction in category “C” mines in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka have been cancelled by the Supreme Court. However, the...
