The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of ancient manuscripts that include the earliest existing copies of books from the Hebrew Bible, date from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD.
Around 900 scrolls were discovered between 1947 and 1956 in the Qumran caves above the Dead Sea.
Archaeologists have uncovered a new cave that once housed Dead Sea Scrolls.
The cave discovered west of Qumran in the occupied West Bank contained no manuscripts, but there is ample evidence of their earlier presence.
Mission XI Million
It is the biggest school sports outreach programme in the country launched in New Delhi.
It aims to take football to at least 11 million boys and girls around the country
The programme is to make football as the sport of choice in India, to encourage children gain healthy habits and learn important life lessons in teamwork and sportsman spirit.
Fairy Queen
The ‘Fairy Queen’ is the oldest surviving functional steam engine in the world.
The locomotive was constructed in England, in 1855, and reached Kolkata in the same year.
It was certified by the Guinness Book of Records in 1998 as the world's oldest steam locomotive in regular operation.
It will once again run between Delhi and Rewari for a single day heritage trip.
Defence Procurement Organisation
The government plans to set up a Defence Procurement Organisation (DPO).
The Defence Procurement Process continues to be lengthy and complicated.
DPO will simplify the defence purchase procedure by integrating procurement processes.
The new agency will be established based on the recommendation of government appointed committee headed by Dr. Pritam Singh.
