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Mumbai to host India’s first-ever nationwide food archaeology conference “ArchaeoBroma”
India’s first-ever nationwide conference on the archaeology, anthropology and sociology of food will be held in Mumbai, Maharashtra from on May 5 and 6, 2018. The conference titled “ArchaeoBroma” is being touted as India’s first-ever national meet on “food as ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Mumbai 12th richest city globally: Report
India’s financial capital Mumbai, with a total wealth of US $950 billion was ranked 12th richest city globally in the report published by New World Wealth. In the report, total wealth, refers to private wealth held by all individuals living ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Indian Navy decommissions INS Nirbhik and INS Nirghat warships
Indian Navy has decommissioned INS Nirbhik and INS Nirghat warships at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai (Maharashtra), after a glorious 30 and 28 years respectively in the service of the nation. During their glorious service over almost three decades, these ships had ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Mumbai's Matunga Railway Station enters Limca Records for All Woman Staff
Mumbai’s Matunga station on Central Railway (CR) has entered the Limca Book of Records as first all-women station in India. The station has total staff of 41 women. The unique initiative to employ all woman staff was undertaken by CR ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
India’s first-ever broad gauge air-conditioned AC EMU suburban train flagged off in Mumbai
India’s first-ever broad gauge air-conditioned AC EMU suburban train was flagged off from Borivali station on western railway in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The AC train departed from Andheri Station and reached Churchgate. The services of AC local train will replace existing ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
Delhi ranked 7th in most expensive office locations list
Delhi has been ranked 7th in most expensive office locations list in the world, according to latest JLL India Report 2017. According to a study by JLL, Delhi’s rents are more expensive than San Francisco, Dubai and Washington DC whereas ..
India to host 3rd Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of AIIB
India will host third Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Mumbai, Maharashtra in June 2018. In this regard, Union Government and AIIB Secretariat have signed MoU to delineate duties and responsibilities of ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
Ashok Khale, veteran cyclist passes away
Veteran cyclist Ashok Khale (64), who was recently injured in the suspected hit-and-run case on the Sion-Panvel highway, has passed away in the Bombay hospital during treatment on November 12, 2017. He won several medals for cycle-riding in state and ..
Indian Railways to launch 100 New Suburban Rail Services in Mumbai area
Indian Railways is going to introduce 100 additional local train services on its Mumbai suburban network of Western Railway and Central Railway zones. Out of these 100 services, 32 new services will be introduced on Western Railway while 68 services ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2017
Government inaugurates India's first Videsh Bhavan in Mumbai
The Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) launched country’s first Videsh Bhavan by assimilating all Regional Passport Offices and allied departments under a single roof at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Key Facts Currently, 90-plus RPOs and ..