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NITI Aayog to launch the Fourth Edition of Women Transforming India Awards

The NITI Aayog will launch the Fourth Edition of Women Transforming India Awards on9 August 2019. Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO NITI Aayog,Ms. Renata Lok-Dessallien, UN Coordinator in India and partners of Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) will be present during the launch. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 TheWomen Transforming India (WTI) Awards is being organized in […]

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Two ro-pax vessels lunched by Cochin Shipyard

Cochin Shipyard launched two ro-pax (roll-on roll-off passenger) vessels designed and built by it for the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The vessels were the third and fourth in a series of 10 vessels, eight ro-pax and two ro-ro vessels, ordered by the IWAI. The vessels would be operated

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Frontline published a tamil book Oru Manidhan Oru Iyakkam Kalaignar Mu. Karunanidhi

A tamil book ‘Oru Manidhan Oru Iyakkam Kalaignar Mu. Karunanidhi’, published by Frontline, a publication of The Hindu group, will serve as a guide and a tool for the next generation to know about how one person could become a movement, bring about changes in a democracy and make Indian politics look at him in

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IIT-M student designs system to recycle urine

Indian Institute of Technology or IIT is one of the highly popular educational institutes in India. A student Anusha Ganta belonging to the IIT Madras is sensational now. This 2nd year PhD student of civil engineering department and 3 project staffs, mentors Indumati Nambi and Divyapriya a post doctoral fellow have retrofitted urinals on the

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Rajnath Singh chairs first Defence Acquisition Council meeting

To give a boost to indigenisation, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh,accorded approval for procurement of indigenous Software Defined Radio (SDRTactical) and Next Generation Maritime Mobile Coastal Batteries (Long Range) for the Indian Navyhere. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The SDR is a complex and state of art communication

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Current Affairs Quiz 9 August 2019

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International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

Another year has passed during which indigenous peoples, supported by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, have made steady progress towards the goal of strengthening international cooperation on solutions to the issues and challenges that they face – a goal defined by the five main objectives of the Second International Decade of the

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Lahore-Attari Samjhauta Express train service had not been suspended

A senior Railways official said that the Lahore-Attari Samjhauta Express train service had not been suspended. The clarification followed Pakistan’s decision to stop the train from Lahore to Atari at Wagah in Pakistan, citing security concerns, leaving 110 passengers, including 48 Pakistanis, stranded. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Following this, the Railways sent its crew

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India plans to fully utilize its share of water under the Indus Waters Treaty

India plans to fully utilize its share of water under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. This was articulated by power and new renewable energy minister Raj Kumar Singh. According to the Indus Waters Treaty, whoever builds the project first will have the first rights on the river waters. India and Pakistan signed the treaty

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ADB Provides $200 Million to Upgrade Rural Roads in Maharashtra

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $200 million to upgrade rural roads to all-weather standards in 34 districts of India’s Maharashtra State to better connect rural areas with markets and services. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 “The upgraded roads under the ADB project will boost links between local residents, productive agricultural

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