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Nirmala Sitharaman has been chosen as India’s new Defence Minister. She is a Rajya Sabha member and represents which state in the Parliament?
Nirmala Sitharaman has been chosen as India’s new Defence Minister. Sitharaman has taken charge of the key defence ministry from Arun Jaitley, who had expressed his intent openly of preferring not to carry the added responsibility.
2
Which of the following cities hosting 9th BRICS summit-2017?
Deshmukh’s feat is even more commendable considering that she was the only one among the 19 Indian participants to have won a medal. She also remained unbeaten throughout the 11 rounds as she ended with 9.5 points in the girls’ category, winning eight and drawing three games. She finished one point clear of USA’s Nastassja A Matus.
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Which state government announces free education for girls from Nursery to PhD?
In a bid to fulfill one of its major poll promises, Captain Amarinder Singh-led government in Punjab has announced free education for girls in all public institutions from nursery to PhD, in spite of the financial crunch currently being faced by the state. The education sector got a huge boost in the state budget this year with Rs 21 crore earmarked for reforming the infrastructure of primary schools. In addition to free education, the government has proposed to start pre-primary classes (nursery and LKG) in government schools from the next academic session, provide free WiFi across 13,000 primary schools, colleges and 48 government colleges and introduce free textbooks for government school students.
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Which state government launched a unified scheme - 'Arogya Bhagya'?
Karnataka government will be merging the existing seven health schemes to launch a unified scheme- 'Arogya Bhagya' which will cover all 1.4 crore households of the state. The government will issue Aadhaar-linked Universal Health Cards to the residents using which they can avail medical care at government-owned hospitals, medical college hospitals, and empanelled private hospitals for free.
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India gets its first Indigenous Sniper Rifle from _______
After using German sniper rifles Heckler & Koch for decades, India got its own sniper rifle from Ordnance Factory Ishapore in West Bengal. The new rifle is likely to eliminate country’s dependence on importing rifles from other manufacturers abroad.
With an aim to improve the condition of small and marginal farmers, the Union Ministry of Science and Technology is planning to create Farm Zone which is a collective open source data platform for smart agriculture using biological research. This was announced by the Department of Biotechnology at recently concluded Smart Agricultural Conclave in New Delhi. Farm Zone is a concept that integrates Science & Technology, innovation and the farm ecosystem.
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The launch of ISRO’s eighth navigation satellite ______ from PSLV-C39 was unsuccessful.
The launch of ISRO’s eighth navigation satellite IRNSS-1H from PSLV-C39 was unsuccessful.
It had to reach space to back up and replace India’s first navigation satellite IRNSS-1A.
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System is an independent system developed by India for terrestrial and marine navigation, disaster management, vehicle tracking etc.
It was named NAVIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) by PM NarendraModi.
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Who was appointed as the new Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE?
The Reliance Foundation was rewarded with the prestigious Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Award at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Chairperson of the foundation, Nita Ambani collected the award from President Ram Nath Kovind in a glittering ceremony in New Delhi. For its contribution to the promotion of sports, the award went to Reliance Foundation.
