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• Oct 5, 2016

•  Reliance & Dassault Aviation Joint Venture- Dassault Reliance Aerospace [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  Reliance Group and French aerospace giant Dassault Aviation inked contract to set up a joint venture “Dassault Reliance Aerospace” . This is for indigenously manufacturing parts of recently resolved India-France deal for 36 Rafael fighter jets.

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• Sep 30, 2016

•  Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  CEPI, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations aims to stop future epidemics and it is a Public- private coalition. The concept is to develop early vaccines without knowing the form in which the infection will appear.

  • India would be the leader of the project.

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• Sep 29, 2016

•  World Maritime Day to Be Observed on 29th September [ Important Days ]

  29^th September is being observed as the World Maritime Day across the world from 1978. This symbolizes the importance of shipping safety, maritime security, and the marine environment. To mark this day International Maritime Organization (IMO) , member Governments, and maritime i…

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•  SAARC to Be Postponed [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  After India, three other countries including Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Bhutan refused to attend SAARC meet to be organized at Islamabad, Pakistan on 9^th and 10^th November 2016. According to the SAARC rule, the meet can only be arranged if each of the member countries agrees to…

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•  Ratification of the Paris Agreement Approved [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  The Paris Agreement (on Climate Change) will be ratified on 2^nd October on 2016 on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti by the central government. In December 2015, the Paris Agreement was adopted by 185 nations. India had signed Paris Agreement at New York in April 2016. This agreeme…

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• Sep 28, 2016

•  Saloni Wins Gold in 200m Breaststroke in 70^th Glenmark Senior National Aquatic Championships [ Sports ]

  Saloni Dalal from Karnataka has won gold medal in 2000m Breaststroke in 70^th Glenmark Senior National Aquatic Championships. She broke the national record with more than 2 seconds.

  • She broke previous records of 02: 46.49 and set new record at 02: 44.37 (a 19-year old r…

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•  IIM - Reservation System in Faculty? [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  The human resource development ministry (HRD) suggested introducing reservation in teaching appointments in Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) , HRD department states that no authority is above the constitution of India.

  • Currently a few technical and research institutes are res…

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•  RCom and RJio Have Virtually Merged [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  Reliance Communications (RCom) and Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio) were virtually merged, to reduce the debt burden by upto 75 % in the next one year. Under the merger, RCom will share spectrum, network, and towers with Mukesh Ambani՚s RJio.

  • Now Anil Ambani and Mukesh Ambani both wil…

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• Sep 27, 2016

•  2nd SAARC Anti-Terrorism Mechanism Kicked Off in New Delhi [ Government Schemes/Projects ]

  The High Level Group of Eminent Experts to strengthen the SAARC Anti-Terrorism Mechanism Second Edition was held in New Delhi. The conference was attended by the all eight SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) delegations.

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•  U-19 Asian Title of Squash Won by Velavan Senthilkumar [ Sports ]

  Velavan Senthilkumar the Indian squash won the Under-19 Asian Junior Individual squash championship by beating Mohammad Al-Sarraj of Jordan with 12 - 14,9 - 11,11 - 6,11 - 8, and 11 - 7 at finals played in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysian capital) .

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