Kolkata Current Affairs, GK & News
Airports to get facial recognition from 2022
The air passengers can use a face scan as their boarding pass from 2022. The first airports to roll out the facility are Kolkata, Pune, Varanasi and Vijayawada. What is the plan? The NEC Corporation Private Limited has been chosen by the Airport Authority of India to implement the project. The details of face recognition ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: airport authorty of india • Airports • Facial recognition • Facial Recognition Technology • Kolkata • Pune • Varanasi • Vijayawada
Kolkata’s First Young Readers’ Boat Library
The West Bengal Transport Corporation has launched the First Young Readers’ Boat Library. The library has been launched in collaboration with a heritage book store. It has been launched on a boat making it first of its kind initiative. Why this library has been launched? The boat library was launched with the motive that one ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Hooghly River • Kolkata • Kolkata’s First Young Readers' Boat Library • Millennium Park • West Bengal Transport Corporation • Young Readers’ Boat Library
World Bank’s 105 million USD loan to improve Waterways in West Bengal
The World bank, Government of India and Government of West Bengal recently signed a 105 million US the agreement. The fund has been allocated to the West Bengal inland water transport, logistics and special development project. What are the key features of the agreement? According to the agreement the one hundred and five million USD ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • International Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Ferry • india-world bank • Inland Waterways • Kolkata • Ro-Ro ferry service • Ro-Ro passenger ferry service • West Bengal • World Bank
Housing Sales Hit in the First Half of 2020, NCR Affected the Most
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic hitting the country hard in 2020, housing sales across the major cities of India have been affected a lot with a decline of 54 per cent to 59538 units during the First Half of 2020. During the same period in the last year, over 1.29 lakh units were sold across ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Bengaluru • Hyderabad • Knight Frank India • Kolkata • Mumbai • NCR • Real Estate
“Dekho Apna Desh”: A Webinar launched by Tourism Ministry
On April 14, 2020, the Ministry of Tourism launched “Dekho Apna Desh”. It is a webinar that caters in-depth information about tourist destinations in the country. It also provides details about culture and heritage of India. Highlights The first webinar series is to explain long history of Delhi. It has been titled as “City of ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Culture • Dekho Apna Desh • Delhi • GDP • Kolkata • lock down • Tourism Sector