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IndiaRAP assessment launched to rate highways on safety features
India Road Assessment Programme (IndiaRAP) was unveiled by Global Charity to rate highways’ safety levels and to eliminate the most unsafe roads. It aims to make Indian roads safer and curb fatalities. Since 2010, teams from global organisation have already ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
Government launches National Power Portal
The Union Ministry of Power launched National Power Portal (NPP), a Centralized Platform for Collation and Dissemination of Indian power sector information. The system has been conceptualized, designed and developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC). It can be accessed at ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
Cornelia Sorabji: Google's Doodle honours India's first woman advocate
Search engine giant Google doodle celebrated the 151st birthday of Cornelia Sorabji, the first woman to practice law in India and England. She was pioneer who helped open up higher education as well as the legal profession to women. She ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
Government launches BHARAT-22 Exchange Traded Fund
The Union Government launched BHARAT-22 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) managed by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund targeting an initial amount of about Rs. 8,000 Crore. Bharat 22 Index comprise of 22 stocks including those of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs), public ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
Banglar Rasogolla, Mamallapuram stone sculptures get GI tag
The Geographical Indication (GI) Registry and Intellectual Property India has presented Geographical Indication (GI) Tag status to Banglar Rasogolla of West Bengal and Mamallapuram stone sculptures of Tamil Nadu. Banglar Rasgolla: The Directorate of Food Processing Industry of West Bengal ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
15th Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team Conference held in India
The 15th Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) Conference was held in New Delhi. It is first ever conference to be held in India and South Asia. It was organised by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
10th South Asia Economic Summit held in Nepal
The 10th South Asia Economic Summit (SAES-2017) was held in Kathmandu, Nepal with theme “Deepening Economic Integration for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in South Asia”. The 3-day summit was organised by National Planning Commission and Ministry of Commerce of Nepal ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
Sagar Kavach: Joint security exercise between Odisha and West Bengal
The Governments of Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal conducted joint security exercise named ‘Sagar Kavach’ to further tighten the existing coastal security mechanism along the 630 km long coastline. It was security exercise to check efficacy of security parameters and ..