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Raipur Airport ranked first in Customer Satisfaction Index Survey
Raipur’s Swami Vivekananda Airport was ranked first in Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) Survey among 49 airports in the country. It has achieved 4.84 score on a five point scale index. It was followed by Udaipur (2nd), Amritsar (3rd) and Dehradun ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2017
ADB commits USD 10 billion to support development of States in India
The Asian Development Bank has committed USD 10 billion to support infrastructure building and to cater to the immediate development needs of less-developed States in India. This has been stated by ADB President Takehiko Nakao during his 3-day visit to India. Salient ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2017
Government announces 30 new Smart Cities
Union Minister for Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, M. Venkaiah Naidu has announced a new batch of 30 smart cities under Smart City Mission, which was launched on June 25, 2015. Salient Highlights The newly selected cities include Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, Naya ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2017
George Kurian Appointed as Vice-Chairman of National Commission for Minorities
The Minister of State for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has appointed a renowned social and educational activist George Kurian as Vice-Chairman of National Commission for Minorities. The other appointed members of the National Minority Commission are social activist Syed Ghayorul ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017
CRPF Command Shifted from Kolkata to Chhattisgarh
The strategic anti-Naxal operations command headquarters of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has been shifted back from Kolkata to Raipur. In 2010, the central zone command headquarters was shifted from Raipur to Kolkata owing to logistics and connectivity issues. ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017
Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed CRPF chief
IPS officer Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar has been appointed as the Director-General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The appointment has come two days after 25 CRPF personnel were ambushed by Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district. The CRPF was functioning ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
'Newton' wins Jury Prize for Best Film at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hindi film ‘Newton’ has won the Jury Prize for Best Film at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. Earlier, the film had its world premiere at Berlinale and got its first global recognition by winning the Art Cinema award for the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
BP Kanungo takes over as RBI Deputy Governor
BP Kanungo took over as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Mumbai. He was appointed by Government in March 2017 for a period of three years. Prior to this appointment, he was holding the position ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Justice Navniti Prasad Singh took oath as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court
Justice Navniti Prasad Singh took oath as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court. He was administered oath to the office by Governor P. Sathasivam at Raj Bhavan in Thiruvanathapuram. Justice Singh was a former judge in the Patna ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Four States come together for elephant census
For the first time in India, four states Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have decided to conduct a synchronised elephant census in May 2017. These four together have the maximum number of human-elephant conflict-prone regions in India. This decision ..