Distinguished scientist Ajit Kumar Mohanty has been appointed Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). It is the country’s premier multi-disciplinary nuclear research facility based in Mumbai.

The Marayoor Jaggery, the traditional and handmade product from Idukki district of Kerala, on March 8, 2019 received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the Central Government.

A bolometer is a highly sensitive instrument used for detecting heat or electromagnetic radiation. This instrument was invented by Samuel Pierpont Langley.

The Operating Ratio of Indian Railways is expected to be 95 percent as per Budget 2019-20 as announced by Union Minster of Railways Piyush Goyal.

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said the country is poised to become a USD 5-trillion economy in the next five years and aspires to become a USD 10-trillion economy in the next 8 years thereafter.

The All-India Anti-Untouchability League later renamed as Harijan Sevak Sangh was Mr. Gandhi's project. It was inspired by him and was the direct outcome of the Poona Pact.

Operation Vijay was the code name given to the military operation by the Indian armed forces in December 1961 to liberate Goa from the Portuguese. It led to the annexation of Goa into India.

Iodine and Carbon are the non-metals having the property of metallic lustre such as Graphite and Diamond.

Colloidal Solution is a heterogeneous mixture in which particle size of substance is intermediate of true solution and suspension. In other words, colloid is a mixture in which one substance of microscopically dispersed insoluble particles is suspended throughout another substance.

The Dutch East India Company was created in 1602 as “United East India Company” and its first permanent trading post was in Indonesia. In India, they established the first factory in Masulipatanam in 1605.