HRD Ministry launches SHREYAS Programme

The Union Minister of Human Resources and Development Prakash Javadekar launched the Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills (SHREYAS) programme to provide industry-specific apprenticeship opportunities to fresh graduates. SHREYAS SHREYAS is a programme basket comprising of three initiatives of the HRD, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and the Ministry of Labour ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: Apprenticeship Training • Ministry of Human Resource and Development • Ministry of Labour and Employment • Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship • Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills • SHREYAS • Union Minister of Human Resources and Development

ICJ advises Britain to return Diego Garcia to Mauritius

International Court of Justice (ICJ) has advised the UK to return the Diego Garcia (Chagos Islands) to Mauritius as rapidly as possible. The ICJ has said that Britain must give Mauritius control of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The advisory has been issued by the ICJ on the request of the resolution passed by the ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019

Topics: Britain • Chagos Islands • Diego Garcia • ICJ • Indian Ocean military base • International Court of Justice • Mauritius • UK • Unga • United Nations General Assembly • US

RBI Removes three Banks from PCA Framework

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has removed three banks, Dhanlaxmi Bank, Allahabad Bank and Corporation Bank from the PCA framework by moving them out of its weak-bank watchlist. Basis for the decision of RBI The government has infused fresh capital into various banks including some of the banks currently under the PCA framework. As ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019

Topics: Allahabad Bank • Capital to risk-weighted assets ratio • Central Bank of India • Corporation Bank • Dena Bank • Dhanlaxmi Bank • Indian Overseas Bank • Non Performing Assets (NPA) • RBI • Reserve Bank of India • return on assets • UCO Bank • United Bank of India

India successfully test-fires two Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missiles

India has successfully test-fired two indigenously developed Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air missiles (QRSAM) from a test range off the Odisha coast. QRSAM was test fired from a rotatable truck-based launch unit at Chandipur in Odisha’s Balasore district. The two missiles tested for different altitude and conditions successfully demonstrated robust control, aerodynamics, propulsion, structural performance and high ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Bharat Dynamics Limited • Bharat Electronics Limited • Chandipur • Defence Research and Development Organisation • DRDO • Kvadrat • Odisha • Osa-AK • QRSAM • Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air missiles

Govind Prasad Sharma appointed as Chairman of NBT

Educationist and Author Govind Prasad Sharma has been appointed as the Chairman of National Book Trust (NBT). Govind Prasad Sharma Govind Prasad Sharma in his long carrier has served as the Principal of Government P.G. College in Madhya Pradesh, Additional Director of Higher Education of Gwalior Chambal Division, Director of Madhya Pradesh Hindi Granth Akademi and also as Vice Chairman of Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education. National Book Trust National Book Trust (NBT) is ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Department of Higher Education • English • Govind Prasad Sharma • Hindi • Indian Languages • Madhya Pradesh • Ministry of Human Resource Development • National Book Trust • NBT