Category Archives: Current Topics, Days & Schemes

NCDRC appointed R K Agrawal as their President

#Person_in_news ➡ R K Agrawal appointed President of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ▪ The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed former Supreme Court Judge Justice R K Agrawal as President of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC). He will succeed Justice D K Jain, who completed his term. ▪ Justice Agrawal was… Read More »

Gaj Yatra launched in Garo Hills of Meghalaya

#Burning_issue_of_the_day ▪ Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) rolled out ‘Gaj Yatra’, an awareness campaign to protect elephants from Tura in Garo Hills of Meghalaya. ▪ It was organised by the Wildlife Trust of India in collaboration with the State Forest Department. ▪ Under this campaign, an elephant mascot will be taken across… Read More »

Agreement to promote Green Cricket in India

#Burning_issue_of_the_day ➡ BCCI and UN Environment sign agreement to promote Green Cricket in India ▪ The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has signed Letter of Intent (LoI) with UN Environment to promote green’ cricket in India. ▪ The partnership aims to spread greater awareness about key environmental challenges India is facing and… Read More »

App to be launched by EC to share Malpractice Proof

#Burning_issue_of_the ➡ Election Commission to launch App to help voters to share malpractice proof ▪ Election Commission of India (ECI) is launching multi-lingual mobile application called Model Code of Conduct Violation Reporting App ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. ▪ The app aims at empowering people across the country to share evidence of malpractice… Read More »

Inauguration of Asia’s Longest road tunnel – Zojila Tunnel

#Burning_issue_of_the ➡ #Zojila tunnel: Asia’s #longest road tunnel ▪ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated construction of Rs 6,809 crore Zojila tunnel project in Jammu and Kashmir’s Leh. ▪ It will be India’s and Asia’s longest and strategic bi-directional road tunnel, which will provide all-weather connectivity between Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar, Kargil and Leh. ➡ Know… Read More »

India Myanmar official visit by Sushma Swaraj

➡ India 🤝 Myanmar ================ ▪ Union External Affairs Minister, Ms. Sushma Swaraj was on an official visit to Myanmar on 10th and 11th May 2018. This visit was a part of the high-level engagement between the two countries ➡ Highlights of Ms. Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Myanmar: ▪ During this visit, Ms. Sushma Swaraj… Read More »