News: Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change has published a draft notification that prohibits users from installing membrane-based water purification, mainly reverse osmosis, systems in their homes if the …
Read MoreNews: Finance Minister, in her budget speech has said that the government was abolishing an anti-dumping duty that was levied on imports of Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) Facts: About Purified …
Read MoreNews: Bhutan will impose Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) on tourists from India, the Maldives, and Bangladesh, beginning July 2020 Facts: A daily ₹1,200 ($17) fee will be imposed It is …
Read MoreNews: Pakistan and Somalia have declared locust emergencies. Facts: About Locust Locusts are a group of short-horned grasshoppers. They multiply in numbers as they migrate long distances in destructive swarms. …
Read MoreFacts: Social Welfare: Key Highlights 14% increase in the budget allocation for ministry of social justice and empowerment and a 7.5% increase in that of tribal affairs ministry. Programmes that …
Read MoreNews: India and Maldives signed five MoUs for establishing the Addu Tourism zone in islands of Addu atoll. Facts: Addu is a city in Maldives that consists of the inhabited …
Read MoreNews: The Indian Navy carried out a five-day coastal security exercise, “Matla Abhiyaan” along the riverine border with Bangladesh Facts: The exercise is named after Matla River. It aims to …
Read MoreNews: Authorities applied the Archimedes Principle, or the ‘upward buoyant force theory’, to bring the elephant out of the well in Gumla district, Jharkhand. Facts: Archimedes Principle Discovered by the …
Read MoreNews: The Government has proposed to set up an Indian Institute of Heritage and Conservation under the Ministry of Culture, and develop five archaeological sites as “iconic sites” with onsite …
Read MoreNews: The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the First Revised Estimates of National Income, Consumption Expenditure, Saving and Capital Formation for the financial …
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