PRASAD Scheme

The Ministry of Tourism in the year 2014-15 launched the National Mission on Rejuvenation and Spiritual Enhancement of the Pilgrimage (PRASAD). This scheme was launched with the aim of a comprehensive development of the various identified pilgrimage destinations in the ..

SUPACE

Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court’s Efficiency (SUPACE) is an AI driven portal. The supreme court of India has launched this portal. About SUPACE The Supreme Court through this a portal intends to use machine learning to deal with ..

Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojana

The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) was launched in the year 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It came into force on 17th December, 2016. Highlights Finance Ministry is its nodal ministry. It is a part of the Pradhan ..

First Baptist Church

Archaeologists in the United States believe they discovered the original brick base of one of the  oldest historic black churches in the country, the First Baptist Church. Highlights The Church located at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia’s historic site and museum. It ..

Swadesh Darshan Scheme: Tourism Circuits

The Swadesh Darshan Scheme is program established by the Ministry of Tourism of for the integrated development of themed sightseeing tours. The aim of the program is to develop, utilize and promote the tourism potential of  India. Highlights It was ..

Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana: New Kendras

Launched in the year 2015 by the Pharmaceutical Division of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana with the aim to provide affordable healthcare for everyone in the country. Under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) ..

Government Securities Acquisition Programme

The Government Securities Acquisition Programme (GSAP) has been abolished by the Reserve Bank of India.  Instead, the resumption of the liquidity normalization programme has been announced by the RBI. Highlights Shaktikanta Das, the present governor of RBI has said that ..

National Digital Livestock Mission

The draft of the National Digital Livestock Mission (NDLM) has been announced by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying. On this occasion, Dr. Balyan, Animal Husbandry Minister, said that the livestock sector is the backbone of rural livelihood ..

Tall el-Hammam

Tall el-Hammam, an ancient city in the Jordan Valley which was close to the dead sea, was destroyed in the 1650 BC by a cosmic airburst. Evidence regarding this has been found by Archaeologists. An eyewitness account of this catastrophic ..

ParadoryphoribiusChronocaribbeus

Paleontologists have described a new species and genus of tardigrade found in a piece of amber which is 16-million-year-old. This piece was found from the Dominican Republic. Called Paradoryphoribiuschronocaribbeus, it is the third Miocene tardigrade fossil of Dominican amber, the ..