What’s in the news? The Ministry of Education and the National Book Trust (NBT) of India has launched the third edition of the Prime Minister’s Young Authors Mentorship Scheme, known as YUVA 3.0. The initiative aims to nurture young writers …
What’s in the news? The 23rd edition of the bilateral naval exercise VARUNA, a testament to the enduring maritime partnership between India and France, is set to take place. Since its inception in 2001, VARUNA has evolved into a cornerstone …
About the scheme The vision of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) is to ensure access to some means of protective irrigation to all agricultural farms in the country, to produce ‘per drop more crop’, thus bringing much desired rural …
About PKVY The Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), launched in 2015, aims at supporting and promoting organic farming, in turn resulting in improvement of soil health. The scheme stresses on end to end support to organic farmers i.e from production …
What’s in the News? UNESCO has published the World Water Development Report 2025, presenting the latest scientific understanding of the role that mountains and glaciers play in the global water crisis. Key findings of the report Glaciers across the globe …
About Bacteria-based cancer therapy, also known as Bug Drugs, leverages the distinctive properties of certain bacteria to detect, target, and destroy cancer cells. These therapies take advantage of the unique ability of certain bacteria to proliferate inside tumours. The low …
About The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) has been established with the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) 2023 Act. The ANRF aims to seed, grow and promote research and development (R&D) and foster a culture of research and innovation throughout …
About The Swadesh Darshan Scheme was launched by the Ministry of Tourism in 2014. It aims to develop theme-based tourist circuits in the country. These tourist circuits will be developed on the principles of high tourist value, competitiveness and sustainability …
About The Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, held annually since 2016. The conference is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs. ORF is an independent global think …