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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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
India ranks 100th in Legatum Prosperity Index 2017
India was ranked 100th among 149 countries on the list of prosperous countries released as part of The Legatum Prosperity Index 2017. The index offers an insight into how prosperity is forming and changing across the world. Legatum Prosperity Index ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
India opposes Buenos Aires Declaration on Women and Trade
119 of 164 members of World Trade Organisation (WTO) have backed Buenos Aires Declaration on Women and Trade at 11th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11) held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires Declaration on Women and Trade is non-binding declaration that ..