Data of over 7 lakh geo-tagged facilities released under PMGSY
Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), data of over 7 lakh geo-tagged facilities at the habitation level were…
The video showing a tiger outside a woman’s home is not from India, it is from the wild pet collection of a Russian animal keeper
https://youtu.be/av6Aqf3_3dE A video (here, here and here) is going viral on social media showing a person unlocking a door with…
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Understanding the ‘Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act’
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act was passed in 2007 to enable…
25% of all Padma Awards in Sports went to Cricketers
From 1954 to 2018, a total of 225 civilian awards (Padma Awards & Bharat Ratna)…
Be a ‘GST-wise’ Consumer!
As consumers, we are all paying GST on various goods and services in our daily…
Fake News Alert: AICTE has not issued any Circular scrapping the 75% Attendance rule for Engineering
A circular in the name of AICTE has been widely shared on social media in…
Non-FASTag users entering the FASTag lane have to pay 100% penalty at Toll Plazas
The government amended rules in 2014 seeking to impose a 100% penalty on non-FASTag users…
How much Subsidy does the Government extend to Haj Pilgrims?
Debate on secularism in India is probably incomplete without the reference to subsidies extended by…
