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 Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal 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 150^th 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.