Government Schemes & Projects: Point-Wise Current-Affairs/GS Articles 2023 (Including PIB)- Download PDF

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Oct 1, 2015

2015 MacArthur Fellowship Conferred to Kartik Chandran 

About Kartik Chandran: He is an Indian - American junior Professor. He has earned BS in 1995 from IIT Roorke and PhD in 1999 from the University of Connecticut. His research on the engineered wastewater treatment and global nitrogen cycle is widely recognized around the world.

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20th Satellite Launch from China for BeiDou Navigation System 

About BeiDou Navigation System: It is a Chinese satellite navigation system competing to US՚s Global Positioning System (GPS) . It is operated by China National Space Administration. It became operational in China in December 2011 with 10 constellations.

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RBI Drops Repo Rate by 50 Basis Points to 6.75 Percent from 7.25 Percent 

About Repo rate: Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country gives money to commercial banks in the incident of any shortage of funds. Reserve bank of India is the Central bank of India.

  • Repo rate is used by financial authorities to control price rises (inflation)…

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Gurpreet Singh Won Silver Medal in Asian Air Gun Championship of 2015 

About Gurpreet Singh and his achievements: Gurpreet Singh is an Indian shooter by profession. He won two gold medals in shooting at Commonwealth Games of 2010 held in India. He also won gold medal with Vijay Kumar in the Men՚s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol in 2010.

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Sep 29, 2015

Mangalyaan Has Completed Its One Year of Mission Life Around Mars 

About Mangalyaan: Mangalyaan is also known as Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) . It is a space analysis orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 5th November 2013.

  • It is India՚s first space mission and by this ISRO has be…

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INS Kochi – Indian Navy՚s Largest Warship 

About INS Kochi: It is the 2nd ship of the Kolkata - class Missile destroyer (guided missile destroyer under navy) . Its name is driven from the port city Kochi in Kerala which shows the marine character and culture in support to Indian Navy. It՚s built at Mazagaon Docks in Mumba…

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G-4 Countries Have Issued a Joint Statement on UNSC Reforms 

About G - 4 countries: The G4 nations including countries Brazil, Germany, India and Japan. These four countries support each other՚s proposals for permanent spaces on the United Nations Security Council.

  • These G4 nations are regularly elected to two - year terms on the Security C…

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2015 MITRA SHAKTI Exercise Begins in Pune 

About MITRA SHAKTHI exercise: It is a joint India - Sri Lanka Military exercise. It has begun at Anudh Military station at Pune. It is the 3rd joint training exercise for the country who seeks to build cooperation among militaries. It is conducted for 14 days.

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Football Club of Goa Selects Sukhvinder Singh as CEO 

About FC Goa: It was started on 26th August in 2014. It is an Indian Professional football franchise in Goa which takes part in Indian Premier League. FC Goa represents Goa, only state which declared football as its official sport. This team is owned by Goan Football Club Pvt. Lt…

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Dr. Syed Ahmad, the Governor of Manipur is No More 

About Dr. Syed Ahmad: Dr. Syed Ahmad died on 27th September, 2015 because of suffering from cancer at Lilavati hospital, Mumbai, India. Syed Ahmed was born on 6th March, 1945. He was an Indian politician and author and also a member of the Congress Party.

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