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Indian Railways signs first EPC contract with L&T to speed up electrification

The Indian Railways has signed its first EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contract with Larsen and Toubro (L&T) for electrification of railway lines. The contract valuing Rs 1,050 crore...

August 5, 2017

Recent SC Suggestion: NEET Like Exam for Lower Judiciary

How the judges of lower judiciary are selected currently across India? What is recent stance of Supreme Court on All-India common test for lower judiciary? Is it good...

August 5, 2017

ISRO and CSIR-NPL sign MoU for time and frequency traceability services

The ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) and CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have signed MoU to make indigenous regional positioning system-NavIC independent from the US clock system....

August 5, 2017

Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO): Need; Proposed Functions; Issues

Public finance and Government Budgeting is one of the key functions involving both executive and legislature. The suggestion that India should have a Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) is...

August 5, 2017

India signs loan pact with AIIB for Rural Roads Project

India has signed a loan agreement with China led-Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for financing of $329 million for Gujarat Rural Roads Project (GRRP).  The objective of the...

August 5, 2017

Government to launch AGRI UDAAN-Food and Agribusiness Accelerator 2.0 programme

The Union Government is going to launch AGRI-UDAAN Food and Agribusiness Accelerator 2.0 programme in an attempt to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture. It will mentor startups...

August 5, 2017

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: August 4, 2017

1. Which committee has been constituted by the SEBI on fair market conduct? [A] K M Krishna committee[B] G S Prasad committee[C] T.K. Viswanathan committee[D] P S Chauhan...

August 4, 2017

Recommendations: Justice Srikrishna committee on Institutionalization of Arbitration Mechanism

A High Level Committee set up to review the Institutionalization of Arbitration Mechanism in India has submitted its report to the Union Law Ministry. It was headed by...

August 4, 2017

India’s first private missile production facility unveiled in Hyderabad

India’s first private sector missile sub-systems manufacturing facility Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS) plant was inaugurated near Hyderabad, capital of Telangana. It is 51:49 joint venture between India’s...

August 4, 2017

ISRO, NASA working towards realisation of NISAR Mission by 2021

ISRO and NASA are jointly working on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission to co-develop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite by 2021. The...

August 4, 2017

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