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World Consumer Rights Day 2019
March 15 every year is celebrated as World Consumer Rights Day. The theme of the World Consumer Rights Day 2019 is “Trusted Smart Products”. The theme aims to highlight what consumers want and need from a connected world and how ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
IIT Kharagpur Inks MoU for High Performance Computing Facility & Data Center
IIT Kharagpur has signed an MoU with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) to set up a 1.3 Petaflop high-performance computing facility and data centre funded under the National Supercomputing Mission. The new supercomputing system would be used for ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Wholesale Inflation increases in February
The Wholesale Price Index is released by the Office of Economic Advisor (OEA), Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Wholesale Price Index February 2019 Inflation based on wholesale prices rose to 2.93% in February over January 2019 ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
President presents Gallantry Awards
President Ramnath Kovind conferred the Gallantry Awards and the Distinguished Service Decorations as part of the Defence Investiture Ceremony- 2019 to Armed Forces Personnel for displaying conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty at a solemn ceremony at ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Solution to Detect Fake Notes Devised at Smart India Hackathon 2019
The Students from IIT- Kharagpur has devised a code for a Smartphone application to address the problem of detecting fake Indian currency. Detecting Fake Currency Students of IIT- Kharagpur has developed an image processing application which can detect counterfeit currency. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Global Environment Outlook 2019: Findings about India
The United Nations Environment Programme has released the Global Environment Outlook 2019. The report makes the following observations about India: India could save at least $3 trillion (Rs 210 trillion approx.) in healthcare costs if India implements policy initiatives which ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
All England Open Badminton Championships 2019
The Winners in the various categories of the All England Open Badminton Championships 2019 are: Men’s Singles: Japan’s Kento Momota. Women’s Singles: China’s Chen Yufei. Men’s Doubles: Indonesia’s Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan. Women’s Doubles: China’s Chen Qingchen & Jia ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Sirsi Supari gets GI Tag
The Sirsi Supari of Karnataka has got the GI tag by the Registrar of Geographical Indications. Sirsi Supari is the first product from the Arecanut sector to get a GI tag. Facts Sirsi Supari is cultivated in Yellapura, Siddapura and ..