Page-14 of Current Affairs - July, 2018

Dharohar Bhawan: PM Narendra Modi inaugurates new HQ building of Archaeological Survey of India

July 13, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Dharohar Bhawan’ – the new headquarters building of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at 24, Tilak Marg in New Delhi. Dharohar Bhawan is four-storeyed building built over 2.58 acres at a cost of Rs ..

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Government raises threshold monetary limit for filling appeals relating to tax cases

July 13, 2018

Union Finance Ministry has hiked threshold monetary limit for tax departments to file appeals all three levels of appeal — Appellate Tribunals, High Courts, and Supreme Court. The move is aimed at significantly decreasing taxpayer greivances and litigation burden of ..

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IR-BMS: Indian Railways launches consolidated Bridge Management System

July 13, 2018

Indian Railways has launched its first consolidated Bridge Management System (IR-BMS), a web-enabled IT application to store data on its 1.5 lakh bridges. It was launched by Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal days after bridge in Mumbai collapsed on a ..

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Indian Army inks MoU with SBI on Defence Salary Package

July 13, 2018

Indian Army has singed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with State bank of India (SBI) on Defence Salary Package. It is revised version of first MoU between SBI and Indian Army signed in 2011 and was renewed again in February 2015 ..

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: India formally announced as 69th shareholder

July 12, 2018

India was formally inducted as 69th shareholder of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). This comes after entire membership process completed recently and after EBRD’s board of governors, which represents all existing shareholders voted unanimously in favour of India’s ..

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Entire Men’s Hockey team included in Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

July 12, 2018

The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs has included entire Men’s Hockey team of India under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). This is first instance that entire team has been made beneficiary of ..

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Government launches Jal Bachao, Video Banao, Puruskar Pao Contest on Water Conservation

July 12, 2018

Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has launched fortnightly video contest “Jal Bachao, Video Banao, Puruskar Pao”. The contest aims to engage with people of the country on the important issues of water conservation and water ..

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India’s genetically modified crop area fifth largest in world: Report

July 12, 2018

According to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) latest ‘Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/ GM Crops in 2017’ report, India with 11.4 million hectares (mh) has world’s fifth largest area cultivated under genetically modified (GM) crops ..

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India becomes world’s 6th largest economy in 2017: World Bank

July 12, 2018

According to updated World Bank figures on GDP of countries for 2017, India has become world’s sixth-biggest economy surpassing France to seventh place. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to $2.597 trillion at the end of 2017, as against $2.582 ..

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Government launches technology challenge to eliminate human entry into septic tanks

July 12, 2018

Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoUHA) has launched Technology Challenge: Identifying solutions for cleaning of Sewerage Systems and Septic Tanks to promote suitable techniques for cleaning sewers and septic tanks it to eliminate need for human entry in ..

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