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Why in news: Attack on Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the GrenadinesAbout the CountrySt. Vincent and the Grenadines is a southern Caribbean nation comprising a main island, St. Vincent, and a chain of smaller islandsIt is known for its major sailing
Read More About It...National Policy on Bio-fuels, 2018 envisages creation of a National Biomass Repository by conducting appraisal of biomass across the CountryTIFAC along with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad has carried out an estimation of residual biomass and its energy potential
Read More About It...Seekho Aur Kamao is a skill development scheme for youth of 14 - 35 years age group of minorities.Ministry: Ministry of Minority Affairs Government of IndiaAim: To provide employment and employment opportunities, improving the employability of existing workers, school dropouts e
Read More About It...Objective: To augment the availability of edible oils and reduce the import of edible oils by increasing the production and productivity of oilseeds and oil palm.The scheme involves investment of over Rs 11,000 crore.Why do we need this scheme ?India is the world's bigg
Read More About It...NameSportsEventMedalNeera ChopraAthleticsMen's Javelin ThrowGoldMirabai ChanuWeightliftingWomen's 49kgSilverRavi KumarWrestlingMen's Freestyle 57kgSilverPV SindhuBadminton
Read More About It...The Delhi High Court has declared a Christian couple, both U.S. citizens, as ‘adoptive parents’ to a minor girl born out of Hindu parents while reprimanding them for trying to adopt the child under a wrong law.Christian and Muslim couples could not adopt a Hindu child
Read More About It...The IndoTibetan Border Police (ITBP) force guards the Line of Actual Control (LAC) along the India-China border.ITBP was raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.53 officers including 2 women officers passed out from the ITBP offi
Read More About It...Developed by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, in collaboration with NeGDPurpose: to make the skill development schemes accessible to the target groupThe Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Yojana is being implemented by the Ministry of
Read More About It...Neeraj has become the first Indian athlete to win gold ever and India's second ever individual Olympic gold medalist after shooter Abhinav Bindra, who bagged gold in Beijing 2008. Other achievements of Neeraj ChopraGold Medal, Asian Games 2018Gold Medal, Commonwealth
Read More About It...On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the 'Quit India' movement.Gandhi delivered his speech at Mumbai’s Gowalia Tank Maidan, popularly known as August Kranti Maidan.Slogan: Do or DieImportant d
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