Page-5 of Current Affairs - August, 2018
Satya Tripathi appointed as Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of UNEP
Indian development economist and environment expert Satya S. Tripathi was appointed as has been appointed assistant secretary general of United Nations and will head New York office of UN Environment Programme (UNEP). He was appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Navlekha: Google unveils new platform for Indic language publishers
Search engine giant Google has unveiled Project Navlekha to make online content relevant for more Indian users especially in local languages. It was unveiled along with host of upgrades of Google’s other products at fourth ‘Google for India’ event held ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Government inks $300 million agreement with World Bank to scale-up Energy Efficiency Program
Union Government (Finance Ministry) has inked $220 million Loan Agreement with World Bank to scale-up Inida’s Energy Efficiency Program. It also signed $80 million guarantee agreement with World Bank. The loan will be provided to EESL by World Bank through ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Punjab Assembly passes bills to make desecration of religious texts punishable with life term
Punjab Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed Indian Penal Code (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2018 and Code of Criminal Procedure (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2018 to make sacrilege of all religious texts punishable with life imprisonment. This comes week after State Cabinet chaired ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Government inks $250 million loan agreement World Bank for Electricity Distribution Sector Reforms in Rajasthan
Central Government along with Government of Rajasthan has signed $250 million Development Policy Loan (DPL) agreement with World Bank for Electricity Distribution Sector Reforms in Rajasthan. The loan will be provided by World Bank’s lending arm International Bank for Reconstruction ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
NVIDIA made deep learning technology partner of NITI Aayog for MoveHack
Union Government’s premier think tank NITI Aayog has made computer chip manufacturer NVIDIA its deep learning technology partner to support its MoveHack event. MoveHack is global mobility hackathon event organized by NITI Aayog to crowdsource solutions aimed at the future ..