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Alpha Design Technologies wins firing simulator order from India Army
Alpha Design Technologies Ltd. has signed Rs. 45-crore deal with Ministry of Defence to supply indigenous simulators for gunnery and missile firing from BMP II vehicles to Indian Army. Under this deal, as many as 57 simulators will be manufactured ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Mehul Garg: Indian-origin boy sets new Mensa record
Indian-origin boy Mehul Garg (10) in United Kingdom became youngest applicant in decade to achieve highest score in Mensa IQ test, beating geniuses like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. He scored maximum score of 162 to become a member of ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Rotavac: First India-designed vaccine to pass WHO test
Rotavac became first Indigenously developed vaccine from India to be pre-qualified by World Health Organisation (WHO). It means that vaccine can be sold internationally to several countries in South America and Africa. So far, several vaccines from India have been ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
WEF launches Global Centre for Cybersecurity
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched new Global Centre for Cybersecurity in a bid to safeguard world from hackers and growing data breaches — especially from nation-states. The centre will be headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and will become operational ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways inks MoU with IL&FS for construction of Zojila tunnel
The Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has inked MoU with IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd for construction of the 14.150 km long, 2-lane bi-directional Zojila Tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir. This would be India’s longest road tunnel and longest ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit issues Delhi Declaration
The ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit was held in New Delhi to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of sectoral dialogue between two sides under the theme of “Shared Values, Common Destiny”. It issued joint statement titled Delhi Declaration after the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Chinese scientists for first time successfully clone monkeys
Chinese scientists for first time have successfully cloned two identical long-tailed macaques (monkeys), named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua using same technique that produced Dolly sheep two decades ago. This development makes them world’s first primates – the order of ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
India, Vietnam sign two agreements
India and Vietnam have signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to enhance cooperation in field of information and broadcasting and space cooperation. The MoUs were signed following bilateral meeting between PM Narendra Modi and his visiting counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Government launches Rapid Reporting System for the Scheme for Adolescent Girls
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has launched beneficiary module (i.e. Phase -1) of Rapid Reporting System (RRS), a web based on line monitoring for Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG). The RRS portal will facilitate monitoring of ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
MIS portal for Anganwadi Services Training Programme launched
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has launched Management Information System (MIS) portal for Anganwadi Services Training Programme. The portal has been developed by Ministry of WCD in collaboration with National Informatics Centre (NIC) for submission of ..