Indian Railway is looking at a 50 lakh crore rupees investment over the next 12 years. The rail infrastructure in the country increased by mere 30 per cent in the last 65 years due to the lack of adequate investment. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Electrification work has been undertaken by the Ministry of Railways […]
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Gulzar Ahmed took oath as the 27th Chief Justice of Pakistan. He takes over from Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, whose tenure came to an end, after serving the country’s top judge from January this year. The new Chief Justice will remain in office till February 21, 2022. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Justice Ahmed
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Under the NIRBHAYA Fund, projects of Rs 7,000 crore, including setting up of 1,023 fast-track courts, have been approved by the government. Nirbhaya (fearless) was the pseudonym given to the victim to hide her actual identity. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 In a tribute to the 23-year-old Delhi gangrape victim, then Congress-led government had announced
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The Union Minister of State for Shipping (IC) and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya handed over the Citizenship certificates issued by Government of India to 07 Pakistani refugees in Kutch, Gujarat. He met the Pakistani refugees, who have taken shelter in Gujarat’s Morbi and Kutch districts of Gujarat. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Citizenship
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The Competition Commission of India (CCI) received the following three Green Channel combinations filed under sub-section (2) of Section 6 of the Competition Act, 2002 (Act) read with regulation 5A of the Competition Commission of India (Procedure in regard to the transactions of business relating to combinations) Regulations, 2011 (Combination Regulations): Daily Current Affairs Quiz
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Ethiopia has launched its first satellite into space from at a space station in China. The satellite was designed by Chinese and Ethiopian engineers and the Chinese government paid about $6m of the more than $7m manufacturing costs, Solomon Belay, director-general of the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute, told Reuters News Agency. Daily Current Affairs
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Union plans to take khadi and village industries turnover to Rs 2 trillion in the next five years from Rs 75,000 crore at present. Urging the industry to expand its share in global trade to about 10 per cent, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Minister Gadkari also urged players to grab the opportunity to
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The US House of Representatives approved a new North American trade deal that includes tougher labour and automotive content rules but leaves $1.2 trillion in annual US-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged. The House passed legislation to implement the US-Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) 385-41, with 38 Democrats, two Republicans and one independent member voting no. Daily
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Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced the setting up of a Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize. Portugal will be launching a Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize, each year inspired by his different thoughts and quotes. The first edition of this prize will be dedicated to animal welfare as Mahatma Gandhi said that the greatness of a nation
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Jignesh Patel, a fellow at the Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) at IIT Hyderabad, launched a Vaccination on Wheels Clinic in Pune. The service was started in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Mr. Patel received a grant under the Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations. The clinic is called “VaccineOnWheels.com” as it adopted VOW
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