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- Aug 20, 2018
🌟 Tourism Ministry Launches the Guidelines on Adventure Tourism (Important) [ Policies & Governance ]
Union Ministry of Tourism for 1st time issued guidelines for Adventure Tourism in India in effort to make adventure sports safer. In past few years, adventure tourism has grown rapidly India.
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- Aug 16, 2018
BrahMos Achieves Big ‘Make in India’ Feat [ Defense ]
BrahMos, world՚s fastest & most formidable anti-ship cruise missile, was successfully test fired w/indigenous seeker at Pokhran test range in Rajasthan on 22nd March, 2018. BrahMos ALCM weighing 2.5 ton is heaviest weapon to be deployed on India՚s Su-30MKI Fighter Aircraft modifi…
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- Aug 13, 2018
Govt Releases First Draft of Passengers Charter [ Bills ]
Union Ministry of Civil Aviation notified Draft Passenger Charter defining rights for air passengers for public consultation on 22nd May, 2018. Draft Passenger Charter lays down benefits that passengers will be entitled to enjoy, if airline is found to be at fault. Charter will e…
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- Aug 10, 2018
Naipunya Ratham Launched in Andhra Pradesh to Bring Technology to Remote Corners [ Science & Technology, Policies & Governance ]
Andhra Pradesh Government launched multi-utility vehicle NAIPUNYA RATHAM or World on Wheels to bring technology to remote corners. It was launched at State Secretariat in capital Amaravathi by State՚s Chief Minister.
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- Aug 9, 2018
Global Solar Alliance Puts India Firmly in Driver’S Seat [ International Relations & Organizations ]
India found its rightful place under Prime Minister՚s brainchild, the International Solar Alliance (ISA) , which formally kicked off with 62 member-countries. The alliance started with adoption of the ‘Delhi Solar Agenda’ seeking.
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- Aug 8, 2018
Abolition of the 457 Visa Program by Australia [ International Relations & Organizations ]
The Australian government abolished the 457 visa category that allowed employers to sponsor skilled foreign talent to work in the country for up to four years. The 457 category has now been replaced with the harder-to-get Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa that lets overseas wor…
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- Aug 7, 2018
Government Releases Draft Policy on Defence Production [ Defense ]
The Defence Ministry has come out with a draft policy which envisages achieving a turnover of ₹ 1,70, 000 crore in military goods and services by 2025 for promoting the domestic defence industry.
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- Aug 3, 2018
Petro- U.S. Bans Use of Venezuela’S Cryptocurrency [ Economics ]
US President signed an executive order banning the use of Venezuela՚s new crypto-currency, Petro. The executive order that took effect immediately, declared illegal all US transactions related to Venezuelan digital currencies, coins or tokens.
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- Jul 26, 2018
National Policy for Domestic Workers [ Policies & Governance ]
Labour ministry is planning a national policy to protect the interests of domestic workers and to guarantee them minimum wages and social security which has been pending for almost three years now.
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- Jul 25, 2018
Def Expo 2018 – Showcasing ‘India: the Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub’ [ Defense ]
The objective of this year՚s DefExpo was to brand India as a defense exporter of defense systems and components for all three services and showcasing strengths of India՚s growing private industry and emerging Defense MSMEs base. The tagline of DefExpo 2018 is ‘India: The Emerging…
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