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Jagdeep Dhankhar: 14th Vice President of India

NDA Candidate, Jagdeep Dhankhar has become the 14th Vice President of India, after beating Margaret Alva. He is the second leader from Rajasthan to become Vice President. Highlights: Out of 780 electors, including elected members of Lok Sabha and elected ..

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Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 7, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 7, 2022 INDIA – NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar elected as 16th Vice President of India – UGC asks all Universities and Colleges to observe August 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance ..

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Culture Ministry ‘Badhe Chalo’ campaign

Ministry of Culture has launched the ‘Badhe Chalo Campaing’, with the aim of connecting with youth of India and infuse a deep sense of patriotism among them. It seeks to ‘create youth centric activation’ for sizeable outreach of Azadi ka ..

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Election of the 14th Vice President of India

Election for the office of Vice President is being held on August 6, 2022. Office of Vice President is second highest constitutional office in India. M Venkaiah Naidu is the Vice President, currently. His term is scheduled to end on ..

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India: Target to eliminate Kala-azar by 2023

Union Government of India has set the target to eliminate Kala-azar from country by 2023. According to Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar (Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare), out of 633 Kala-azar endemic blocks, 625 blocks have successfully eliminated ..

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China: Launch of Reusable Spacecraft

On August 4, 2022, China launched a reusable experimental spacecraft into orbit. It was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, on Long March 2F rocket. Spacecraft will be placed into low Earth orbit. A similar clandestine mission was launched by ..

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Indian Navy- ISRO MoU for Satellite based Naval Applications

On August 5, 2022, Indian Navy inked a MoU with ISRO’s Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad for data sharing and cooperation on Satellite based Naval Applications in Meteorology and Oceanology. Through this MoU; Both the organisations will get a common platform ..

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DRDO: Test fire of indigenously developed laser-guided ATGMs

On June 4, 2022, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army successfully test-fired the Indigenously developed Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM). Missiles were test-fired from Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun, at KK Ranges in Maharashtra. Highlights: ATGMs precisely ..

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RBI Monetary policy committee (MPC) Meeting- Highlights

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) held meeting on August 5, 2022. On the basis of assessment of current and evolving macroeconomic situation, MPC has decided to: Hike policy repo rate by 50 basis points, under liquidity adjustment facility (LAF). Repo ..

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Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 6, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 6, 2022 INDIA – Indian Army conducts 5-day “Skylight” exercise to test operational readiness of its space-based assets – India calls for early completion of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway and ..

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