Daily Current Affairs

National: Light House Projects: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Light House projects (LHPs) under Global Housing Technology Challenge (GHTC)- at six sites across six States on January 1, 2021. These six sites across six States are: Indore, Madhya Pradesh; Rajkot, Gujarat; Chennai, Tamil Nadu; Ranchi, Jharkhand; Agartala, Tripura; and Lucknow, […]

National: Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2020: Shri V. K. Yadav, Chairman & CEO, Railway Board, Ministry of Railways has been conferred with the prestigious “Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2020” by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Delhi. The award has been conferred for his outstanding contribution towards modernization and reforms

National: India’s biggest hockey stadium: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on December 24, 2020 announced that India’s biggest hockey stadium with 20,000-capacity facility will come up at Rourkela. India will be the host country for FIH men’s World Cup in 2023. The matches of FIH (International Federation of Hockey) men’s World Cup in 2023 will

National: TiHAN- IIT Hyderabad: Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, virtually laid foundation stone of ‘TiHAN- IIT Hyderabad’- India’s first Test bed for Autonomous Navigation Systems (Terrestrial and Aerial), on December 29, 2020. The Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Remotely Operated Vehicles at IIT Hyderabad, known

National: Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY SEHAT: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched ‘Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY SEHAT‘ to extend coverage to all residents of Jammu & Kashmir on December 26, 2020 via video conference. The Prime Minister said getting free treatment up to 5 lakh rupees under this scheme would improve the ease of living. Eastern

National: FRUITS Portal: The ‘FRUITS’ (Farmer Registration and Unified Beneficiary Information System) portal, a project of e-governance, was launched at the NABARD office, on December 22, 2020, for validating land details of farmers. The portal has been integrated to the Bhoomi portal of the Karnataka State for fetching and validating land details. 3rd Atal Bihari

National: India’s 42nd Ramsar site: Tso Kar Wetland Complex in Ladakh has been added as India’s 42nd Ramsar site under the Ramsar Convention, which is second one in the Union Territory of Ladakh. Tso Kar Wetland Complex is now a Wetland of International Importance. The Tso Kar Basin is a high-altitude wetland complex, consisting of

National: India’s first indigenous pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated India’s first indigenous pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) to treat pneumonia in children on December 28, 2020. The vaccine would be sold under the name ‘Pneumosil’. It has been developed by Serum Institute of India (SII) in collaboration

National: Merger of five film media units: Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved to merge four of its film media units Films Division, Directorate of Film Festivals, National Film Archives of India, and Children’s Film Society, India with the National Film Development Corporation Ltd. The Union Cabinet approved the

National: Baroda Military Salary Package: Indian Army and Bank of Baroda have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for ‘Baroda Military Salary Package’. Services under ‘Baroda Military Salary Package’ will be offered to serving and retired personnel of Indian Army through the Bank’s network. Appointment: Senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Ramesh Chandra Joshi