Page-7 of Current Affairs - July, 2019

CARE4U app:  for elderly people developed by IIT Kharagpur team

July 25, 2019

To help geriatric care, students of IIT Kharagpur have developed an application called CARE4U that connect the caregiver to the elderly person. It will inform the caregiver when elderly person falls down with exact location. About CARE4U It is an ..

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Priti Patel: Britain’s first Indian-origin Home Secretary

July 25, 2019

Newly elected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Indian origin Priti Patel as the Home Secretary of Britain. With this she has become Britain’s first Home Secretary of Indian origin. She has her roots in Tarapur in Gujarat. Former ..

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Govt approves creation of buffer stock for 40 lakh MT of sugar for 1 yr

July 25, 2019

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved creation of a buffer stock of 40 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of sugar. This buffer stock would be created for one year starting from 1 August 2019 to 31 July 2020. The ..

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CCEA keeps Fair and Remunerative Price of sugarcane at Rs275/quintal

July 25, 2019

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for Determination of Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for 2019-20 sugar season. Key Highlights CCEA kept FRP at ..

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National Data Quality Forum: launched by ICMR

July 25, 2019

Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR’s) National Institute for Medical Statistics have launched National Data Quality Forum (NDQF) to improve quality of health and demographic data in India. About National Data Quality Forum (NDQF) It is launched by ICMR’s National ..

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Cabinet approves merger of NIMH with ICMR-NIOH

July 25, 2019

Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved to dissolve National Institute of Miners’ Health (NIMH), an autonomous Institute under Union Ministry of Mines (MoM) and merge it with ICMR-NIOH (Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Occupational ..

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Andhra Pradesh passes Bill for 75% jobs to locals in factories

July 25, 2019

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed Andhra Pradesh Employment of Local Candidates in Industries and Factories Bill, 2019. The bill mandates reserved employment of at least 75% state candidates (locals) in all private industrial units and factories, irrespective of whether companies ..

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Scaly-Foot Snail: 1st ever Species Endangered due to Deep Sea Mining

July 25, 2019

A rare snail species called ‘Scaly-Foot Snail’ found at only three spots on Indian Ocean floor near Madagascar has become the 1st species to be officially declared threatened due to deep-sea mining. It was added by International Union for Conservation ..

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