Topic: Industrial Revolution

May Day: May 1

May Day is also called International Workers’ Day or Labour Day. The date, May 1, was chosen to commemorate the Haymarket affair. It occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886....

May 1, 2021

AMHUB: India’s first advanced manufacturing hub

The World Economic Forum and Guidance will jointly establish AMHUB in the state of Tamil Nadu. AMHUB is Advanced Manufacturing hub and is first of its kind in...

October 8, 2020

GoI forms five task forces to revive MSME sector

On September 23, 2020, the Government of India formed five task forces in five different key areas to boost the MSME sector in the country. The task forces...

September 25, 2020

2019 edition of World Cities Day (WCD)

The World Cities Day (WCD) is observed every year on 31 October to promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, push forward cooperation among countries in meeting...

November 1, 2019

United Nations for 2018 World Cities Day (WCD)

The United Nations (UN) has designated every 31st of October as World Cities Day (WCD) to promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, enhance cooperation among countries...

November 3, 2018

2017 United Nations’s World Cities Day (WCD)

The United Nations’s World Cities Day (WCD) is observed on October 31 to promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, push forward cooperation among countries in meeting...

October 31, 2017

Amazon Rubber Boom and Rubber Theft

Amazon Basin covers almost 40% of the South American continent and it is shared by eight countries viz. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. Out...

September 22, 2015

Third industrial Revolution: What are drivers?- Palak Chandra

In simple terms, a definite and complete change in the livelihood and the organization of an area in a short period of time which brings about the betterment...

June 30, 2012

Life Expectancy in India

The current Life Expectancy in INDIA is 65 years. It has improved from 40 years in 1951 to 65 at present. The implication is that the population of...

December 7, 2011

Rajasthan sets up Urbanization Commission

The state Government of Rajasthan has constituted the State Urbanization Commission for assessing status of urbanization and impact of urban development schemes and programmes. Senior IAS officer G...

February 28, 2011    Government Schemes Current Affairs