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Sports Ministry inks MoU with NBCC to develop National Sports University at Imphal
State-owned construction firm NBCC (India) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Department of Sports under Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) to provide Project Management Consultancy for development of National Sports University at Imphal, Manipur. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
‘Arogya Manthan’ event being organised in New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over the valedictory function of Arogya Manthan in New Delhi on 1 October 2019. At the event PM Modi will launch a new mobile application of Ayushman Bharat and ‘Ayushman Bharat Start-Up Grand Challenge’. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
MNRE to organise Global Student Solar Assembly
The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in association with IIT Bombay, is organizing the Global Student Solar Assembly on 2 October 2019, to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi as well as to promote the Gandhian ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Trade apprentices to get minimum monthly stipend: Govt
Union Ministry for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has notified changes in Apprenticeship Rules (1992) as Apprenticeship (Amendment) Rules, 2019 with an aim to increase skilled manpower in the country, and raise minimum stipend payable to trade apprentices. Key Highlights ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Typhoon ‘Mitag’ approaches Northern Taiwan
Rapidly-moving Typhoon ‘Mitag’ is bearing down on northern Taiwan, where it is expected to bring high winds and heavy rain. With the worst of the weather expected to arrive in the island country, the warnings have been issued for parts ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
‘Mahatma Lives’: UNESCO and DD to telecast TV Show on Gandhi’s 150th Anniversary
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and Doordarshan, country’s public service broadcaster has join hands to telecast TV bilingual programme ‘Mahatma Lives‘ or ‘Bapu Zinda Hain’ on 1-2 October 2019, to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
DRDO successfully test fires land-attack version of BrahMos missile
BRAHMOS Supersonic Cruise Missile, with major indigenous systems, was successfully test fired from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur in Odisha. The missile was test-fired for its full strike range of 290-km during the launch jointly conducted by Defence Research and ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
National Nutrition Survey
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare organized first National Nutrition Survey. The ministry took help from UNICEF to complete the survey. The survey was conducted between 2016 and 2018. In India, for the first time the ministry measured malnutrition ..