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Assam Government inks MoU with SBI to provide loan to employees
Assam Government has signed MoU with State Bank of India (SBI) to provide Housing and Educational Loan at subsidised interest rates to the employees of the state government. As per the MoU, state government will provide interest subsidy at the ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Bihar Government launches free WiFi programme for students
Bihar government has launched an ambitious programme to provide free WiFi facilities in colleges and universities on the occasion of Bihar Diwas. The program aims to provide free Wi-Fi facility to help youths to move ahead in life and to ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Ravish Kumar awarded first Kuldip Nayar journalism award
Senior executive editor of NDTV India Ravish Kumar was awarded inaugural Kuldip Nayar journalism award at in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the world of Journalism. The award was set up to honour those working in vernacular media. It ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Veteran photojournalist Raghu Rai awarded Life Time Achievement award
The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has bestowed Life Time Achievement (LTA) award upon veteran photojournalist Raghu Rai for his remarkable contribution to the field. He was presented award at 6th National Photography Awards (NPA) 2017. Rai is ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Bengaluru gets India’s first vertical garden
India’s first vertical garden was set up at the Hosur Road Electronics City Flyover in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The garden is an initiative of SayTrees, NGO determined to protect nature. The vertical garden will help to control the pollution level of ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Tamil writer Ashokamitran passes away
Prominent Tamil writer Ashokamitran, passed away. He was 86. He was known for powerfully portraying the lives and struggles of the urban middle-class life in his literary works.He was born as Tyagarajan, but later assumed the pen name, Ashokamitran. In ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
CCI imposes penalty on Coal India
Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a penalty of Rs. 591.01 crore upon Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries for violating the Competition Act. CCI found that CIL was engaged in imposing unfair and discriminatory ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
March 24: World TB Day
The World Tuberculosis Day (WTD) is observed every year on March 24 to raise public awareness about the global epidemic of Tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease. WTD is observed to commemorate discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, bacillus (bacteria) ..