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WCD Ministry Invites Applications for Nari Shakti Puraskar 2019

Ministry of Women and Child Development has invited applications for Nari Shakti Puraskar for the year 2019. The National Award is given annually to individuals, groups, institutions in recognition of their exceptional work towards the cause of women empowerment, especially for vulnerable and marginalized women. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Nearly 40 Nari Shakti Puraskar […]

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Harsh Vardhan inaugurates 2nd Edition of Eat Right Mela

The right kind of diet will help to reduce the disease burden in the country. This was stated by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare while inaugurated the second edition of the ‘Eat Right Mela’ at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium. He stressed upon the importance of having a Jan Andolan, a

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Virat Kohli named in Wisden cricketers of the decade list

India cricket team captain Virat Kohli has been named in the Cricketers of the decade list alongside four others by the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac. Apart from Kohli, South African duo of Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers, Australia’s Steve Smith and women’s all-rounder Ellyse Perry also found a place in the list of five cricketers

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Major Anoop Mishra awarded Army Design Bureau Excellence Award

Major Anoop Mishra developed bullet-proof jacket Sarvatra to develop his bulletproof jacket the day hit by a stray bullet during an operation. Mishra hit by a ball on his coat during deployment in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Army officer stressed that the full-body protection jacket could withstand a sniper bullet from even 10 meters.

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Centre approves Rs 453 crore loan to Tamil Nadu

The Centre approved a Rs 453-crore loan at a subsidised interest rate of five per cent to the Tamil Nadu government for setting up three fishing harbours. The funds will be released from the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) that has a corpus of Rs 7,522 crore. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 An

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GeM Samvaad takes off in Four States

A national outreach Programme, GeM Samvaad, was launched on 17th December 2019 to reach out to stakeholders across the country and also local sellers in order to facilitate on-boarding of local sellers on the marketplace while catering to specific requirements and procurement needs of buyers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 GeM senior officers including CEO

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Andhra CM launches YSR Nethanna Nestham to benefit 85k weavers

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the latest scheme in a series of welfare schemes promised during his election campaign. The YSR Netanna Nestham (weaver’s friend) scheme provides an annual incentive of Rs 24,000 for handloom weavers in the state. The CM launched the scheme in Dharmavaram, a town in Anantapur district which

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NITI Aayog to Launch SDG India Index & Dashboard 2019–20

NITI Aayog will launch the second edition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index, which documents the progress made by India’s States and Union Territories towards implementing the 2030 SDG targets, on 30 December 2019 at NITI Aayog, New Delhi. NITI Aayog has the mandate of overseeing the adoption and monitoring of SDGs in

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Modern Train Control System to be implemented on Indian Railways

Indian Railways has decided to modernize its Signalling system on its entire network by implementing Modern Train Control system with LTE based MTRC. This is one of the most ambitious modernization projects of Indian Railways, which envisages upgradation of signaling system for improving safety, Line Capacity and to run trains at higher speed. Daily Current

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First tripartite Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed under FIDF

First tripartite MoA signed under FIDF

The first tripartite Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the department of Fisheries Government of India, NARBARD and the Government of Tamil Nadu for the implementation of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Fund (FIDF). FIDF provides concessional finance to the eligible entities, cooperatives, individuals and entrepreneurs for development of identified fisheries infrastructure. The National Bank for

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