Tobacco was introduced in India by Portuguese in 16th or 17th century. At present, India is third largest tobacco producer in the world after China and Brazil. Here...
United Nations on 25 September 2015 unanimously adopted an ambitious agreement on the outcome document New Sustainable Development Agenda for the next 15 years i.e. till 2030. The...
India’s globally acclaimed Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft also known as Mangalyaan has completed one year of the mission life around Mars on 24 September 2015. During the...
German auto maker Volkswagen AG has appointed Matthias Mueller as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Prior to this appointment, he was serving as CEO of Volkswagen’s subsidiary...
European Union (EU) has imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty of up to 31.2 per cent on imports of sewage and water steel pipes from India for six months...
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has been awarded SKOCH Award for Smart Governance. It has been bestowed with this award for its initiatives on UAN Programme and...
Union Government has announced Special Assistance of 1000 crore rupees to the Andhra Pradesh Government for development projects during the financial year 2015-16. The funds from Special Assistance...
A powerful earthquake magnitude 6.6 on Richter scale has hit Indonesia’s eastern region of Papua. As per US Geological Survey (USGS), the epicentre of earthquake was centred 28...
A first of its kind conference on the contemporary relevance of the Bhagvad Gita was held London, United Kingdom. The conference was organised by Indian Council of Cultural...
In recent years, several factors have driven the horticulture production to boost up over the foodgrain production in the country. Statistics have shown that the production of horticulture...
