First Container Train for Bangladesh Started

Though the process for facilitating the movement of container trains from India to Bangladesh started in 2017, the first such train has been flagged off after the approval accorded by the Bangladesh Government, through the Benapole-Petrapole rail link between the ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee Meeting: Highlights

The 14th Edition of the Joint Economic and Trade Committee Meeting between India and the UK took place on July 25 in the virtual mode and the main point of discussion was the trade relationship between the two countries. Both ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Top GKToday’s News Headlines-25 July 2020

Top GKToday’s News Headlines-25 July 2020 INDIA Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Lt Gen Benjamin Gantz Mahindra Group launches Mahindra University at its 130-acre, multi-disciplinary campus in Hyderabad “Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver”, book ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Domestic Airfare Cap Extended till November 24 in India

The Civil Aviation Ministry has decided that the cap on airfares in India will be extended till November 24 or until further notice. The ministry had implemented a cap on domestic airfare in May when India also started operating domestic ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Google Provided $39.5 Million to News Publishers amid COVID 19 Crisis

The search engine giant, Google, has so far distributed $39.5 million in funding to more than 5600 publishers from 115 countries that are facing financial hardship as a result of the economic and advertising slowdown in the COVID 19 pandemic. ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

E-Symposium on North-Eastern Handicrafts Inaugurated in IIM Shillong

Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda has inaugurated an e-symposium on handicrafts named ‘Emergent North-East India: Strategic and Developmental Imperatives in Handicrafts’, organized by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Policy Research and Analysis, Indian Institute of Management, ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Waterways Usage Charges Waived by Govt.

In order to promote the vision of the government to promote the usage of inland waterways as a supplementary, eco-friendly and cheaper mode of transport in India, the Ministry of Shipping has announced that the waterways usage charges will be ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Indian Railways to complete RFID-tagging in All Wagons by Dec 2022

The Indian Railways has decided to complete the job of fitting radio-frequency identification tags in all the wagons of the transporter as these tags will be used for tracking the wagons. Indian Railways is planning to complete tagging of all ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020