New Delhi, May 04, 2023: The Stolen sculpture of Lord Hanuman belonging to Chola Period has been retrieved and handed over to the Idol Wing, Tamil Nadu. The sculpture of Lord Hanuman was stolen from a Vishnu Temple, Shri Varatharaja Perumal, Pottaveli Vellur, Ariyalur district. It belongs to late Chola Period (14th -15th century). It was documented by “French institute […]
New Delhi, April 30, 2023: Scientists have fabricated monolayers of pure myelin basic protein (MBP), a major protein component of myelin sheath, which is a protective membrane that wraps around the axon of nerve cells and acts as a model protein in studying diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS). MBP helps in compactification of the myelin […]
The Dhaka Tribune on July 27, 2022 reports that the population of Muslims have increased in the country compared to devotees of other religions, according to the preliminary report of Population and Housing Census-2022. The report said that the Hindu population decreased from 8.54% to 7.95%, the Buddhist population from 0.62% to 0.61%, the Christian […]
New Delhi, April 28, 2023: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat on 25th September 2022 had urged the citizens to come with suggestions for cheetahs reintroduced from Namibia and South Africa, with an intention to popularize and to sensitize the general public about Project Cheetah. In this regard, a competition was […]
New Delhi, April 17, 2023: There were 10.93 million Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during pre-pandemic year 2019. Tourism Industry has shown good signs of revival after Covid-19 pandemic. According to latest information received from Bureau of Immigration, India received 6.19 million Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during 2022 as compare to 1.52 million during the […]
New Delhi, April 13, 2023: The total number of employees in Indian Railways as on 01.02.2023 is 11,75,925. There is no proposal to privatise the Indian Railways. However, to unleash faster development and completion of track, rolling stock manufacturing and delivery of passenger freight services, Ministry of Railways under various schemes of Public Private Partnership […]
New Delhi, April 05, 2023: The Atal Pension Yojana (APY) was launched on 9th May, 2015, and was operationalised w.e.f. 1st June, 2015. Minimum age of joining APY is 18 years and maximum age is 40 years. As per the scheme, subscriber will receive pension benefit on attaining the age of 60 years. Hence, the […]
New Delhi, April 03, 2023: Since August 2019, Government of India, in partnership with State Governments, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)-Har Ghar Jal to enable every rural household in the country to have assured potable water through tap water connection. At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission in August 2019, 3.23 Crore […]
New Delhi, April 01, 2023: The Income Tax Department has launched a Mobile app, namely, ‘AIS for Taxpayer’ to facilitate taxpayers to view their information as available in the Annual Information Statement (AIS) / Taxpayer Information Summary (TIS). ‘AIS for Taxpayer’ is a mobile application provided free of cost by the Income Tax Department, and […]
New Delhi, April 1, 2023: While ensuring the safety and security of the Nation, Indian Navy plays a crucial role in protecting our Maritime trade too. Surrounded by seas from the three sides, India has a vast coastline of approximately 7500 Kms, which is more than the length of land borders we share with China […]
