Current Affairs October 2021

Govt reconstitutes seven-member EAC-PM; Head- Bibek Debroy

Govt reconstitutes seven-member EAC-PM; Head- Bibek Debroy

The government has reconstituted the seven-member Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) by inducting three new members while dropping economist V. Anantha Nageswaran from the council.  Bibek Debroy continues to be the Chairman of the Council. EAC-PM has been reconstituted for a period of 2 years. Rakesh Mohan, Poonam Gupta, TT Ram Mohan, Sajid Chenoy, Neelkanth Mishra and […]

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National Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports

Raksha Rajya Mantri flags off NIMAS multidimensional adventure sports

Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt flagged off the upcoming National Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports (NIMAS) multidimensional adventure sports expedition to Europe, in New Delhi on October 27, 2021. NIMAS will conduct this expedition in Chamonix, France in November 2021, which is considered the adventure capital of Europe. Locations for the expedition are Alps

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Supreme Court appoints Panel to Probe Pegasus Use in India

Supreme Court appoints Panel to Probe Pegasus Use in India

Supreme Court has appointed a three-member committee to look into allegations of unauthorized surveillance using Pegasus, spyware developed by Israeli firm NSO Group. The three-member expert panel, supervised by a retired SC judge, will also ascertain details of people targeted by the military-grade Israeli spyware. Committee members: Naveen Kumar Chaudhary, Prabaharan P, Ashwin Anil Gumaste. It will

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Ministry of Education notifies Four Year ITEP from 2022-23

Ministry of Education notifies Four Year ITEP from 2022-23

Ministry of Education has notified Four Year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP). MoE notified about the dual-major holistic bachelor’s degree offering BA-Bed and BSc-Bed, which is one of the major important points of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 which is related to teacher education. As per NEP, 2020, teacher engagement will be only through ITEP. It

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Govt reconstitutes EAC-PM for a two-year period under B Debroy as head

Govt reconstitutes EAC-PM for a two-year period under B Debroy as head

The government has reconstituted the economic advisory council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) for a period of two years with Bibek Debroy as the head. Other part-time members: Rakesh Mohan (Former deputy governor of RBI) Poonam Gupta TT Ram Mohan J P Morgan Sajjid Chenoy Neelkanth Mishra CEO Nilesh Shah Council will analyses any issue, economic or

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Expenditure Finance Committee approves Nag River revitalization project

Expenditure Finance Committee approves Nag River revitalization project

Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) of the Department of Expenditure has approved the Rs 2,117 crore Nag River revitalization project in Nagpur, Maharashtra It was conceptualized by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. This ambitious project includes the construction of three STP projects, a 500-kilometer sewerage network, a pumping station, and community toilets will be constructed. This

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Civil Aviation Minister releases Krishi UDAN 2.0

Civil Aviation Minister releases Krishi UDAN 2.0

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya has released Krishi UDAN 2.0, laying out the vision of improving value realization through better integration and optimization of Agri-harvesting and air transportation and contributing to agri-value chain sustainability and resilience under different and dynamic conditions. The scheme proposes facilitating and incentivizing the movement of agri-produce by air transportation. It will open up new avenues

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