About Saint Ravidas, also known as Guru Ravidas or Bhagat Ravidas, was a revered saint, poet, and social reformer in the Bhakti movement. Born in the late 14th century in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Guru Ravidas belonged to a family of …
About UIDAI The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory authority established under the provisions of Aadhaar Act 2016 under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). UIDAI was created in 2009 to issue Unique Identification numbers …
About The ‘Khelo India – National Programme for Development of Sports’ was launched in 2016-17 with the twin objective of mass participation and promotion of excellence in sports across the country. The scheme comprises the following five components: Creation and …
About Piezoelectric materials are materials that produce an electric current when they are placed under mechanical stress. The piezoelectric process is reversible. When these voltage-generating crystals are exposed to an electric field they get lengthened or shortened (change shape). Thus, …
About Cryptography is the name for techniques that secure information by converting plain text into ciphertext (encrypted data that is unreadable until it is decrypted). Cryptography is most often associated with scrambling plaintext (ordinary text) into ciphertext (a process called …
About the Indus Script It refers to the script that was widely used in the Indus Valley Civilization, which flourished around 2600–1900 BCE in present-day Pakistan and northwest India. Despite extensive research, the script remains undeciphered till date. Characteristics of …
About It is located on Great Nicobar Island, the southernmost island of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. It forms part of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve along with Campbell Bay National Park. The vegetation comprises tropical evergreen forests and mangroves. …
News: India is making significant strides in solar and wind energy capacity with a commitment to achieving 500 gigawatts of non-fossil fuel-based energy capacity by 2030. The country’s non-fossil fuel-based energy capacity has crossed 200 gigawatts. Solar energy remained the …