Mumbai Current Affairs, GK & News
What are the Blue tides spotted at Mumbai beaches?
The blue tide phenomenon was observed in several stretches of Maharashtra coast – such as in the Juhu Beach. The phenomenon is due to bioluminescence, which is the emission of light by microscopic marine plants called phytoplanktons. Eg: dinoflagellates. The blue light stems from chemical reactions of proteins inside the organism. What are Dinoflagellates? It ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: bio luminescence • Climate change • Mumbai • Ocean pollution • Sewage • Water pollution
Delhi, Chennai among cheapest cities to rent
According to a new report published by Purely Diamonds, Delhi and Chennai are the cheapest cities in the country to rent a house. The couples and newly-weds looking to rent a house should start looking in these cities in the country if they want to cut down on their expenses for living in an apartment. ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Amsterdam • Athens • Cheapest City • Chennai • Delhi • Ho Chi Minh City • Las Vegas • Miami • Mumbai • New York • Purely Diamonds • US
Sero Study Done in Mumbai: Slums Score over the Residential Societies
Serological surveillance study done in 6936 people in three municipal wards in slums and non-slum areas in Mumbai showed a very high proportion of asymptomatic COVID 19 infection. The survey has been conducted by NITI Ayog, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. What has the study shown? As per the ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: States Current Affairs
Topics: Delhi Government • MCGM • Mumbai • Non-Slum Areas • Sero Study • Seroprevalence • Slums • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research • TIFR
Plasma Donation Program to be launched in Dharavi, Mumbai
Maharashtra government will launch a plasma donation program following the ‘Plasma Daan Sankalp Abhiyan’ for primary screening of recovered COVID 19 patients in the Dharavi area of Mumbai. This comes after Dharavi set an example of controlling the Coronavirus spread and that is why the local MP has now organized a plasma donation camp there. ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: States Current Affairs
Topics: Chief Minister • Dharavi • Maharashtra • Mumbai • Plasma Donation
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