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“GatiShakti Sanchar” portal: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 27 July 2022

GatiShakti Sanchar” portal ✅About: The portal has been developed keeping in view the vision areas of the National Broadband Mission at the core, which are providing broadband infrastructure as a core utility to every citizen, Governance and services on demand, and in particular, digital empowerment of the citizens of the country. ✅Objective: The portal shall

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ADB approves $96 mn loan to HP for safe drinking water project

ADB approves $96 mn loan to HP for safe drinking water project

The Asian Development Bank has approved $96.3 million loan for safe drinking water and sanitation project in Himachal Pradesh. The loan has been provided under the Himachal Pradesh Rural Drinking Water Improvement and Livelihood Project. Aim: To provide piped water to all rural households by 2024. This also upgrade water supply infrastructure and strengthen institutional capacity to ensure safe, sustainable, and

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World Bank appoints Indian national Indermit Gill as chief economist

World Bank appoints Indian national Indermit Gill as chief economist

Indian national, Indermit Gill has been appointed as a new Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics of World Bank, will be effective September 1, 2022. He will succeed American economist, Carmen Reinhart. He is currently serving as the Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions. He will be the second Indian to serve as chief economist after Kaushik Basu who

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Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmed Al-Sabah named as Prime Minister of Kuwait

Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmed Al-Sabah named as Prime Minister of Kuwait

The head of the Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah has issued a decree to appoint Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah as the Prime Minister the new government. He succeeded Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled, who resigned in April 2022. He is a retired Kuwaiti military with the rank of Lieutenant-General at the Ministry of Interior and the First Deputy Prime Minister and

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Parshottam Rupala launches subsidiary of NDDB for manure management

Parshottam Rupala launches subsidiary of NDDB for manure management

Parshottam Rupala (Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying) has launched NDDB MRIDA Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary company of National Dairy Development Boar (NDDB). Aim: To provide structured impetus to manure management efforts. NDDB has established NDDB MRIDA Limited (Unlisted Public Limited Company) under the Companies Act, 2013 on July 1, 2022. This will help in savings to the farmers

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