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National Land Monetisation Corporation
According to Economic Survey, central government has set up a “National Land Monetisation Corporation” in a bid to FastTrack the monetisation of land and non-core assets of public sector entities. Key Facts As of now, CPSEs have referred 3,400 acres ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) Programme
During the Union Budget 2022-23 presentation, the finance minister Smt Nirmala Sitaraman announced that RAMP programme is to be rolled out at an estimated cost of Rs 6,000 crores. The programme is to be implemented for 5 years. About the ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala
The Hoysala Temples of Belur, Halebid and Somnath Pura in Karnataka will be nominated for World Heritage List for the year 2022-2023 from India. Key Points Since April 15, 2014, the ‘Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala’ are on UNESCO’s Tentative ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Portugal PM H. E. Antonio Costa
On January 30, 2022, Portugal’s ruling centre-left Socialists won in snap general election, by an outright parliamentary majority. The party secured a strong mandate for Prime Minister, Antonio Costa. Highlights The result came as a surprise after Socialists had lost ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs
SpaceX Italian Earth-observation satellite
On February 1, 2022, SpaceX launched the Italian Earth-observation satellite, Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 (CSG-2) after scrubbing the scheduled lift-off for fourth consecutive time. It was launched from a station in Florida, US. Key Facts Latest call-off was because of ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
What is Project Sadbhawana?
Sadbhawana means goodwill. The Operation Sadbhawana was launched by the Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir. The main aim of the project was to help people affected by terrorism in the region. The operations mainly targets to address the aspirations ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Perovskite Solar cells
The pervoskite solar cells are those cells with perovskite structured compound. It is an organic or inorganic tin based material. Some of the other perovskite materials are methylammonium lead halides and cesium lead halide. They are inexpensive and simple to ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy
The Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean energy was recently launched at IIT Dharwad. The center will enhance the research in affordable and clean energy. About the Center The center will create, incubate technologies, physical infrastructure. Also, it ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Environment Current Affairs
New Study on Tree Species
Around hundred scientists from different parts of the world came together and studied about different tree species. They found that there are 73,000 tree species in the world. Of these only 64,000 is known to humans. What did the scientists ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: February 2, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for February 2, 2022 UNION BUDGET 2022-23 – Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Union Budget for 2022-23 in Parliament – Capital expenditure outlay hiked by 35.4% – Total expenditure in 2022-23 estimated ..