Point-Wise Current-Affairs & GS (Includes Important PIB Updates) 2018 with Maps & Data- IAS, SSC etc

Grievance Redressal Mechanisms for Women - Timely intervention and redressal are essential, At the apex level there are: 1. Department of Administrative Reforms and Public grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. 2. Directorate of Public Grievances, Cabi

Effective Grievance Redressal: Heart of Good Governance - 📝 Government of India has established an internet based Centralized Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS).

• to facilitate all citizens to lodge grievances for redressal

• enables submission of grievances

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme - It is being implemented through States/UTs, It aims at holistic development of children upto 6 years of age. It also aims to meet nutritional needs of pregnant women and lactating mothers.

India was ranked at the 62^nd place among emerging economies on an Inclusive Development Index (IDI-2018) released by World Economic Forum (WEF). WEF urged the leaders to urgently move to a new model of ‘inclusive growth and development’, saying reliance on GDP as a measure of eco

India was ranked 81^st among 118 countries in 2017 Global index of talent competitiveness (GTI) list up from 92^nd last year. The index was released on January 23, 2018, the first day of World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

During the year 2015 - 16, the two Central Sector scholarship schemes for ST students ‘Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for ST students’ and ‘Top Class Education Scheme for ST students’ were merged into a single Central Sector Scheme called ’National Fellowship and Scholarship fo

The International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI) was held in New Delhi organised by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, unveiled the schedule of Khelo India School Games 2018. The anthem is conceptualized by Ogilvy, composed by Louis Bank and the film has been produced by Nirvana Films.

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iCreate or International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology is an independent Centre created with the objective of facilitating entrepreneurship through a blend of different talents.

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India successfully launched weather observation satellite Cartosat 2 Series and 29 other spacecraft from Sriharikota with the help of PSLV-C40. This launch was 100^th launch by ISRO.

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Saksham-2018. Saksham (Sanrakshan Kshamta Mahotsav) is an annual flagship event of Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. Saksham 2018 campaign aims at raising awareness amongst the citizens, on the need for cons

As a major boost to ‘Make in India’ in Defence, the Defence Acquisition Council has cleared a simplified ‘Make-II’ procedure to enable greater participation of defense industry in acquisition of defence equipment.

• The proc

As many as 24 monuments have been declared “untraceable” by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Out of these, 11 monuments are in Uttar Pradesh, two each in Haryana, Delhi, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan, while one each in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh,

Government is trying hard to increase the speed of rails and at the same time increase efficiency and passenger comfort. Mission Raftar - ‘Mission Raftaar’ was announced in the Railway Budget 2016 - 17 for increasing the speed of trains. The mission envisages.

Government has achieved a significant milestone by completing Phase-1 of the BharatNet project for providing affordable broadband services to citizens and institutions in rural and remote areas. The project achieved a global record of laying of 800 kilometers of optical fiber per

In-line with Government philosophy to make systems and procedures digital and transparent, Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO) has launched New Online Vender Registration System for Railways.

Budget for Agriculture and Rural areas - The MSP for all unannounced kharif crops to be atleast one and half times of their production cost. Prime Minister Krishi Sampada Yojana is a flagship program for boosting investment in food processing.

India will be hosting the International Dam Safety Conference - 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram on January 23 - 24. India ranks third globally with 5254 large dams in operation and about 447 are under construction. In addition, there are several thousand smaller dams.

INSV Tarini entered Port Stanley (Falkland islands) today during its maiden voyage to circumnavigate the globe. This is the first-ever Indian circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women crew.

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The government of India felicitated 112 exceptional women who are the first to set a milestone in their respective fields after an extensive research process by the Ministry of Women & Child Development.

Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) is a fixed day strategy, every month across the country during which a range of quality maternal health services are provided as part of Antenatal Care. The PMSMA programme was launched in 2016.

A new blood test that can now detect eight common cancer types through assessment of the levels of circulating proteins and mutations in cell-free DNA. Cancer SEEK is the name of the blood test, which is used to detect the eight type of cancers in the early stage.

The January 31 full moon was special due to three reasons- it was last in a trilogy of “supermoons”, it is about 14 per cent brighter than usual and is the second full moon of the month, commonly known as a “blue moon”, which happens every two and a half years, on average.

With the ‘flush season’ in milk production commencing, milk supply to Goa has been restored giving a respite to local consumers. Earlier in December, Goa had faced an acute shortage of milk, due to a prolonged lean season of milk.