During the British rule, from administration point of view India was divided into two parts – first, British India and second, Princely states of India. British India included provinces (regions) that were directly administered by the British, with Acts established and passed in British Parliament and the Princely States were ruled by local rulers. At this time, […]
During the rule of the British East India Company, the Anglo-Indians and Europeans began to publish newspapers and journals. James Augustus Hickey is considered the father of Indian press. He started the Bengal Gazette in the year 1780. Later, powerful newspapers emerged under distinguished and fearless nationalists. The influence of the press extended far beyond its literate subscribers.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget 2018-19 for financial year 2018-19, highlighting the government’s economic reforms undertaken in the last four years and its achievements. This year’s Budget was focussed on strengthening agriculture and rural economy. Finance Minister promised that government with Niti Aayog will also devise mechanism to ensure that the farmers get
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Rajasthan faces one the greatest scarcity of water resources in the country. It has 13.88% of India’s cultivable area, 5.67% of population and about 11% of country’s livestock but it has only 1.16 % of surface water and 1.70% of ground water. Thus, Rajasthan a state with about 10% of land area has only around
January 2018: Rajasthan Current Affairs Summary African crow spotted for first time in Jodhpur African Crow has been spotted for the first time in India at Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The sole Pied Crow (corvus albus), smaller than the crows native to India and with white chest and belly, was spotted by an avid bird watcher. State-level R-Day function
