Current Affairs
December 16 , 2019
Coal Ministry to set up 'Sustainable Development Cell' for mining to address environmental concerns
The Coal Ministry will establish 'Sustainable Development Cell' (SDC) for promoting sustainable coal mining in the country and address environmental concerns at closure of mines. The SDC envisages addressing environment mitigation measures in a systemic manner and providing a better environment to people working and residing in the vicinity of mine...
December 14 , 2019
National Tribal Dance Festival to be held in Raipur from Dec 27-29
A three-day National Tribal Dance Festival will be held in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur from December 27 to 29, wherein international folk artists from 23 states and six other countries are expected to take part and portray their respective tribal folk culture. On the occasion, artists from various states and the countries will march past in their...
December 13 , 2019
2 plus 2 India-US dialogue to be held on Dec 18
The Second India-US 2 Plus 2 Ministerial Dialogue will be held in Washington DC on 18th of this month. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar will meet their US counterparts for a comprehensive review of cross-cutting foreign pol...
December 12 , 2019
ASI identifies 138 'must see' monuments, guess which Kerala site made it to the list
ASI has identified 138 monuments as "Must See Monuments", Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Prahlad Patel informed Parliament. there are 38 World Heritage Sites in India, out of which 22 cultural sites including monuments/ buildings and caves are under the protection of the ASI. The "Must See" list features outstanding Indian monuments and...
December 11 , 2019
MOU signed Between NSIC & ARAMCO Asia for development in Oil & Gas Sectors
An MoU has been signed recently between NSIC and Aramco Asia for the development of MSME Ecosystem in India in Oil & Gas Sector. This MoU will pave a way for accredited Indian MSMEs to carve out a space as vendors in the Global space. NSIC is the flagship Mini Ratna PSU under Ministry of MSME in the business of facilitating MSMEs in India and Aramc...
December 10 , 2019
Human Library event in Mysuru
Human Library, a concept which seeks to replace books with humans, will be held in the City of Palaces Mysuru. The first event of Human Library aims to break past long-standing prejudices and stereotypes by creating a safe framework for conservation by using a library analogy of lending people rather than books....
December 9 , 2019
Govt disbursed Rs 36,000 crore to farmers under PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi
Around 36 thousand crore rupees have been disbursed under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi. Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said, around seven crores 60 lakh farmers have been benefited under the scheme. The government is striving to double the farmer's income by 2022. That the Agriculture Export Policy, 2018...
December 8 , 2019
IIT researchers to create 'Gandhipedia'
Two IITs and the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) have joined hands to develop 'Gandhipedia', an online repository of books, letters and speeches written by Mahatma Gandhi, to commemorate his 150th birth anniversary. The entire project will be done with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI), an IIT Kharagpur....
December 6 , 2019
Fit India School Rating System launched as part of Fit India Campaign
Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal and Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju launched the Fit India School Rating System at Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, Delhi Cantt. They also jointly inaugurated the newly constructed cricket stadium which has been constructed with an estimated cost of Rs 294.41 lakhs and will facilitate around...
December 5 , 2019
Mumbai Central gets India's first 'Eat Right Station', 4-star rating by FSSAI
The Mumbai Central Terminus of the Western Railway has been certified as India's first "Eat Right Station" with a 4-Star rating awarded by the FSSAI. The honour came on the basis of compliance of food safety and hygiene, availability of healthy diet, food handling at preparation, trans-shipment and retail/serving points, food waste management, prom...