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Indusfood aims Business of USD 1.5 Billion in 2020 Edition

Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI) will launch two sub shows ‘Indusfood-Tech’ and ‘Indusfood-Chem’ in the forthcoming 2020 edition to be held in NCR Delhi next January. This will establish Indusfood as a fully integrated food processing lifecycle event. Over 1500 top distributors, retailers, food processors and importers are expected to participate in Indusfood – […]

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The 15th Finance Commission discussed the Health Sector

The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman, Shri N.K. Singh held a meeting with the Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan and other senior officials from his Ministry. Also present at the meeting were representatives of High Level Group on Health Sector set up by the Commission – Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director,

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First World Youth Conference on Kindness

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the first World Youth Conference on Kindness in New Delhi on August 23, 2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Addressing the gathering, the President said that Mahatma Gandhi was not just a great leader and visionary, he was one who personified certain timeless ideals and values.

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Asia-Pacific Group may blacklist Pakistan

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary, Pakistan now faces being put on the “blacklist” of the FATF’s Asia affiliate, the Asia-Pacific Group (APG), that will conclude its meetings in Canberra, Australia on 23 August, 2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 While the two processes are separate, the APG blacklisting, or ‘Enhanced Expedited Follow Up’

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FASTag to be made mandatory by 1 December 2019

All lanes in the fee plazas shall be declared as FASTag lane of fee plaza by December 1, 2019, according to a road ministry circular reviewed by Mint. FASTag is an electronic toll connection device installed in the vehicle to enable drivers to drive through toll plazas without having to stop. The move is part

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Parts of the Amazon rainforest are on fire

The powerful winds carried the smoke from the Amazon forest fires burning nearly 1,700 miles away. Almost 73,000 fires have been detected by Brazil’s space research center INPE, according to Reuters. The smoke has traveled from the fires blazing in the Brazilian states of Rondônia and Amazon and blackened the sky above the city for

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Plea in Supreme Court challenges new instant triple talaq law

Supreme Court on 22 August, 2019 challenging the newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through ‘triple talaq’ among Muslims a punishable offence entailing imprisonment of up to three years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The fresh plea has been filed by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, a Muslim body, which sought to declare The

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Rupee falls below 72 mark against US dollar on fund outflows

The rupee on 23 August declined below the 72 mark against the US currency in opening session due to continued foreign fund outflows and losses in the equity markets. The rupee fell by 22 paise to trade at a nine-month low of 72.03 against the US dollar in early session. The rupee traded in a

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NITI Aayog to release a Report on the Composite Water Management Index 2.0

NITI Aayog will release the second Round of Composite Water Management Index 2.0 (CWMI 2.0) in New Delhi. It will be launched by Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Jal Shakti, and Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Inspired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s impetus on Jal Sanchay,

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Gehlot Inagurates Renovated Modern Alimco Prosthetic & Orthotic Center

Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment inaugurated the Renovated ALIMCO Orthotics and Prosthetic Centre (AOPC) and Residential complex building of ALIMCO Headquarters at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh . The concept of “Make in India” is beginning to take shape in the precincts of ALIMCO, Kanpur. Two of the Projects under the modernization

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