Saturday, March 21, 2020

General Studies: Small Topics.

  • National People's Party recognized as a National Party.
    • First political party from Northeastern India to have attained this status.
    • 8th national party in the country.
    • Conrad Sangma is its president.
    • Ground of recognition: state party in 4 states of ManipurNagalandArunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya. 
    • Its election symbol is a book.
  • Paryatan Parv 2019 (October 2019)
    • Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and  Minister of Steel, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated at New Delhi.
    • Dedicated to 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
    • Components: 
      • Dekho Apna Desh To encourage Indians to visit their own country.
      • Tourism for All:  Tourism Events at sites across all States in the country.
      • Tourism & Governance:  Interactive Sessions & Workshops with Stakeholders on varied themes.
  • Fit India Movement.
    • On the occasion of National Sports Day 29th August 2019
    • Prime Minister launched it across many schools across the country.
  • 10th Mekong-Ganga Cooperation Ministerial Meeting (10th MGC MM).
    • Held on 01 August 2019 in Bangkok.
    • MGC is a Sub-regional cooperation organisation. Its 6 members are:
      • India,Combodia,Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. 
      • China is not member.
      • Except India, others are Mekong River Basin countries.
  • Stride Scheme:
    • Fund research projects that are socially relevant, locally need-based, nationally important and globally significant.
    • Initiated by UGC.


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