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In order to acknowledge and contain the ever-growing problem of groundwater depletion, the Indian Government introduced the Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY) in December 2019 after getting financial approval by the World Bank in 2018. It has been launched under Jal Jeevan Mission of the government. Atal Bhujal scheme is related to groundwater usage and conservation … Read more
India's Cultural diplomacy and Indian Diaspora Cultural diplomacy is a specified form of diplomacy that encourages a deliberate effort of cultural exchange. It facilitates the understanding of foreign cultural dynamics. Itis exchange of ideas, information, art, lifestyles, value systems, traditions, beliefs another aspects of cultures. The Indian Diaspora is a generic … Read more
KARNATAKA MRPL to open 50 retail outlets in State in this financial year Oil refining major Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) will open at least 50 retail outlets across the State in this financial year as part of its larger plans to have 257 retail outlets in Karnataka and Kerala. The … Read more
The Irwin Declaration was a statement made by Lord Irwin, then Viceroy of India, on 31 October 1929 regarding the status of India in the British empire. It was intended to placate leaders of the Indian nationalist movement who had become increasingly vocal in demanding dominion status for India. The Declaration was a five-line statement … Read more
KARNATAKA 8 govt hospitals in Karnataka get NQAS certification Eight facilities in Karnataka’s government-run hospitals have been awarded with the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) certification. The recognition is for government hospitals that have met all quality measures in terms of infrastructure, cleanliness, equipment and other factors. District Hospital of Tumkur (8 departments), … Read more
The man who is most frequently associated with the struggle for the freedom of Press during the nationalist movement is Bal Gangadhar Tilak. In 1881, along with G G Agarkar, he founded the newspapers Kesari and Mahratta. In 1893, he started the practice of using the traditional religious Ganapati festival to propagate nationalist ideas through … Read more
MEASURING CORRUPTION Due to its nature, the scale of corruption is impossible to measure with complete accuracy. But there are informed estimates available, and Transparency International regularly publishes a number of assessments, surveys and indices which measure corruption: CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is the best known of … Read more
. The cabinet, a small body consisting of the prime minister as its head and some 15 to 20 most important ministers, is the highest decision-making body in the formal sense. However, a still smaller body called the ‘inner Cabinet’ or ‘Kitchen Cabinet’ has become the real centre of power. This informal body consists of … Read more
This is a scheme for providing Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens belonging to BPL category. This is a Central Sector Scheme, fully funded by the Central Government. The expenditure for implementation of the scheme will be met from the “Senior Citizens’ Welfare Fund”. The Scheme will be implemented through the sole implementing … Read more
Hindi and Urdu are two Hindustani Languages; spoken mostly in the northern and Central India and in Pakistan. Hindi and Urdu are two different languages but these languages have many common things. Both Hindi and Urdu are developed in a similar phase and adopted many changes. We will discuss about the … Read more