USD 1 billion loan approved by ADB for 2025 visioned Delhi-Meerut Rapid transit system

Manila based Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a total of 1 billion  USD  loan to provide assistance for the construction of modern, high-speed Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System. ADB’S finance will include the construction of railway tracks, station buildings, maintenance ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020

Delhi to Conduct Serological Survey on Monthly Basis

Delhi Government has announced that it has decided to carry out a serological survey every month on the citizens of the region. In this regard, the Healthy Ministry had released the data for the serological survey conducted in June-July for ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Delhi: LG over rules CM’s order

On June 8, 2020, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Anil Bajlal has over ruled the Delhi Government order of reserving government and private hospitals in the Nation Capital only for Delhiites and allow COVID-19 test only for symptomatic patients. What ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Delhi gets its first ‘Smog Tower’

In view of the alarming pollution levels in the capital city of India, in November 2019, the Supreme Court of India to combat air pollution has directed the Central Government along with the Delhi Government for the installation of Smog ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

BEL and HAL organised Roadshow in the run-up to the 11th Edition of DefExpo

Defence Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) organised a roadshow in New Delhi on Monday, December 16th, to urge vendors, MSMEs, Startups and the Private sectors based in the National Capital Region, Delhi-NCR ..

7th Economic Census Flagged off in Delhi

The seventh economic census was launched on Friday in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Delhi became the 6th Union Territory where the economic survey was launched. To carry out the seventh edition of the economic census the Ministry of ..

Inaugural Conclave on “National Capital Region -2041” held in Delhi

Shri Durga Shankar Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, chaired the inaugural conclave on “National Capital Region -2041” organized by the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) on 12 Nov  in  New  Delhi. The theme ..

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates Delhi-Meerut PKG-3

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Delhi-Meerut Package-3 connecting Dasna in Ghaziabad to Hapur. It is the most awaited third package of Delhi Meerut expressway. About Delhi-Meerut Package-3 It is a 22 kilometre-long stretch ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019

New Start-up Hub of India

The “Turbocharging Delhi-NCR Startup Ecosystem” report issued by TiE Delhi-NCR and consulting firm Zinnov has observed that Delhi-NCR is a bigger start-up hub than Bangalore. The report notes that NCR not only beats Bangalore in the number of active start-ups, the ..

Chunauti scheme of Delhi Government

The government of the Delhi National Capital Region had introduced the Chunauti scheme to improve learning. Features of the Scheme Under the Chunauti scheme children are divided into groups on the basis of who can read and write Hindi and ..