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India’s first coastal policing academy set up in Gujarat
India’s first national coastal policing academy, National Academy of Coastal Policing (NACP) to train police forces in effectively safeguarding country’s shoreline will start functioning from April 2018. It will be launched from campus of Gujarat’s Fisheries Research Centre located in coastal ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Diu becomes first Union Territory to run 100% on solar power
Diu has become the first and only Union Territory in the country to be fully run on solar energy. The UT generates total of 13 megawatts (MW) of electricity from solar power generating facilities daily. Of this, 3 MW is ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Rajasthan passes bill for death penalty for child rape of girls below 12
Rajasthan Assembly has passed Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2018 by voice vote to amend Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 to add provisions providing for death penalty for those convicted of raping girls of 12 years and below. The bill ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Karnataka Government approves state flag proposal
Karnataka Government has decided to accept state flag proposed and designed by 9-member committee constituted by state Kannada and Culture department. It will be official flag in place of an unofficial red and yellow flag that is currently used in ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Odisha Government launches Ama Gaon, Ama Vikas programme
Odisha Government has launched ‘Ama Gaon, Ama Vikas’ (Our Village, our development) programme to reach out to people in rural areas and involve themselves in developmental activities. As part of it, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik flagged off mobile video vans ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Shakti Sthala: World’s largest solar park launched in Karnataka
The first phase Shakti Sthala solar park having total capacity of 2,000 megawatts (MW) was inaugurated in drought-prone Pavagada region of Tumkur district, Karanataka. It is claimed to be world’s largest solar park. The park ties in with the Central ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Maharashtra’s first Mega Food Park inaugurated at Satara
The Maharashtra’s first Mega Food Park named as Satara Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. was inaugurated at Degaon Village in Satara district by Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal. This is overall 12th Mega Food Park operationalized in ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Prime Minister launches Amma two-wheeler scheme in Tamil Nadu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched subsidised Amma two-wheeler Scheme meant for working women on the occasion of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s 70th birth anniversary. He also launched 70-lakh tree sapling planting drive. Amma two-wheeler Scheme Under the scheme, every beneficiary ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Assam will mark September 22 as Rhino Day
The Assam government will be observing September 22 as Rhino Day to generate public awareness on protection of one-horned rhinoceros (pachyderm) — the pride of the state. It was announced at the 10th meeting of State Board for Wildlife chaired ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Heavy Water Board inks agreement for sale of 20 tonnes of Heavy Water
Heavy Water Board (HWB), a constituent industrial unit of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) signed an collaborative agreement with Clearsynth, Mumbai for sale of 20 tonnes of Heavy Water in year. It will be sold for development of deuterium labeled ..