Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana
PM Modi announced about PKVY skill development program at the fourteenth edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas PKVY is aimed at imparting skill training to Indian youth seeking employment overseas PKVY…
Must Read News Articles – January 10
Important Articles NGT notice to Centre, Delhi govt over plastic ban: Issue-Ban on manufacture, sale, storage, usage, import and transport of plastic bags Sex ratio in Haryana touches 900-mark for…
India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians
India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians (IDF-OI) is a not-for-profit Trust set-up by the Government of India to facilitate philanthropic contributions by Overseas Indians to social and development projects in…
December-2016 Current Affairs Compilations
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Must Read News Articles – January 9
Important Articles Aadhaar must for MGNREGS work: Issue-Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) & Aadhaar. Army enthused by new indigenous artillery gun: Note-Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) SC…
Mesentery: A new organ has been discovered
Researchers have classified a new organ called "mesentery" in the digestive system inside human body. The research has been published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. J Calvin Coffey is…
2017 is declared as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has approved the adoption of 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. The resolution, adopted on 4 December, recognizes “the importance…
Anti-dumping duty imposed on jute from Bangladesh, Nepal
Government has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of jute and its products from Bangladesh and Nepal to protect domestic industry. The anti-dumping duty has been imposed for five years, a revenue…
UN agency data on labour migration shows 150 million migrants in global workforce
There are about 150 million migrant workers around the world, according a recent United Nations study, which provides useful labour migration data for policy makers as they seek to make…
Environmental Emergency
Environmental Emergency refers to a situation when Particulate Matter of size less than 10 Microgram Per Cubic Meter (µg/m3) or (PM10) and Particulate Matter of size less than 2.5 µg/m3…