Ancient Monuments
What is an Ancient Monument? The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 defines Ancient Monument as any […]
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Procedure to amend the ST list
Under the article 342 (1) of the Constitution of India, the President of India was empowered to specify, the castes,
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Initiatives to reduce carbon emissions from Farming
Government of India has taken the following steps to reduce the emissions from the farm sector: Crop diversification programme under
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Asia Reassurance Initiative Act
US president has signed the ‘Asia Reassurance Initiative Act’. The law aims at countering the encroaching influence and growing threat
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Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2018
The bill aims to provide legal backing for voluntary seeding of biometric Aadhaar ID for mobile SIM card and bank
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Procedure for changing City Names
The proposals of the states would be scrutinised by the Union Home Ministry according to the existing guidelines in consultations
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Defence : Norms for the manufacturing of defence items relaxed – UPSC GS3
The government has relaxed norms for the manufacturing of the defence items. As per new norms, manufacturing of items of
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Panda Bonds
Panda bonds are Chinese renminbi-denominated bonds from a non-Chinese issuer, sold in the People’s Republic of China. The first two Panda bonds were issued in
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Engineering College Reforms
Recommendations of the B V R Mohan Reddy Panel The panel headed by B V R Mohan Reddy has made
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Initiatives for improving quality of education
The Central Government has launched the following mechanisms for improving the quality of education: Amendment to RTI Act The