About the scheme In 2017, the Ministry of Civil Aviation launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) “UDAN” (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) which aims at providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips …
What is it? Pulmonary thrombosis is a condition in which one or more arteries in the lungs become blocked by a blood clot. This impairs blood supply and gas exchange leading to respiratory failure. Why in the news? Though it …
About Purandara Dasa Sri Purandara Dasa was a great devotee of Lord Krishna, a poet and a musician. He was born in 1494 and was named as Srinivasa Nayaka. He was the son of Varadappa Nayaka, a wealthy merchant and …
About It is India’s first indigenously built engineless semi-high speed train. The fully air-conditioned semi-high speed train will cut travel time by 15% as compared to the Shatabdi. It has been manufactured under the ‘Make in India’ initiative by …
About: The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden was founded by Colonel Robert Kyd in the year 1787. It is located on the banks of Hooghly river, near Kolkata. It has some of the rarest species of flora of …
About Kalapani The Kalapani territory is an area disputed between India and Nepal, but under Indian administration as part of Pithoragarh district in the Uttarakhand state. It shares a border on the north with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China …
About WHO The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) established in 1948 to further international cooperation for improved public health conditions. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Working with 194 Member States (including India), …
Background The disputed boundary between India and China, also known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC), is divided into three sectors: viz. Western (Ladakh, Kashmir), middle (Uttarakhand, Himachal) and eastern (Sikkim, Arunachal). The countries disagree on the exact location …
About: Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) is a Pension Scheme announced by the Government of India exclusively for the senior citizens aged 60 years and above . It was launched in 2017 by the Ministry of Finance to offer …