Page-11 of Current Affairs - December, 2017
Cabinet approves National Medical Commission Bill
The Union Cabinet has approved National Medical Commission Bill, 2017. It will replace the Medical Council, 1956 Act and enable a forward movement in medical education reform. The bill is aims at bringing reforms in medical education sector of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
Exercise Ekuverin 2017: India-Maldives bilateral military exercise held in Belagavi
The eight edition of India, Maldives bilateral military exercise EKUVERIN 2017 was held in India in Belagavi, Karnataka. The aim of the exercise was to conduct military training between armies of both countries with emphasis on counter insurgency, counter terrorism ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
National Workshop on Role of Sakhi One Stop Centres held in New Delhi
National Workshop on Role of Sakhi One Stop Centres (OSCs) in Strengthening Multi Sectoral Response to Violence is was held in New Delhi. It was organized by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) and was inaugurated by ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
Government planning to club two phases of Ken-Betwa River linking project
The Union Government is planning to club phase I and phase II of its ambitious Ken-Betwa inter linking river (ILR) project. The phases will be clubbed after Madhya Pradesh, one of the two beneficiary states (Uttar Pradesh in another), demanded ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
NITI Aayog launches ATL Community Day
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission launched the Atal Tinkering Lab’s Community Day in New Delhi. The day marks Community Drive Initiative in which 25 young Mentors engaged with more than 200 students who are not ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
4th India-Australia-Japan Trilateral Dialogue held in New Delhi
The 4th India-Australia-Japan Trilateral Dialogue was hosted by India in New Delhi. It was hosted by India’s Foreign Secretary Dr. S. Jaishankar, Australia’s Secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Frances Adamson and Japan’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
MIT scientists create plants that can glow in dark
Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US have found a novel way to induce plants to give off dim light by embedding specialised nanoparticles into their leaves. The purpose of this experiment was to make plant function as a ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
India and Morocco ink MoU for enhanced cooperation in healthcare
India and Morocco signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for enhanced cooperation in health sector. Through this framework MoU, both the countries can work together in identified areas of cooperation as both countries have much to offer to each other in ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
India, Morocco ink agreements for cooperation in Water Resources, Road and Marine Sectors
India and Morocco have signed four agreements for cooperation in Water Resources, Road and Marine Sectors. They were signed after Morocco’s Minister for Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water meet Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shipping in New ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
INS Kalvari: First Scorpene-class submarines inducted in Indian Navy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has commissioned scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari into the Indian Navy in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is first of the six Scorpene-class submarines built under the strategic Project 75 built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) with assistance and ..