Kolkata Current Affairs, GK & News
250th Birth Anniversary of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
On May 22nd, the ministry of culture held the inaugural ceremony to commemorate the yearlong celebrations of Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s 250th birth anniversary. What are the highlights of the inaugural ceremony? The inaugural ceremony was held at Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata, and at Science City Auditorium, Kolkata. The ceremony was organized ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: birth anniversary • Brahmo Samaj • Kolkata • Raja Ram Mohan Roy
UNEP ‘Annual Frontier Report, 2022’
In the UNEP Annual Frontier Report 2022 which is titled ‘Noise, Blazes and Mismatches’, Dhaka has been ranked as the noisiest city in the world which is followed by Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. Overview: Five Indian cities have been ranked in this list of being among the noisiest cities of the world which are Asansol, Jaipur, ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Asansol • Jaipur • Kolkata • Moradabad • New Delhi • Noise Blazes and Mismatches • Noise pollution • UNEP Annual Frontier Report 2022
Kolkata Biplobi Bharat Gallery
PM Modi inaugurated the Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata via video conferencing on 23rd March 2022. Overview: The Prime Minister also addressed the people who had gathered during the launch of this event. This gallery was inaugurated on the occasion of Shaheed Diwas. The Prime Minister also paid tributes to Bhagat Singh, ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Events Current Affairs
Topics: Biplobi Bharat Gallery • Kolkata • Victoria Memorial Hall
Hurun Report on Dollar Millionaires
According to the Hurun Report, the rich families in India have grown by 11 per cent in the year 2021 with a net worth of Rs 7 crore being reported from 4,58,000 dollar-millionaire households. Overview: The Hurun Report has been released after a month of Oxfam’s ‘Inequality Kills: India Supplement 2022’ report, which found that ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Delhi • Hurun Report • Hurun's Luxury Consumer Survey 2021 • Inequality Kills: India Supplement 2022 • Kolkata • Mumbai • Oxfam
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 - 2022
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