Pune Current Affairs, GK & News
Exercise Suraksha Kavach 2
On 22nd March 2022, a joint exercise between the Indian Army’s Agnibaaz Division and the Maharashtra Police named Exercise Suraksha Kavach 2 was organized at Lullanagar, Pune. Participants India Army’s Counter Terrorism Task Force (CTTF), Maharashtra Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad along with Dog Squads, Quick Reaction Teams (QRTs), and Bomb Disposal Teams of the army, as ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Agnibaaz Division • Exercise Suraksha Kavach 2 • Indian Army • Lullanagar • Maharashtra Police • Pune
Pune River Clean-up Project
A green signal has been given by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for tendering a Rs 1000 crore project to clean up Pune’s rivers, Mula, Mutha, and Mula-Mutha. Overview: The sewage of the city is thrown into the Mula and Mutha rivers, thus making them extremely polluted. This project aims to improve the water ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Japan International Cooperation Agency • JICA • Pune • Pune Municipal Corporation • River Clean-up Project
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
‘Ashray’ System for Medical Bed isolation Launched in Pune for COVID 19
In order to combat the rising cases of COVID 19 in India, a deemed to be University in Pune has developed a medical bed isolation system named as ‘Ashray’ in order to prevent the spread of the deadly virus in the country. The Defence Institute of Advanced Technology has developed this system as a low-cost, ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Ashray • Defence Institute of Advanced Technology • Medical Bed Isolation System • Pune
First Case of Vertical Transmission of COVID 19 Detected in Pune
In a first of its kind case, the Sassoon General Hospital in Pune, Maharashtra, has claimed to have reported a vertical transmission case of COVID 19 infection from a mother to her child through the placenta. Vertical transmission takes place when the baby is in the uterus. If a mother gets infected, the transmission of ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Coronavirus • COVID-19 • Pune • Sassoon General Hospital • Vertical Transmission