After the worst anti-government protests in a quarter-century, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced that he has submitted a resignation letter. Ethiopia has been rocked by months of protests demanding wider freedoms that have left hundreds dead and tens of thousands In one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, the protests have disrupted life and business. In […]
Current Affairs 16 Feb 2018 Read More »
Department of Rural Development released the ranking of 50,000 Gram Panchayats under Mission Antyodaya. Ranking of Gram Panchayats on following parameters Infrastructure Parameters Economic development and Livelihood Health, nutrition, and sanitation Women Empowerment Financial Inclusion Ranking 1st : Tellapur gram-panchayat in Telangana 2nd: Parapatla in Andhra Pradesh. Most developed Panchayat 33 panhcayats are from Andhra
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Nine major global power markets, including India’s Tamil Nadu, have achieved an outsize share of wind and solar generation, showed by US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in a new research. The report, ‘Power-Industry Transition, Here and Now’, includes case studies of markets — ranked by relative share of reliance on variable
Current Affairs : 15 Feb 2018 Read More »
National Productivity Day on February 12, and National Productivity Week till 18th February is observed, the National Productivity Council. It is the 60th Anniversary of the National Productivity Council and is being celebrated as Diamond Jubilee Year. As the theme for the National Productivity Week -2018, “Industry 4.0 Leapfrog Opportunity for India “ has been
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From February 11-13, The World Government Summit 2018 is being held in India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been thanked for visiting as guest of honour to the World Government Summit by Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE’s Vice President and Prime Minister. The three-day event, which was first held in Dubai
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For setting up of India-Palestine Super-specialty hospital at Beit Sahour in Bethelhem Governorate at a cost ofUS$ 30 million, MOU between India and Palestine. At a cost of US$ 5 million, MOU between India and Palestine for construction of India Palestine Centre for Empowring women, “Turathi”. At a cost of US$ 5 million, MOU between
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This is the first part of a series of article to discuss Phase 2 (RBI mains) preparation strategy. In this article Finance and Management (paper 3 of phase 2) strategy is discussed. Most students face problems in this section of the paper (especially “non-MBA” candidates). But contrary to believe it is very easy to score in this
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In the latest international Intellectual Property (IP) index released by the US Chambers of Commerce, ranking 44th out of 50 countries, India has “increased substantially” its score. India overall increased its score substantially from 25 per cent (8.75 out of 35) in the 5th edition of the Index to 30 per cent (12.03 out of 40)
Daily Current Affair 10 Feb 2018 Read More »
In a 10-year-old graft case, A Special Court in Dhaka has sentenced former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to jail for five years. The court also sentenced her son, Tarique Rahman, and four others to jail for 10 years. Rahman is a resident of The case was filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission for accusing Zia
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On 6 February, The Times Higher Education (THE) released the list of the best colleges in Asia in the Asia University Rankings 2018. There are 42 Indian Universities in the list but none in top 25. India managed to improve its score on the index with a total of 42 finding a place among just
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Xamnation is a team of 20 IIT and IIM graduates who share the passion of guiding and mentoring all students who want to make it big in their career. Xamnation has emerged as the top online coaching institute for RBI Grade B, CFA and other finance exams in India by designing powerful coaching programs that help students
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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) has launched Stree Swabhiman Initiative.; Under which a semi-automatic and manual sanitary napkin manufacturing units will be set up at ICT enable Common Service Centres (CSCs) for producing affordable and eco-friendly sanitary napkins. These are operated by Woman. About CSC: CSCs are ICT enabled front end service delivery
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Resource Efficiency (RE) Resource efficiency or resource productivity is the ratio between a given benefit or result and the natural resource use required for it. Resource efficiency very simply put is making more with fewer materials. In India GDP per Domestic Material Consumption is used to measure RE. life-cycle approach: Resource efficiency means strategy of
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Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of India, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. Every year on 26th January,
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8th National Voters Day – 25th January 2018; A one-day International Conference on the subject ‘Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Election Process’ in New Delhi. Beneficiary module of the Rapid Reporting System for the Scheme for Adolescent Girls – a web based on line monitoring for the Scheme for Adolescent Girls in New
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The Andhra Pradesh Government and the Canton of Zurich have signed a letter of intent, to promote mutual prosperity and development. 3rd Central Research Institute (CRI)’s (under the aegis of Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), ) foundation stone is laid in Jaipur on 22nd January 2018. CRI also contributing to the Swasthya Rakshan Program
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World War-II Memorial inaugurated Arunachal Pradesh (Changlang district). Build by Union Cultural Ministry 10th Global forum for Food & Agriculture (GFFA)was held in Berlin, Germany (18th-20th Jan); with Theme: “Shaping the future of Livestock- Sustainably, Responsibly, Efficiently” India ranks 62nd among emerging economies on the Inclusive Development Index, falling from its last year’s ranking of
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The star-rating initiative (launched in Goa), developed by the Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban will be rating cities on a 7-star rating system based on multiple cleanliness indicators. ODF(Open Defecation Free) before it could be given rating of 3 star or above cities may self-declare themselves as 1-star, 2-star or 4-star, MoHUA will carry out
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On 19 January 2018, India has joined the Australia Group (AG), which seeks to ensure that exports do not contribute to the development of chemical or biological weapons. (India =43rd member) Already member of two export control regimes – MTCR and Wassenaar Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), announced the Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India’s central bank institution, which controls monetary policy of India. To carry out its functions/operations smoothly and efficiently, the Reserve Bank of India has the following departments. 1. Banking Department at RBI: The Banking Department is responsible for rendering the bank’s services as a banker to the Government and
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