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Mission Indradhanush: Odisha Tops List

Apart from successful COVID-19 vaccination, Odisha has the highest coverage of complete immunization in the country, with 90.5 percent coverage Overview: Odisha topped the list at the national...

March 9, 2022

Pal-Dadhvav massacre

On 7th March 2022, the government of Gujarat marked the 100 years of the Pal-Dadhvav massacre. About the massacre Pal-Dadhvav massacre refers to the killing of around 1,200...

March 9, 2022

PARAM Ganga

PARAM Ganga is the ‘Made in India’ Petascale supercomputer installed at IIT Roorkee under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). About PARAM GANGA PARAM GANGA has a supercomputing capacity of...

March 9, 2022

Jharokha- Compendium of Indian Handicrafts

Jharokha-Compendium of Indian handicraft/ handloom, art, and culture programme is being organized by the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Textiles to celebrate the traditional Indian handlooms, handicrafts,...

March 9, 2022

BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement

The Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA) was signed by all four BBIN countries in 2015 but has not yet been implemented. About BBIN MVA...

March 9, 2022

India’s Largest Reclining Statue of Lord Buddha

The largest reclining statue of Lord Buddha in India is being built in Bodh Gaya, Bihar. India’s Buddhist pilgrimage circuit is being proactively revived and Bodh Gaya is...

March 9, 2022

Dalit Bandhu Scheme

Dalit Bandhu is the Telangana government’s flagship programme. It is a welfare scheme for empowering Dalit families of the state and enabling entrepreneurship among them through a Rs...

March 9, 2022

What are ‘Karewas’?

Karewas are highly fertile alluvial soil deposits found in the Kashmir valley. About Karewas In the Kashmiri dialect, Karewas means “elevated table-land.” Godwin-Austin (1859) was the first one...

March 9, 2022

Kaushalya Matritva Yojana

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel of Chhattisgarh has launched the ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’. On this occasion cheques of Rs 5,000 each were also given to five women beneficiaries for...

March 9, 2022

123PAY: UPI for Feature phones

On 8th March 2022, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das launched Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for feature phones called “UPI123Pay”. About UPI 123PAY UPI ‘123PAY’ is...

March 9, 2022

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