Page-23 of Current Affairs - March, 2016

Indian Railways forms SPV to execute Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

March 8, 2016

Indian Railways has formed a new Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to implement the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Bullet Train project. The entity has been named the National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRC) Limited. Key facts The high speed bullet rain project ..

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Germany to develop Bhubaneswar, Kochi, Coimbatore as Smart Cities

March 8, 2016

Germany has decided to partner with India’s smart city programme and will help developing Kochi (Kerala), Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) as smart cities. It was announced by State Secretary in Germany’s Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and ..

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Telangana, Maharashtra ink MoU for five irrigation projects

March 8, 2016

Telangana and Maharashtra Governments have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to set up an inter-state water board construct 5 barrages across Godavari and Pen Ganga rivers. The MoU was signed at a high level meeting held in Mumbai in which ..

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Gender gap in jobs, wages remain unchanged in 20 years: ILO report

March 8, 2016

As per recently released report of International Labour Organization (ILO) titled-Women at Work: Trends 2016, gender equality still remains elusive in the workplace. The report highlights trends in 2016 in 178 countries and it has been found that millions of ..

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Maria Sharapova provisionally suspended after failing drugs test at Australian Open

March 8, 2016

Former world number one female tennis player Maria Sharapova (28) from Russia has revealed that she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open. Due to this failure the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has provisionally suspended her till further action ..

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Haryana signs 11 MoUs on opening day of Global Investors' Summit

March 8, 2016

Haryana Government has signed 11 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) involving a total investment of Rs 18,159 crores with different companies. These MoUs were signed in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on the first day of the two-day ..

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Former NDDB chief Amrita Patel gets Mahindra lifetime achievement award

March 8, 2016

Dr Amrita Patel was conferred prestigious 2016 Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Lifetime Achievement Award also known as the Krishi Shiromani Samman. The award was bestowed upon her by Union Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh for her contribution in the ..

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Union Government launches online marketing platform Mahila E-HAAT

March 7, 2016

The Union Government has launched an online marketing platform Mahila E-HAAT to facilitate women entrepreneurs to sell their products to buyers. It was launched by Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi in New Delhi. The Mahila e-Haat portal ..

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