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  • 15 Interesting Facts and History about Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK)

    Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) is that part of Jammu & Kashmir state of India which Pakistan had invaded in 1947. Pakistan has divided POK into 2 parts i.e. Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. The area of Azad Kashmir is spread over 13,300 square kilometers (about 3 times of Indian Kashmir) and its population is about 45 lacs.

    Sep 12, 2019

  • History of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK)

    Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) historically belonged to the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir which is integral part of India due to signing of "Instrument of Accession" but it is unlawfully occupied by the Pakistan in 1947.

    Sep 12, 2019

  • List of all Successful Moon Missions

    Till date there are 20 moon missions have been launched successfully by the 3 countries. Indian could have been the 4th country if Chandrayaan-2 did not fail partially. The first successful moon was Luna 2 which was launched by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on 12 September 1959. While the first successful manned mission (Apollo 11) was launched by the USA on 16 July 1969. Read this article to know the full details of all the successful moon missions.

    Sep 12, 2019

  • List of 10 fastest Centuries in ODIs

    Till date there are 116 cricketers have scored 15 or more international centuries and 43 cricketers have scored 30 or more centuries in the International matches. The first ODI century was scored by ‘Denis Amiss’ who scored 103 runs against Australia at Old Trafford in 1972. The fastest century in the ODI scored by the AB de Villiers in just 31 balls against West Indies in 2015.

    Sep 9, 2019

  • What is the history of Ashes Series?

    Ashes series is a test match series played between England and Australia since last 137 years. This series is played alternatively in these two countries at least once every two years.The Ashes series was started in 1882. Australia has won this series 34 times while England won it 32 times.

    Sep 9, 2019

  • Water Management: Meaning, Statistics and Solutions

    Water management is the management of water resources for the coming generations. Water is one the most crucial natural resource for the existence of the human beings. In India out of our total ground water availability we use 6% for domestic use and another 5% for industrial purpose the remaining 89% goes for Agriculture.

    Sep 7, 2019

  • Water Management

    Water management is referred to the planning, developing, distributing and optimum use of water resources under defined water polices and regulations. The water cycle, through evaporation and precipitation, maintains hydrological systems which form rivers and lakes and support in a variety of aquatic ecosystems. Wetlands are intermediate forms between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and contain species of plants and animals that are highly moisture dependent.

    Sep 7, 2019

  • Salary of Chief Ministers of different States in India

    Article 164 of the Indian Constitution envisages that the Chief Minister shall be appointed by the governor. As of now there are 28 states and 9 Union Territories (UTs) in our country. The Chief Minister (CM) of different states receives a monthly salary for their work. In this article we have published the information regarding the salary of all CMs in our country.

    Sep 6, 2019

  • GK Questions and Answers: Central Vigilance Commission

    Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is the main agency in preventing corruption in the central government. It was established by an executive resolution of the central government. We have published a quiz on the Central Vigilance Commission for the aspirants of the various competitive exams like UPSC,PSC, SSC etc.

    Sep 6, 2019

  • Salary of Government Officials in India

    The President of India is the first citizen of the country that is why he/she receives the highest salary in the country. The President of India receives Rs. 500,000 as basic salary plus other allowances fixed to President of India. The Vice-President of India is the second highest paid official in the country who receives Rs.400,000 plus other allowances fixed to Vice President of India.

    Sep 6, 2019

  • National Register of Citizenship (NRC): All You need to know

    National Register of Citizenship (NRC) is updated in the Assam state to identify the Bangladeshi foreign nationals. These Bangladeshi had entered into the Assam during the 1971 Bangladeshi war of freedom . So as per this NRC only those persons will be included in the NRC who were the citizens of Assam or their ancestors were from Assam before March 25,1971.

    Sep 5, 2019

  • DigiLocker: Online documents storage facility

    DigiLocker is an online documents storage facility provided by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), Government of India under its Digital India initiative. A user can upload its all the essential scanned documents/certificates like RC, driving license, vehicle registration, PAN card, academic documents etc. This storage facility provides space up to 1GB space to each account holder.

    Sep 5, 2019

  • Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019: Key Features and Penalties

    Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019 is being implemented in the country since September 1, 2019. This new act has increased fine for many offence to check the road accidents and improve the road safety in the country. Now driving without driving lisence will be fined Rs 5000 instead of Rs 500 earlier.

    Sep 5, 2019

  • List of Cabinet Ministers of India 2019

    The list of cabinet Ministers of second term of Modi Government comprises of 65 Ministers. The Council of Ministers consists of four categories of ministers; 1. Cabinet Minister 2. Minister of state (independent charge) 3. Minister of state and 4. Deputy Minister. As on September 2019; there are 75 Minister; which includes 25 cabinet Ministers, 9 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and 30 Ministers of State.

    Sep 4, 2019

  • Mithali Raj: Biography, Cricket Records, Hobbies and Awards

    Mithali Raj has scored 6,720 runs in the 203 international ODI matches at the average of 51.29 while in 10 test matches she has scored 663 runs which includes a double century a century and 4 half centuries. Mithali is the only lady cricketer who score 2000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals (T20I). Mithali has taken retirement from the T20I.

    Sep 4, 2019

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