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NGT orders to levy environmental tax on trucks entering Delhi
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed all commercial vehicles entering Delhi to pay environmental compensation charge in addition to the toll tax. This decision to levy environmental compensation charges dubbed as environmental tax was taken by NGT as a tough ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Union Cabinet gives nod to 3 new AIIMS
Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its nod to establish 3 new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). These 3 AIIMS will be established at Nagpur (Maharashtra), Manglagiri (Andhra Pradesh) and Kalyani in West ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Indigenously built INS Astradharani commissioned into Indian Navy
INS Astradharani was commissioned into Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It is Indian Navy’s first totally indigenously-designed and built Torpedo launch and recovery vessel (TRV). It is advanced replacement for INS Astravahini which was decommissioned from India Navy in ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Sergey Karjakin wins 2015 World Cup Chess Championship
Sergey Karjakin of Russia has won 2015 World Cup Chess Championship held at Baku, Azerbaijan. In the final match he defeated Peter Svidler (Russia) by 6-4 score. The title of this championship was decided in the tie-breakers after both competitors ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Union Government launches KISAN Project and Hailstorm App for crop damage
Union Government has launched KISAN (Crop Insurance using Space Technology and Geoinformatics) Project to benefit farmers. This project will favour use of satellites, drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) and other geospatial technology to collect crop yield data and to assess damage ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Winners of 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics
Takaaki Kajita (Japan) and Arthur B. McDonald (Canada) have jointly won the prestigious 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has selected them for their key contributions to experiments showing that neutrinos change identities. They individually ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
12 Pacific Rim countries sign Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
12 other Pacific Rim countries have signed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement which covers about 40 per cent of the world economy. These 12 countries are: Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Japan, Canada, United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia and New ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Union Government to spend Rs. 70,000 crore for major port’s development
Union Government is planning to spend about 70,000 crore rupees on the development of major ports as part of its ambitious Sagarmala project. It was announced by Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping at the first meeting of ..