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India signed $65.5 million of loan agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support coastal protection in Karnataka

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India (GoI) signed a $65.5 million loan agreement on October 26, 2017 in New Delhi to continue interventions to...

October 27, 2017

New Delhi is hosting International Conference on Green Initiatives & Railway Electrification

The International Conference on Green Initiatives & Railway Electrification has inaugurated by Union Minister of Railways & Coal Piyush Goyal in New Delhi on October 27, 2017. The...

October 27, 2017

Indian Railway’s first set of solar plant of 5 MW capacity launched

Indian Railway’s first set of solar plants with total capacity of 5 megawatt peak (MWp) was launched on roof tops of Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi, Anand Vihar and...

October 27, 2017

India, Sri Lanka ink MoU for housing project deal in Hambantota

Sri Lanka has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India to build 1,200 houses in strategically located southern port city of Hambantota. Of the 1,200 houses to be...

October 27, 2017

REPAIR: Scientists develop RNA editing tool to combat genetic disease

Scientists from The Broad Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in US have developed RNA Editing for Programmable A to I Replacement (REPAIR), a new gene editing tool therapies...

October 27, 2017

Government gives LoI to 7 companies for 14 monuments under Adopt a Heritage Scheme

The Union Ministry of Tourism gave Letters of Intent (LoI) to seven shortlisted companies for adopting 14 monuments under Adopt a Heritage Scheme at the closing ceremony of...

October 27, 2017

Rajasthan passes bill to provide reservation to Gujjars and four other nomadic communities

The Rajasthan Assembly passed Backward Classes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions in State and of Appointment and Posts in Services under State) Bill, 2017 by voice vote...

October 27, 2017

Kilogram will get new measure set by value of Planck constant from 2019

The International Conference of heads of Metrology Institutes held in Sevres, France has decided that the measure of kilogram will no longer be pegged to cylinder. From 2019...

October 27, 2017

Quiz 720: GK Questions for Kerala Public Service Commission Recruitment Exams for Various Posts

This quiz has 10 General Knowledge / GK Questions for Kerala Public Service Commission Recruitment Exams for Various Posts based on syllabus of GK of Competition examinations and...

October 27, 2017

27 October: Infantry Day

The Infantry Day in observed every year in India on 27 October to commemorate supreme sacrifices made by Indian Army’s infantry against Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)...

October 27, 2017

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