-The country’s first air-conditioned (AC) suburban (local) train made its maiden journey on December 25 from Borivili to Churchgate in Mumbai. It was inaugurated by state education minister Vinod Tawde. -Initially, the Mumbai AC local will run between Borivali and Read More …
Category: Current Affairs
Just 1.7% of the total population, paid income tax in the assessment year (AY) 2015-16
According to the data released by I-T department, just over 2 crore Indians, or 1.7 per cent of the total population, paid income tax in the assessment year (AY) 2015-16. -The number of income-tax return filers increased to 4.07 crore Read More …
Jairam Thakur, Sixth chief minister of Himachal Pradesh
Jai Ram Thakur (BJP), the 52-year-old, five-time MLA from the Siraj constituency in Mandi district will be the sixth (as a person sixth, in number 13th) Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. -Mr. Thakur was first elected to the Vidhan Sabha Read More …
The National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) will set up 100 gurukulas across India
The National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) will set up 100 gurukulas across the country. -Each gurukulas will be headed by the gurus which will be selected from retired professors or historians, and be assisted by scholars or research officers. Their Read More …
Uttar Pradesh reported highest incidence of custodial rape cases
The parliamentary panel on empowerment of women submitted its report ‘Women in Detention & Access to Justice’ in Lok Sabha on December 23. As per the report, over 90% of custodial rapes in the country have been reported in Uttar Read More …
The gross NPA of Public sector bank at Rs 7,33,974 crore
According to the latest RBI data released on December 24, the gross non-performing assets (NPA) of public sector and private sector banks as on September 30, 2017 were Rs 7,33,974 crore, Rs 1,02,808 crore, respectively -Among the major public sector Read More …
Kunlong, the World’s largest amphibious aircraft
World’s largest amphibious aircraft in production, China’s indigenous AG600, , took to the skies on 24 December for its maiden flight from the southern city of Zhuhai -This aircraft is codenamed Kunlong. With a wingspan of 38.8 metres (127ft) and powered Read More …
Diamene: A bullet-proof graphene developed
A team of scientists at Advanced Science Research Centre at the City University of New York has developed wonder material that is so hard that it can stop speeding bulet and as flexible as tinfoil . The scientists have named this Read More …
Remains of a 150 million-year-old giant carnivorous marine reptile or Plesiosaur discovered in Antarctica
Scientists have discovered the remains of a 150 million-year-old giant carnivorous marine reptile or Plesiosaur that lived in the waters of Antarctica. The creature is the first of its species located in Antarctica and the oldest creature ever found on Read More …
Bottlenose dolphins on the brink of extinction
According to a new study Bottlenose dolphins in Panama’s Bocas Del Toro Archipelago are on the verge of extinction. -During the study, the researchers found that there are 80 bottlenose dolphins in Panama’s Bocas Del Toro Archipelago, and they are Read More …
Asiatic Cheetah, near extinction
According to conservationists The Asiatic cheetah which is also known as Iranian Cheetah is on the verge of extinction. Only less than 50 of the critically endangered species still alive. It is the second rarest cat species. -Iran, home to all Read More …
239 million people drink high arsenic level water in India
According to the government data, about 239 million people across 153 districts in 21 states drink high levels of arsenic water. – 65% of Assam’s population, or about 21 million people, is drinking arsenic-contaminated water, while it’s 60% in Bihar Read More …
Breakthrough of the Year 2017: Cosmic Convergence
Famous academic journal Science Magazine on Dec. 21 declared first observation of a neutron-star merger (Cosmic Convergence) as a ‘Science’s 2017 Breakthrough of the Year’. According to the journal the way the event was spotted, which involved detecting the gravitational Read More …
Mission Antyoday
In partnership with State Governments, Department of Rural Development has completed the ranking of 50,000 Gram Panchayats on parameters of physical infrastructure, human development and economic activities. –Mission Antyodaya (Under Union Ministry of Rural Development) is a convergence framework for measurable Read More …
Ganga Gram Project
Project name: Ganga Gram Launched by: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Launched Date: 23 December, 2017 -The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) on 23 December, 2017 launched ‘Ganga Gram’ – a project for sanitation based integrated development of Read More …