Maharashtra Current Affairs

Maharashtra Bill Proposes Death Penalty for Heinous Crimes Against Women, Children

In a bid to curb heinous crimes against women and children in Maharashtra, the state cabinet approved a draft Bill that includes provisions for stern punishment – including a death penalty, life sentence, and hefty fines, for the perpetrators as well as speedy trials. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The two interconnected bills, which […]

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Vadhavan Port Project

Villagers in Vadhavan in Maharashtra’s Dahanu taluka, about 131 km from Mumbai, came out in protest against a biodiversity survey commissioned by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for the construction of the Vadhavan Port that received in-principle approval from the Union Cabinet in February. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Dahanu is one of

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Nisarg Gram campus at Pune

Invoking recollections of Mahatma Gandhi’s famous Nature Cure campaign of 1946 at the “Nisarg Upchar” Ashram in Uruli Kanchan village near Pune, the upcoming new campus of National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN), Pune will be called “Nisarg Gram”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Located at a distance of 15 Km from NIN’s present premises

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Child-friendly police station inaugurated in Pune

The city’s first “child-friendly” police station was inaugurated at the cantonment police station premises by Abhay Karandikar, director, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The mandate for a “child-friendly” police station arisen out of Juvenile Justice Act 2015 outlines the steps to be taken for the protection of rights of

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Blue tide spotted at Mumbai beaches

The visitors to beaches in Maharashtra have witnessed the spectacle of a fluorescent bluish glow when the waves hit the shoreline. Bioluminescence or light-emitting tide made an appearance on Juhu beach in Mumbai and Devgad, Velas and Murud along the state’s coastline. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The phenomenon is called ‘blue tide’, and

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Maharashtra announced the setting up of a Desalination Plant

Maharashtra announced the setting up of a desalination plant in Mumbai, becoming the fourth state in the country to experiment with the idea. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points A desalination plant turns salt water into water that is fit to drink. The most commonly used technology used for the process is reverse osmosis where

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CR workshop in Parel manufactures Narrow Gauge locomotive for Kalka-Shimla rail line

In Maharashtra, the Central Railway workshop at Parel in Mumbai has manufactured a fifth Narrow Gauge locomotive which will chug between Kalka to Shimla route, a UNESCO World Heritage Railway. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Kalka–Shimla railway is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge railway in North India which traverses a

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Buldhana Pattern of water conservation got national recognition

Maharashtra’s ‘Buldhana Pattern’ of water conservation’ has won national recognition and the NITI Aayog is in the process of formulating National Policy on water conversation based on it. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Synchronisation of national highway construction and water conservation was achieved for the first time in Buldhana district, by using soil from

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Mumbai police began “chapter proceedings” against Arnab Goswami

The Mumbai police began “chapter proceedings” against Republic Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Chapter proceedings are preventive actions taken by the police if they fear that a particular person is likely to create trouble and disrupt the peace in society. These proceedings are unlike punitive action taken in case of an

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Magel Tyala Shettale Farm Pond Subsidy Scheme

Maharashtra state government has launched Magel Tyala Shettale or Farm Ponds on Demand to provide a source of water to farm land. The objective of the scheme is that each and every farmer in the state gets a permanent source of water. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The state government has allocated Rs. 204

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