About Government e-Marketplace (GeM) GeM is a one-stop National Public Procurement Portal to facilitate online procurement of common use Goods & Services required by various Central and State Government Departments/Organizations/Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). It was launched in 2016 to bring …
Why in News? The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in partnership with IBM has unveiled Free Digital Learning Platform ‘Skills Build Reignite’. About The SkillsBuild Reignite tends to provide job seekers and entrepreneurs, with access to free online …
Who are Mappilas? The Mappilas were the Muslim tenants inhibiting the Malabar region where most of the landlords were Hindus. The Mappilas had expressed their resentment against the oppression of the landlords during the 19th Century itself. Their grievances …
About SPARC The scheme is a Ministry of Human Resource Development initiative that aims at improving the research ecosystem of India’s Higher Educational Institutions by facilitating academic and research collaborations between Indian Institutions and the best institutions in the …
What is the anti-defection law? For a very long time, the Indian political system was impacted by political defections by members of the legislature. This situation brought greater political instability in the system. The anti-defection law contained in the 10th …
About Kala-azar: Kala-azar, also called Visceral leishmaniasis, is the most severe form of leishmaniasis and, without proper diagnosis and treatment, is associated with high fatality. Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. It is transmitted …
About: Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana is a scheme launched by the government in 2015 for providing loans up to Rs. 10 lakh to the non-corporate, non-farm small/micro-enterprises. MUDRA (Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency ) Ltd., is a financial institution …
About Bal Gangadhar Tilak was considered the first popular leader of the freedom movement. He was born on 23 July 1856 in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. A nationalist to the core, he was a great scholar, mathematician and a philosopher. He was …
About Ambubachi Mela is one of the biggest congregations of eastern India. It is the most important festival of the Kamakhya temple of Assam and is celebrated in the month of June every year. The belief is that Kamakhya …