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Aug 20, 2021

Kolkata-Mizoram Trade Route via Myanmar to Soon Open 

A deep water port built in Myanmar՚s Sittwe by India is ready to be commissioned. Open Kolkata-Mizoram trade route via Myanmar. The Sittwe port is starting point for the Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project in Myanmar. Once shipments arrive at Sittwe port from Kolkata, t…

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Economics

Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) - Mission Indradhanush & Intensified Mission Indradhanush 

India՚s UIP is one of the largest public health programmes in the world targeting 3 crore pregnant women and 2.7 crore new born annually and conducting more than 90 lakh immunization sessions.

Most cost effective public health intervention responsible for reduc…

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Defense

What is Red Corridor? Why Are Anti-Maoist Strategies Successful in Recent Times? 

Anti-Maoist strategies are the strategies taken to counter the Maoist and their supporters. The Red Corridor is the region in the eastern, central and the southern parts of India that experience considerable Naxalite-Maoist insurgency. In 2017, red corridor has been reduced to 58…

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Political Science

Union Government Shortlist 13 Cities in 2nd Phase of Smart Cities Mission 

13 cities have been shortlisted by the Union Ministry of Urban Development for the list of second batch of Smart Cities based on scores obtained in Fast Track competition lead for 23 cities from as many States and Union Territories.

  • Lucknow in Uttar Prades has topped this competit…

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Government Schemes/Projects

🌟 Indian Systems of Medicines (AYUSH- Important) 

The National Health Policy 2017 provides for access and choice to the patients by promoting different systems of medicine, an enabling regulatory framework and encouraging cross referrals across these systems. National Policy on Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy 2002 also…

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Health

Gramin Swachh Surveksha: Mandi, Sindhudurg Cleanest Districts of India 

According Gramin Swachh Survekshan report of Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Mandi district (in Hills category) of Himachal Pradesh and Sindhudurg district (in the Plains) of Maharashtra category have arisen as the cleanest d…

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Government Schemes/Projects

Deep Ocean Mission and Resource Management: Problem of Ghost Gear-Fishing 

Drawn up of a 5-year plan to explore the deep ocean. Drawn up by the Central government. Exercise coordination- Ministry of Earth Sciences. The blueprint of “Deep Ocean Mission” has been recently unveiled by the MOES. Mission proposes to explore the deep ocean similar to the spac…

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HealthEnvironment

Jagmohan Dalmiya, BCCI President is Passes Away 

Jagmohan Dalmiya who was the President of Board of Control for Cricket in India is passes away in Kolkata, of West Bengal at age of 75 due to a heart attack. About Jagmohan Dalmiya: Jagmohan Dalmiya was born on 30th May 1940 in Kolkata.

  • He was an Indian cricket com…

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Government Schemes/Projects

🌟 What is Coconut Development Board (CDB) ? India Leading in Coconut Production & Productivity 

Annual coconut production is 2395 crore from 20.82 lakh hectare and the productivity is 11505 coconuts⟋hectare. In the year 2016 - 17, coconut products worth ₹ 2084 crore has been exported.

  • In the year 2014, ₹ 409.01 lakh was sanctioned …

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Agriculture, Agro Industry & Allied Activities

18 Biosphere Reserves in India 

Biosphere Reserve (BR) is an international designation by UNESCO for representative parts of natural and cultural landscapes extending over large area of terrestrial, coastal, or marine ecosystems or a combination.

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Environment