Page-11 of Current Affairs - February, 2018
Atal Bhujal Yojana: Government formulates ambitious water conservation scheme
The Union Government has formulated ambitious water conservation scheme Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY) to tackle ever-deepening crisis of depleting groundwater level. The Rs 6,000-crore will be piloted under the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation. It is ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Saudi Arabia allows women to open their own businesses without male constent
Saudi Arabia has allowed women to open their own businesses and benefit from government e-services without having to prove consent from husband or male guardian. This move marks major step away from country’s strict guardianship system that has ruled it ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Fourth Container Terminal of JNPT in Mumbai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Fourth Container Terminal (FCT) of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. With this, JNPT doubled its container handling capacity. The new FCT will add capacity of 24 lakh containers per year in Phase-I ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
India, Iran ink 9 agreements
India and Iran have signed nine agreements, including one on connectivity related to strategic Chabahar port and on double taxation avoidance. These agreements were signed after bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The bilateral ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Scientists discover 100 new exoplanets using K2 mission data
Scientists have confirmed discovery of nearly 100 new exoplanets outside our solar system based on data from second mission of NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope (K2 mission) released in 2014. With this total number of exoplanets found using NASA’s K2 mission ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Botanical Survey of India inks MoU with UK's Natural History Museum
The Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and UK’s Natural History Museum (NHM) have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in field of genetic and taxonomic studies, research and training, conservation in India, including species and habitat conservation assessments. Objectives ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Haryana opens four subsidised canteens under Antyodaya Aahaar Yojan
The Haryana government has opened subsidised canteens in four districts under the ‘Antyodaya Aahaar Yojana’ to provide healthy, nutritious and hygienic food at affordable prices to all poor and needy persons. These four districts are Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar and Yamunanagar. ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
NPCI allows Whatsapp to beta test its payments service with limited users
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has allowed Facebook-owned WhatsApp to beta test its BHIM UPI beta payments service with limited user base of 1 million and low transaction limit. Four banks will join social messaging app’s BHIM UPI ..