Point-Wise Current-Affairs & GS (Includes Important PIB Updates) 2019 with Maps & Data- IAS, SSC etc

In this article we will discuss various scheme of Ministry of Science & Technology: Solar Power Tree, MANAK (Million Augmenting National Aspiration and Knowledge), NIDHI (National Initiative for Development and Harnessing Innovations), Biotech-KISAN, AWSAR (Augmenting Writing Ski

In this article we will discuss various scheme of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology: New IT Ministry to have say over UIDAI and NIC, Digital India Awards 2016, Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan, and Cyber Swachhta Kendra.

In this article we will discuss various scheme of Ministry of New Renewable Energy (MNRE): National wind-solar Hybrid Policy, Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects, and Solar Cities scheme

In this article we will discuss various scheme of Ministry of Civil Aviation: Civil Aviation Policy and Regional Connectivity Scheme “UDAN (UDE Desh Ka Aam Naagrik)

In this article we will discuss various scheme of Ministry of Women and Child Development: SwadharGreh scheme, e -dropbox, Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana, POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses) e-Box, Mahila Police Volunteer Initiative, National Alliance against onl

In this article we will discuss various scheme of Ministry of Finance: Atal Pension Yojana (APY), Income Declaration Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana- 2016 (PMGKY), Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana, and Swachh Bharat Kosh (SBK)

In this article we will discuss various scheme of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE): National Skill Development Mission, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana, Indian Institute of

In this article we will discuss various scheme of Ministry of Power: Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY), Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for all (UJALA) scheme, GARV - II App, Coal Mitra, 24×7 Power for All, Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DUGJY), UJALA Scheme (Unnat Jyot

In this article we will discuss various scheme of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment: Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana, Sugamaya Pustakalaya, National Workshop on Autism Tools INCLEN and ISAA, Vayoshreshtha Samman – 2016

Key Confusions- UJJWALA: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Ini

NASA has announced two missions to explore the little-understood area of 96 km above Earth’s surface called Ionosphere. The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission was launched in January 2018, and the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) will be launched

According to HRD Ministry, the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education has registered an increase from 24.5 % in 2015 - 16 to 25.2 % in 2016 - 17 according to latest All India Higher Education Survey (AIHES) released by HRD Ministry.

The Union Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA) proposed e-Sansad in Parliament and e-Vidhan in State Legislatures to digitize and make their functioning paperless. They are environment-friendly initiatives in line with the Go Green initiative of the government.

Mankidia, one of the 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Odisha, were denied habitat rights inside the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) under the historic ‘Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act’, 2006.

India’s fastest and first multi-petaflops (PF) supercomputer named Pratyush was unveiled at Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM). The supercomputer has been named as ‘Pratyush’ meaning Sun.

The health ministry is set to roll out a National Programme for Control of Viral Hepatitis from the 2018 - 19 with a budget of Rs. 600 crore for the next three years. The focus will be on anti-viral treatment of Hepatitis C, which will be provided free at all government health se

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has introduced two-tier security features namely Virtual ID and Limited KYC address privacy concerns. Two-tier security would - Strengthen security and privacy of Aadhaar data, Reduce the collection of Aadhaar numbers by variou

The Maharashtra government approved Rs. 4, 000-crore project aimed at promoting climate-resilient agriculture, to be partially funded by the World Bank. The project, named Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani Yojna, will be implemented in 5, 142 villages across 15 districts.

The World Economic Forum released a report that ranked countries according to their Global Manufacturing Index. India made it to the 30t position, while Japan topped the list. The ranking was based on the WEF’s ‘Readiness for the Future of Production’ report.

Three guar seed options contracts that will expire in February, March, and April of this year are being made available on NCDEX for trading initially. Key facts- NCDEX’s guarseed option is one of the liquid contracts on the exchange platform.