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CLAWS organises PRAGYAN CONCLAVE 2020’
A two-day Indian Army International Seminar named ‘PRAGYAN CONCLAVE 2020’ is being organised by Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS). The Seminar commenced on 04 Mar 2020 in New Delhi. The event creates a platform for national and international military ..
Lok Sabha passes Direct Tax Vivaad Se Vishwas Bill 2020
The Direct Tax Vivaad Se Vishwas Bill 2020 has been recently passed by the Lok Sabha. The bill was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on February 5, 2020. The Bill provides a mechanism for resolution ..
Government approves merger of 10 PSBs into four
The government approved a scheme for the amalgamation of 10 state-owned banks into four, in the month of March 2020 and announced that the integration will be made effective from April 1, 2020. After this process, India will have 12 ..
IIT Mumbai, Delhi among top 50 engineering colleges across the globe
According to the recent QS World Ranking, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai and Delhi are among the top 50 engineering colleges across the globe. IIT Mumbai has been ranked 44 and IIT Delhi has got the 47th ..
Haryana to provide credit guarantee of loans for higher education
The Chief Minister of Haryana recently announced during the budge session that the state government is to provide credit guarantee of loans for higher education, so that the students can avail loans without the collateral guarantee required by the banks. ..
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Black Carbon Levels in Himalayan Glaciers and Biomethanation
The Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) conducted study near Gangotri Glacier in 2016. According to the study, the black carbon concentration in the region has increased by 400 times. Highlights The increase in carbon concentration in the region is ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Cabinet Approval: To amend Companies Act, 2013
On March 4, 2020, the Union Cabinet approved 72 changes to the Companies Act, 2013. The main aim of the amendment is to decriminalize the provisions in the act. Highlights The amendment aims to recategorize 23 offences and omit 7 ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
CRISPR (CaS9)-The Gene Editing Tool used to treat blindness for the first time
The Gene Editing Tool called CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) has been used for the first time to treat blindness. However, doctors claimed that it will take a month to check if the vision of the patient has ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
GoI clears Genome India Project
The Department of Biotechnology operating under Ministry of Science and Technology has cleared Genome India Project. More than 20 leading institutions including IISc Bengaluru are to participate in the project. Highlights The project will at its first phase take samples ..