What is Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Center? The NITI Aayog and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced the establishment of a Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Center (CIC), the first of its kind in India. CIC is part of the AWS CIC Global Program CIC will enable government stakeholders, start-ups, and local organizations in India to … Read more
Indigenously built ASW Corvette โINS Kavarattiโ Commissioned at Visakhapatnam Naval Dockyard The last of four indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes โINS Kavarattiโ under Project 28 (Kamorta class) is commissioned into the Indian Navy by General Manoj Mukund Naravane, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC, Chief of the Army Staff at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam on … Read more
What are the roles and functions of International Financial Services Centres Authority? It is a statutory body established in 2020. It works under the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. Headquartered in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Function is to develop and regulate the financial products, financial services and financial institutions located/performed in the International Financial Services … Read more
VCOAS visits US Army 25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy Vice Chief of the Army Staff Lt Gen SK Saini visited US Army 25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy on Tuesday and interacted with the troops there. Additional Directorate General of Public Information, Indian Army said in a tweet, “Lt Gen S K Saini visited US Army … Read more
What is Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme? Recently, the Prime Minister of India inaugurated โGhar Tak Fibreโ scheme in Bihar. The scheme aims to connect all 45,945 villages of Bihar with high-speed optical fibre internet by 31st March 2021. The scheme aims to provide optical fibre enabled internet connections to every home in the country, concentrating … Read more
India successfully test fired the Stand-off Anti-tank (SANT) Missile off the coast of Odisha SANT missile is an upgraded version of the Helicopter Launched Nag (HeliNa) missile, equipped with an advanced node-mounted seeker. Developed by DRDO for the Indian Air Force, the surface-to-air missile boasts of both, Lock-on After Launch and Lock-on Before Launch capabilities. … Read more
What is Geneva Conventions? The Geneva Conventions and their additional Protocols are international treaties that are at the core of international humanitarian law. They contain the most important rules regulating the conduct of armed conflicts. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 comprise four treaties and three additional protocols that define the standards of international law for … Read more
What is Operation Green? Ministry: Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Finance Minister of India had announced Operation Greens in the Union Budget 2018-19, on the line of ‘Operation Flood’. It is a price fixation scheme. It aims to ensure farmers are given the right price for their produce. Operation Greens seeks to stabilize the supply … Read more
ONE โ MONTH MARATHON NEWS REPORT (14TH SEPTEMBER 2020 โ 12TH OCTOBER 2020) Indiaโs first Coast Guard Academy to come up at Mangaluru Indiaโs first Coast Guard Academy will be established at Mangaluru, Defence Spokesperson (PRO) Bengaluru said on 12 September 2020. Around 158 acres Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) land has been taken … Read more
36th Raising Day of National Security Guard An elite counter-terrorism unit under the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Founded: 15 October 1984 (through an Act passed by parliament) Motto: เคธเคฐเฅเคตเคคเฅเคฐ เคธเคฐเฅเคตเฅเคคเฅเคคเคฎ เคธเฅเคฐเคเฅเคทเคพ (Omnipresent omnipotent security) Minister responsible: Amit Shah, Ministry of Home Affairs DG NSG: Surjeet Singh Deswal Regional Hubs: Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, … Read more
