Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, chaired a Conference of State Ministers on Jal Jeevan Mission in New Delhi. State Ministers in-charge of Drinking Water from 17 States; and Principal Secretaries/Secretaries attended the conference. The objective of the Conference was ...

The Cabinet Secretary, Shri Pradeep Kumar Sinha, reviewed the work done so far under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA),and in particular the second field visit of the 1100 central government officers to the 256 most water stressed districts of India. He lauded the efforts and commitment of the officers ...

A delegation led by the South Africa’s Deputy Minister for Higher Education Mr Buti Kgwaridi Manamela called upon the Minister of State (MoS) for Human Resource Development, Shri Sanjay Dhotre, in New Delhi. During the meeting, the discussion between the two Ministers was focussed mainly on recent ...

Addressing the review meeting on Left Wing Extremism (LWE) at New Delhi, Union Minister of Home Affairs Shri Amit Shah said that LWE is one of the major internal security challenges faced by the Nation for the last several decades. Left Wing Extremism has no place in Prime Minister Shri Narendra ...

“As health is the responsibility of all Government departments, there is a need for a ‘sub-department of health’ in all the Ministries for health impact assessment of the policies/initiatives of these Ministries right from the conceptual stages.” This was stated by Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister ...

The Government reiterated its commitment in providing Wi-Fi in all the villages through GramNet with connectivity between 10mbps to 100 mbps speed. Delivering a keynote address at the 36th Foundation Day celebrations of C-DOT here, Minister of State for Communications Shri Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre ...

The latest Henley Passport Index ranks India at 86, down five places from 81 in 2018. The index ranks passports based on their power and mobility. Last year, an Indian passport holder had visa-free access to 60 countries; this year, she has access to 58. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 ...

National Award-winning actor Akshay Kumar has made it to the fourth position on the “Forbes” magazine’s Worlds Highest-Paid Actors Of 2019 list, beating Hollywood stars like Bradley Cooper, Adam Sandler and Will Smith. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 According to the list on “forbes.com”, ...

The Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Shri Rajiv Kumar met the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi. The Vice Chairman discussed the ongoing Rice Fortification Pilot Scheme and the various implementation issues with the ...

Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik announced a package of Rs 500 crore for the development of Puri as a World Heritage city. This is the second such big announcement by the Chief Minister for Puri which was battered by the very severe cyclonic storm Fani on May 3 this year. Daily Current ...

Bhusarapu Satya Yesubabu was awarded by Smart Policing Award 2019 instituted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for his innovation while working as Prakasam district SP in a function held in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 While working as the Prakasam ...

Russia is offering its semi-cryogenic rocket engine technology to India under the `Make-in-India' programme. India and Russia are discussing a wide range of cooperation in the space sector with the latter's offer of its semi-cryogenic engine technology and critical components for India's human ...