CURRENT AFFAIRS

• 27, Feb 2021

President Ram Nath Kovind has greeted people on Guru Ravidas Jayanti. In his message, Mr Kovind said, Guru Ravidas was a great saint and a religious reformer, who devoted his life to serve humanity. The President said, through his teachings, he delivered the message of equality, justi

• 27, Feb 2021

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated Saras Aajeevika Mela 2021 at Noida Haat yesterday. Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Kailash Choudhary was also present on the occasion. Addressing the gathering, Mr Tomar said that t

• 26, Feb 2021

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Inland Waterways Authority of India and the MOL (Asia Oceania) Limited for transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas through barges on National Waterways-1 and National Waterways-2. The MoU was inked in the presence of Minister for Po

• 26, Feb 2021

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the Central Government is putting in due diligence in developing the bamboo sector. He said, bamboo can be a key crop to double farmers’ income, enhance employment opportunities and improve the livelihood of the peopl

• 25, Feb 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked officials to pay special attention to the quality of roads being constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. Mr Modi chaired the 36th meeting of PRAGATI, the ICT based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Imp

• 25, Feb 2021

Union Agriculture Ministry has said that the country’s foodgrain production is projected at a record 303.34 million tonnes. Releasing the second advance estimates of production of principal crops for year 2020- 2021, the Ministry said, it is higher by 5.84 million tonnes than th

• 24, Feb 2021

President Ram Nath Kovind will formally inaugurate the world's largest Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Cricket Stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad Gujarat today. The President Kovind is expected to watch the third cricket test match between India and England for some time with the Union Home

• 24, Feb 2021

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Tamil Nadu and Puducherry tomorrow to inaugurate and lay the foundation for several developmental projects. In the morning, Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for 4 laning of NH45-A - 56 kilometres Sattanathapuram - Nagapattinam p

• 24, Feb 2021

In a first of its kind the Union Public Service Commission UPSC has opened a new centre for the Civil Services Examination, in Leh for the candidates from Union Territory Ladakh. Preliminary exam will be held on the 27th of June this year. Sanctioning of a new centre for Civil Service

• 24, Feb 2021

Today is the second anniversary of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, PM KISAN. The Scheme was formally launched on 24th February in the year 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a function at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. PM KISAN was started with a view to augment the income of the