Page-620 of GKToday Archives: 2020
India’s 13th major port to be set up in Maharashtra
The Union Cabinet of India recently approved to set up 13th major port of India, at Vadhavan in Maharashtra. The project is to entail a total cost of Rs 65,544 crore. The government is expected to hold 51 per cent ..
Twitter to label fake news and remove harmful data
US-based social networking and microblogging service, Twitter recently announced that it would label the fake media shared on its platform. From next month, Twitter will start labeling the photo or video, so that its users can identify that the media ..
US launches International Religious Freedom Alliance
The United States recently launched the International Religious Freedom Alliance, which is aimed at protecting and preserving religious freedom across the world. The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the formal launch of the alliance. As many as 27 ..
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Prince Charles launches children’s protection fund for India
The Prince of Britain, Charles has recently unveiled a new children’s protection fund for India. This fund is a part of the charity founded by him in 2007, the British Asian Trust. The trust was founded to fight poverty in ..
Alliance Air to fly between India and Sri Lanka
The Union Cabinet has granted approval to Alliance Air to fly between India and Sri Lanka, by waiving the rule that an airline needs to own minimum 20 aircraft to operate internationally. Alliance Air, which is a 100 per cent ..
GIPC releases International intellectual property index 2020
The US Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Centre (GIPC) recently released the latest edition of International intellectual property index. In the list, India is ranked 40, with a score of 38.46%, higher than the last year’s score. India was ..
RBI releases bi-monthly policy: Repo rate unchanged
On February 6, 2020, the Reserve Bank of India released its bi-monthly monetary policy. The apex bank has kept the policy repo rate unchanged. It remains at 5.15%. Observations of the Committee The Monetary Policy Committee that meets once in ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
US President Donald Trump acquitted at the Senate
On February 5, 2020, US President Donald Trump who had been impeached by the House of Representatives has been acquitted at the Senate trial. He now becomes the third President in the US history to be impeached by House of ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Rakhi Halder wins gold medal at the Women’s National Weightlifting Championship
On February 6, 2020, Rakhi Halder of West Bengal won Senior Weightlifting Championship. She bagged gold medal in the 64 kg category at the 35th National Weight lifting Championship held in Kolkata. Highlights Halder lifted 117 kg in clean and ..