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Jul 25, 2018

Def Expo 2018 – Showcasing India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub 

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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Defense

Jun 20, 2018

🌟 HRD Ministry 75 National Resource Centres for Online Refresher Programmes for Education (Important) 

Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched initiative of online professional development of 1.5 million higher education faculty using MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) platform SWAYAM.

  • In 1st phase of initiative, 75 discipline-specific Nation…

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Education

May 30, 2018

Expected Most Important Topics for UPSC - 2018 (Part - 5) 

Yatri Mitra Sewa - A Yatri Mitra can either be a Sahayak or any other person provided by IRCTC or the service provider appointed by IRCTC for this purpose. IRCTC may provide this service Free of cost through some NGO, PSUs etc under CSR.

  • Yatri Mitra shall provide Wheel chair cum p…

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HealthEnvironmentGovernment Schemes/ProjectsBased on Yojana

May 16, 2018

NE Venture Fund for Startups 

Union Minister of State (I⟋c) for Development of North Eastern Region has invited young Start-Ups from across the country to avail of the “Venture Fund” facility being provided by the ministry to anybody who wishes to set up an entrepreneurship in the region, particularly in frui…

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Feb 1, 2018

What is Blue Flag Certification? Launch of Blue Flag Pilot Project for Beach Clean-Up 

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has launched pilot project Blue Flag to develop and enhance standards of cleanliness on beaches. Increase upkeep and basic amenities at beaches.

Aim of Blue Flag Project

  • Enhance standards of cleanli…

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EnvironmentGovernment Schemes/Projects

Nov 13, 2017

Gujarat First Big State to Use EVMs with VVPAT 

Gujarat will be first big state to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) equipped with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in coming Assembly elections to make elections more transparent. It will be second after Goa to use VVPAT system for the Assembly elections in entire s…

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Policies & Governance

Sep 6, 2017

🌟 Regulations and Global Conventions on Child Labour (Important) 

After the enactment of the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, Government has recently ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions No. 138 concerning minimum age for employment and No. 182 concerning prohibition and elimination of wor…

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Policies & Governance

🌟 India and Russia Sign 16 Agreements Across Diverse Sectors - Important 

India and Russia signed 16 agreements across diverse sectors related to the infrastructure, defence, ship, energy, space, building sectors etc. This agreement was signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

  • This followed delegation-level talk durin…

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Policies & Governance

Aug 5, 2017

AIDS Deaths Reduced but Still Claimed 1 Million Lives in 2016: UN 

In 2016,19.5 million of the 36.7 million people living with HIV had access to anti-retro viral treatment. AIDS-related deaths fell from 1.9 million in 2005 to one million in 2016. There were 1.8 million new infections, half of 3.5 million in 1997.

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Health

Jul 21, 2017

Shri Achal Kumar Joti Takes over as New Chief Election Commissioner of India 

Shri Achal Kumar Joti has assumed charge as the 21st Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, succeeding Dr. Nasim Zaidi making it the clear his commitment to hold free, fair, inclusive and credible elections throughout the country and ensuring that “No Voter to be Left Behind…

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