At a virtual summit with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Narendra Modi said India looks at its ties with Vietnam with a long-term and strategic perspective. Vietnam is an important pillar of India’s Act East policy India and Vietnam …
The concept of Positive Pay involves a process of reconfirming key details of large value cheques. Under this process, the issuer of the cheque submits electronically through channels like SMS, mobile app, internet banking and ATM certain minimum details of …
Bolstering efforts to meet one of the vital essentials the energy need for AtmaNirbhar Bharat, Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel today dedicated the Bengal Basin, the 8th producing basin of India, to the nation. The discovery of …
The Sports Ministry has approved the inclusion of four Indigenous Games to be a part of Khelo India Youth Games 2021, scheduled to take place in Haryana. The four selected games represent different parts of the country. Kalaripayattu has …
Kashmiri papier-mâché is a handicraft of Kashmir that was brought by Muslims saint Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani from Persia in the 14th century to medieval India. It is based primarily on paper pulp, and is a richly decorated, colourful artifact; …
The Himalayan trillium (Trillium govanianum), a common herb of the Himalayas was declared ‘endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) In recent years, the plant has become one of the most traded commercial plants of the Himalayan …
The government has invited public comments for introducing adoption of E20 fuel to promote green fuel like ethanol. Adoption of E20 fuel means blending of 20 per cent of ethanol with gasoline as an automotive fuel. The move stressing on …
The Andhra Pradesh Assembly passed The Andhra Pradesh Decentralisation and Equal Development of All Regions Bill, 2020, paving the way for three capitals for the state. This law paves the way for three capitals for the state. Amaravati– legislative capital. …
The Human Freedom Index 2020, a worldwide ranking of civil, economic and personal freedom, released , placed India at the 111th spot out of 162 countries. India ranked 94 on the index in 2019. India is ahead of China and …
Goa Liberation Day is observed on December 19 every year in India and it marks the day Indian armed forces freed Goa in 1961 following 450 years of Portuguese rule. The Goa liberation movement, which sought to end Portuguese colonial …

