Current Affairs
August 10 , 2020
PM Modi to inaugurate submarine Optical Fibre Cable connecting Chennai and Port Blair
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair today virtually.The submarine cable will also connect Port Blair to Swaraj Dweep, Little Andaman, Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great Nicobar, Long Island, and Rangat....
August 8 , 2020
NHAI signs MoU with IIT Delhi to use AI in data-driven decision-making
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has signed an agreement in setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in data driven decision-making and Advance Data Management System for Highways (ADMS Highways)....
August 7 , 2020
India extended US$18 mn Line of Credit to Maldives for expansion of fishing facilities at MIFCO
India has extended the Line of Credit (LoC) worth US$18 million to the Government of Maldives for the expansion of fishing facilities at Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO)....
August 6 , 2020
NIDM in collaboration with IMD organises webinar series on “Hydro-Meteorological Hazards Risk Reduction”
National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in collaboration with India Meteorological Department (IMD) has organised a webinar series on the title “Hydro-Meteorological Hazards Risk Reduction”....
August 4 , 2020
UNICEF & ADB funds for Thermal screening at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have provided the thermal scanner in coordination with Asian Development Bank funded by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)....
August 3 , 2020
Dr Harsh Vardhan launches 'Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan 2020-21
Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has launched 'Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan, 2020-21. A national programme for popularizing science among school students of Class 6th to 11th....
August 1 , 2020
“Muslim Women Rights Day” organised at National Commission for Minorities office in New Delhi
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has organised the “Muslim Women Rights Day” at National Commission for Minorities office in New Delhi....
July 31 , 2020
UNICEF Publishes First of its kind report on Health crisis: “The Toxic Truth: Children’s Exposure to Lead Pollution Undermines a Generation of Future Potential”
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Pure Earth, an international non-profit organization authored and published the first of kind report on the health crisis titled “The Toxic Truth: Children’s Exposure to Lead Pollution Undermines a Generation of Future Potential”....
July 30 , 2020
PFC signs agreement with IIT-Kanpur for research, training in smart grid technology
Power Finance Corporation (PFC), a PSU under Ministry of Power has signed an agreement with Indian Institute of Technology- Kanpur for Research and Development, and giving training on Entrepreneurship in Smart Grid Technology....
July 29 , 2020
Union Minister of Environment released detailed report of tiger census on Global Tiger Day
Environment Minister has released a detailed report of the tiger census on the International tiger day, celebrated on July 29th every year to create awareness on tiger conservation....