Category: National Current Affairs

Capacity Building Programme for Scheduled Tribe Pri Representatives

Capacity Building Programme for Scheduled Tribe

A Programme for Capacity Building of Scheduled Tribe Representatives in Local Self Governments has been started in Bhubhaneswar, Odisha. The programme was started by the Union Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Arjun Munda.

Bhubaneswar organizes 24th Meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council

Eastern Zonal Council

The 24th Meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council will be organized in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council will be led by the Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah.

Higher Education Leadership Development Programme starts in New Delhi

Higher Education Leadership Development Programme

A Higher Education Leadership Development Programme for Administrator has been started by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal. This programme is a joint spirit of UGC and British Council under the aegis of UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI).

Harsimrat Kaur Badal starts MIEWS Portal for monitoring prices of TOP Crops

Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal has started the– Market Intelligence and Early Warning System (MIEWS) Web Portal. The portal can be accessed at http://miews.nafed-india.com.

1st anniversary of National War Memorial being observed

National War Memorial

The first anniversary of the great National War Memorial is being observed on 25th February. The memorial is a fitting tribute to those heroes who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty during different wars and internal security challenges since Independence.

POTUS in India: Events of 24th February 2020

President of the United States (POTUS) Donald Trump has come in India on 24th February 2020. He was accompanied by the First Lady of the United States(FLOTUS) Melania Trump. With this, Donald Trump to be the first serving US President to visit Gujarat.

POTUS in India

Polls to 55 Rajya Sabha seats on March 26

Rajya Sabha

The Election Commission of India (ECI) declaring the schedule of polling for 55 Rajya Sabha seats spread over 17 States set to be vacated in April will be conducted on March 26.

Indian Railway has started AI based ASKDISHA chatbot

ASKDISHA chatbot

The Indian Railways has started the Hindi Version of Artificial Intelligence-based chatbot called “ASKDISHA”. The hindi version has been started to further enhance the customer services rendered and to further strengthen the services of the chatbot.

Gold reserves found by GSI in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh

Gold

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has found gold reserves in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. These reserves are approximated to be around 3000 tonnes which is almost five times of India’s present gold reserves. The newly found reserves are valued at Rs 12 lakh crore.

4th Anniversary of Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission observed today

Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission

The 4th Anniversary of the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) was observed today. It was launched on this day in 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to transform the Rurban clusters.