Current Affairs

Why in News The Government of India recently launched the PM RAHAT (Road Accident Victim Hospitalization and Assured Treatment) Scheme...

Context The newly constructed complex housing the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), developed under the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, has been...

Background The Nariman Committee was constituted by the Reserve Bank of India in 1975 to review the working of the...

Background The Lead Bank Scheme was introduced in 1969 on the basis of recommendations of the Gadgil Study Group on...

Overview A No-Confidence Motion is a parliamentary device through which the Lok Sabha can remove the Council of Ministers from...

Overview The Basic Structure Doctrine is a judicial principle developed by the Supreme Court of India to ensure that certain...

Overview The Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2023–24 is conducted by the under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation....

The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 granted constitutional status to Urban Local Bodies and recognized them as the third tier...

Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It spreads primarily through ingestion of contaminated water...

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was one of the foundational figures of modern Indian literature and a major intellectual force of the...