Former West Indies skipper, Darren Sammy received Sitara-e-Pakistan award

Former West Indies skipper, Darren Sammy received Sitara-e-Pakistan award

Former skipper of West Indies, Darren Sammy has conferred with the civil honour of Sitara-e-Pakistan award. It is considered as the third-highest civil award conferred by Pakistan. Sammy has represented West Indies in Tests (38), ODIs (126), and T20Is (68). Last year, he received the highest civilian medal of Pakistan (Nishan-e-Pakistan) for his part in helping bring international […]

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Premium rates of PMJJY and PMSBY revised from June 1

Premium rates of PMJJY and PMSBY revised from June 1

The Finance Ministry has approved hiking the premium rates of Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY). The premium rates have been revised by making it ₹1.25 per day premium for both schemes. Revised premium rate for PMJJBY is ₹436, earlier it was ₹330 and PMSBY hiked from ₹12 to ₹20. Government set a target to increase the

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Rajesh Gera appointed as Director General of National Informatics Centre

Rajesh Gera appointed as Director General of National Informatics Centre

Rajesh Gera has been appointed as the Director General of National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) with effect from 31st May 2022. Earlier, he was on deputation in the Ministry of Defence as CEO, DPIT and joined back NIC as Deputy Director General. He has completed his B.Tech (Electrical Engineering) with Honors from

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President Inaugurates the Akhil Bhartiya Ayurved Mahasammelan’s 59th Maha Adhiveshan

President Inaugurates the Akhil Bhartiya Ayurved Mahasammelan’s 59th Maha Adhiveshan

The President of India Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 59th Mahaadhiveshan of Akhil Bhartiya Ayurved Mahasammelan at Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. The meaning of Ayurveda is – Science of Life. The word ‘pathy’ is associated with many medical systems practiced in the world. It means the method of treating a disease when it occurs. But in

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UPSC

Recent Dispute and International Ruling: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 2 June 2022

Recent Dispute and International Ruling ✓In 2013, the Philippines commenced a case against China under the provisions of UNCLOS, to the Permanent court of Arbitration in the Hague. Although a long-standing party to the Convention, China declined to participate in the establishment of the Tribunal or to appear before it. ✓An Arbitral tribunal was constituted

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Frontier becomes the world’s fastest supercomputer

Frontier becomes the world’s fastest supercomputer

US built supercomputer, Frontier dethrones the Japan’s Fugaku to become the world’s fastest supercomputer. Fugaku, was jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu Ltd. in 2020, which topped the supercomputer benchmarking index. Frontier was built by using Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) architecture and equipped with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processors. Fugaku was built for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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