The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) of India won the prestigious UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2021. It has won the award for ‘enabling education of persons with disabilities through technology-enabled inclusive learning materials, with a specific focus on Read More …
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North Korea barred from competing at 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has barred North Korea from competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics schedule to be held in Beijing. North Koreas has been barred as part of its punishment for its “unilateral decision” to drop out of the Read More …
अलीगढ़ में राजा महेंद्र प्रताप सिंह राज्य विश्वविद्यालय की आधारशिला
प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 14 सितंबर, 2021 को उत्तर प्रदेश के अलीगढ़ में राजा महेंद्र प्रताप सिंह राज्य विश्वविद्यालय की आधारशिला रखी। प्रधानमंत्री के अनुसार, राजा महेंद्र प्रताप सिंह राज्य विश्वविद्यालय न केवल आधुनिक शिक्षा का बड़ा केंद्र बनेगा Read More …
PM Modi lays foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University
The Prime Minister on September 14, 2021laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. As per the Prime Minister, Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University will not only become a big center Read More …
Susanna Clarke wins Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021
British author Susanna Clarke has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 for her work “Piranesi‘. Piranesi, a mystery about a man living alone in a labyrinthine house, beat five other books to the £30,000 prize. Women’s Prize for Fiction was previously named after Read More …
PM to lay foundation stone for Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh on September 14, 2021. The university is being established by the State Government in the memory and honour of the Read More …
Denmark to set up energy island at Gulf of Mannar
Tamil Nadu is planning an energy island in the Gulf of Mannar with the help of Denmark. The island may produce four gigawatt to ten gigawatt of power. The project would generate investment of $5bn to $10b. A delegation of Read More …
IIT-Madras tops NIRF India Rankings 2021
Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan on September 9, 2021 released the India Rankings 2021 instituted by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). Indian Institute of Technology Madras retains 1st Position in Overall Category as well as in Engineering for the Read More …
राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग-925 ए पर आपात लैंडिंग फील्ड का उदघाटन
रक्षामंत्री राजनाथ सिंह और सडक परिवहन तथा राजमार्ग मंत्री नितिन गडकरी ने 9 सितम्बर 2021 को राजस्थान के बाडमेर में गांधव बखासर खंड (Gandhav Bhakasar Section) के राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग-925 ए पर आपात लैंडिंग फील्ड (Emergency Landing Facility) का उदघाटन किया. Read More …
Government approves PLI Scheme for Textiles
The Government of India on September 8, 2021 approved the PLI Scheme for Textiles for MMF Apparel, MMF Fabrics and 10 segments/ products of Technical Textiles with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 10,683 crore. PLI for Textiles along with RoSCTL, RoDTEP and Read More …
Current Affairs Quiz (MCQ) AUGUST 2021
MCQs BASED CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMINAITONS. SOURCES: THE HINDU, HT, TOI, INDIAN EXPRESS, AIR, PIB, DOWN TO EARTH, DECCAN HERALD, MINT, BBC, NATURE, DAILY MAIL ETC. (For UPSC, UPPCS, BPSC, UKPSC, MPPSC, KPSC, WBPSC, APPSC, JPSC, RPSC, NDA, Read More …
Blue-finned Mahseer out of IUCN red list
The Blue-Finned Mahseer, which was on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) red list of endangered species, has now moved to the ‘least concern’. The TATA group is involved in conservation of the blue-finned and golden mahseer for Read More …
India-UK launch new workstream under IDDI
GS TIMES STAFF India and United Kingdom has launched new workstream to promote industrial energy efficiency under the Clean Energy Ministerial’s (CEM)-Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative (IDDI) co-ordinated by UNIDO , at the 12th Chief Energy Ministerial (CEM) . The 12th Read More …
Joe Biden suspends oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
GS TIMES STAFF The United State’s Joe Biden’s administration has suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge pending an environmental review. Joe Biden’s latest move reverses former President Donald Trump’s decision to sell oil leases in Read More …
NASA’s Curiosity rover spots strange, colorful clouds on Mars
GS TIMES STAFF NASA’s Curiosity rover has spotted strange, colorful clouds on Mars. The image is a combination of 21 individual photographs the Curiosity rover took recently to study a strange type of wispy cloud over its Gale Crater home. Read More …