National Current Affairs

PM Modi dedicates K. K. Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj to the nation

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation K. K. Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj, Gujarat today via video conferencing. The hospital has been built by Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Samaj, Bhuj. Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel was among those present on the occasion. It will guarantee quality medical treatment […]

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Union Minister Amit Shah inaugurates Conference of Culture and Tourism Ministers ‘Amrit Samagam’

On the occasion of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, has organized the two-day conference on April 12 and 13, 2022, in New Delhi. The conference was inaugurated by Minister of Home and Co-operation, Shri Amit Shah. The opening address was delivered by Minister of Culture, Tourism and Development of

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Mumbai and Hyderabad recognised as ‘2021 Tree City of the World’ by UN-FAO

Mumbai and Hyderabad has been recognised as ‘2021 Tree City of the World’ by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UN) jointly with Arbor Day Foundation. The two Indian cities have won the recognition for their “commitment to growing and maintaining urban trees and greenery in building healthy, resilient and happy cities”. It

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India’s agriculture exports cross $50 billion in 2021-22

Exports of Indian agricultural products have crossed a mark of $50 billion for 2021-22 with an increase of 20 per cent. The export of wheat is almost quadrupled from $568 million in 2020-21 to $2.12 billion in 2021-22. The growth in exports has been mostly achieved on account of an increase in shipments of rice, marine products, sugar, buffalo meat, raw cotton

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Ministry of I&B Constitutes Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) Promotion Task Force, headed by Secretary, MoI&B

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Friday announced that in pursuance of the announcement made in the Union Budget 2022-23, an Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) promotion task force has been constituted to promote the AVGC sector in the country under the aegis of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The AVGC promotion

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IAF celebrating 60 years of service by Chetak Helicopter

Indian Air Force has commemorated 60 Glorious years of service by Chetak Helicopter at Indian Air Force at Air Force Station, Hakimpet. The event was inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The Chetak helicopter is the oldest machine, made by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) under the licence agreement. Chetak Helicopter inducted: 1962 IAF Day: 8 October Chief of the Air

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The government announced a hike of 3% in DA

The central government has announced a hike of 3% in dearness allowance (DA) for central government employees. The DA has been hiked by 34% from 31% earlier. The hike came into effect on January 1, 2022. It will leave a combined impact on the exchequer of account for both Dearness Allowance (DA)/and Dearness Relief (DR) would be Rs.9,544.50 crore

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RBI fixes WMA limits for the State Governments/UTs to Rs 47,010 crore

In view of improvement in the pandemic situation, the Reserve Bank on Friday decided to reduce the Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for states and Union Territories to Rs 47,010 crore from Rs 51,560 crore. These norms will be effective from April 01, 2022. RBI had raised the WMA limit to Rs 51,560 crore for

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Union Minister Bhupender Yadav launches Mascot ‘Prakriti’ and Green Initiatives for Effective Plastic Waste Management

Union Environment Minister Launches Awareness Mascot ‘Prakriti’& Green Initiatives for Effective Plastic Waste Management – The Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav has launched ‘Prakriti’. ‘Prakriti’ is a mascot to spread greater awareness among the masses about small changes that can be sustainably adopted in our lifestyle for a better environment,

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Bengaluru-based Spacetech startup Pixxel launches ‘Shakuntala’ satellite with SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket

A SpaceX rocket carried a low-orbit imaging satellite built by Bengaluru-headquartered startup Pixxel into space on Friday, a first for the company to place a slew of satellites in space to track earth phenomena, particularly climate change. The full-fledged commercial satellite was launched onboard Falcon-9 rocket of Elon Musk-run SpaceX from Cape Canaveral in the US. The launch took

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