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National Human Milk Bank and Lactation Counselling Centre Inaugurated

Health Secretary C K Mishra has inaugurated the ‘Vatsalya – Maatri Amrit Kosh’, a National Human Milk Bank and Lactation Counselling Centre at the Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) in...

June 7, 2017

RBI Keeps the Repo Rate Unchanged

The Reserve Bank of India has kept repo rate unchanged at 6.25% in its second bi-monthly monetary policy review. Reverse Repo rate has been kept unchanged at 6%. The...

June 7, 2017

Various Issues Around Working of NPPA

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) is a regulatory agency functioning under the aegis of Union Ministry of Chemical and Fertiliser. NPPA is not a statutory body and...

June 7, 2017

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: June 7, 2017

1. India has signed pact with which neighboring country to provide $318 million as line of credit for railway projects? [A] Sri Lanka[B] Nepal[C] Bhutan[D] Bangladesh Show Answer...

June 7, 2017

Social Issue: Gender Parity in Indian Boardrooms

Gender diversity simply out is the equal treatment and representation given for both males and females in an organization/entity. Globally, calls for more gender diversity on corporate boards...

June 7, 2017

Short Note: South Pacific Gyre and Pollution in Henderson Island

Recently, scientists found that Henderson Island, one of the remotest islands discovered so far, was covered with an estimated 38 million pieces of trash at its coast. The...

June 7, 2017

Taxing the Rich Farmers – Current status of Farm Taxes, pros and cons

Recently, economist Bibek Debroy, a member of the NITI Aayog, recommended that the agricultural income above a certain threshold should be taxed. This brought back the question of...

June 7, 2017

Living Entity Status to Ganga and Yamuna: Various Issues

Soon after river Whanganui of New Zealand was given status of a living entity, India also had its share in the feat when the Uttarakhand High Court on...

June 7, 2017

World's First Hybrid 'Aeroboat' Unveiled

The world’s first hybrid ‘aeroboat’ which has been built by an Indo-Russian joint venture has been unveiled at a start-ups event organized by Russia’s state-run Skolkovo Foundation. Salient Highlights...

June 7, 2017

Issues Around India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO)

Neutrinos are fundamental particles which make up the universe. They are abundant, feeble mass, travel through planets, stars, rock and human body without any interaction. Neutrinos do not...

June 7, 2017

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