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Page-20 of Current Affairs - April, 2019

US approves sale of 24 MH 60 Romeo Seahawk helicopters to India

The United States Department of State on Tuesday approved the sale of 24 multi-role MH-60 Romeo Seahawk helicopters to India at a price of $2.4 billion (Rs 16,516...

April 4, 2019

RBI Cuts Key Interest Rate

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slashed the key interest rate, repo rate by 25 basis points or 0.25 per cent to 6 per cent and has...

April 4, 2019

Proposed Nyay Scheme: Key Facts

In its election manifesto for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, the Congress party has announced a Minimum Income scheme Nyuntam Aay Yojna (Nyay) as a surgical strike against...

April 4, 2019

India to set up agriculture institute in Malawi

The Ministry of External Affairs has signed an MoU with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Consultancy Service (NABCONS) for setting up India-Africa Institute of Agriculture and...

April 4, 2019

Curbs on civilian traffic on Jammu-Srinagar Highway

A government notification has stated that the national highway from Baramulla to Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir has been put out of bounds for civilian traffic twice a...

April 4, 2019

ADB cuts India growth forecast to 7.2% for 2019-20

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the recent Asian Development Outlook report has made the following observations in the forecast for the financial year 2019-20: India’s growth forecast was lowered...

April 4, 2019

State of Global Air 2019

The US-based organisation Health Effects Institute (HEI) has released the State of Global Air 2019. The findings of the Study are: Overall long-term exposure to outdoor and indoor...

April 4, 2019

AFSPA withdrawn partially from Arunachal Pradesh

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) was partially removed from three of nine districts of Arunachal Pradesh but would remain in force in the areas bordering Myanmar....

April 4, 2019

PMI Reports Manufacturing Growth at Six Month Low

The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) make the following observations: Amid slender increases in new orders and production, manufacturing activities slowed down to a six-month low in...

April 4, 2019

World Autism Awareness Day 2019

The World Autism Awareness Day 2019 was celebrated on April 2nd with the theme ‘Assistive Technologies, Active Participation’. The theme highlights the integral role technology plays in the...

April 4, 2019

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