Atish Dabholkar is appointed as the new director of Abdus Salam ICTP in Trieste Italy. He is currently the head of ICTP’s high energy, cosmology and astroparticle physics section. He joined the centre in 2014 on secondment from Sorbonne Université and the National Center for Scientific Research, where he has been a research director since […]
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, chaired his thirtieth interaction through PRAGATI – the ICT-based, multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 This was also the first PRAGATI meeting in the new term of the Union Government. The 29 PRAGATI meetings in the previous term, saw a cumulative review
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Based on the feedback from stakeholders and with a view to further liberalise the ECB framework, it has been decided, in consultation with the Government of India, to relax the end-use stipulations relating to external commercial borrowings for Working Capital requirements, General Corporate purposes and Repayment of rupee loans. Accordingly, eligible borrowers will now be
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‘Cyclone man’ Mrutyunjay Mohapatra took over as the director general of meteorology of the country’s weather department. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, 54, replaced K.J. Ramesh, who headed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) since 2016. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Ramesh’s time at the helm was marked by several extreme weather events, including Cyclone Fani, the most intense
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The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, as part of its strategic commitment to improve global trade, is conducting India’s first national Time Release Study (TRS) between 1st – 7th August. The exercise will be institutionalized on an annual basis, during the same period every year hereafter. The Time Release Study is an internationally recognized
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Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra,an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of 1986 batch, assumed charge of the office of Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Prior to taking over as Secretary, DPIIT, he served as Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI). Dr. Mohapatra brought
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Edelweiss Tokio Life ties up with MobiKwik to offer insurance solutions. MobiKwik is a leading fintech platform, to offer mobile-based group insurance solutions for the latter’s customers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Through this partnership, Edelweiss Tokio Life will offer life insurance in the variants of ₹1 lakh, ₹3 lakh and ₹5 lakh through MobiKwik’s
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Nigeria became the 4th African country to join the Global Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators on July 25, 2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Ethiopia was the first African nation to be part of this Global Coalition in 2017 while Morroco became a member of this group in May this year. Burundi was the
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48 countries tourists are exempted from visa fees by Sri Lankan govt including India and China from August 1 as part of efforts to attract more tourists to the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 In a media briefing here, Tourism Development, Wildlife and Christian Religious Affairs Minister John Amaratunga said that Cabinet approval has
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India and UK launch clean air initiative in Bengaluru that would provide a unique air quality measurement system by integrating satellite and sensor data and support India’s transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Aim : The initiative – Innovating for Clean Air (IfCA) will identify innovations having potential to improve air
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