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China successfully launches largest carrier rocket
18 Feb 2020
China launched its heaviest and most advanced communications satellite on the country's largest new carrier rocket Long March-5 that will lay the foundation for the development of highly sensitive...
Read moreDigital Radio to be launched in 2024
18 Feb 2020
Tweeted by AIR Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that NDA government is bringing Digital Radio in 2024. Addressing the annual Akashvani awards function in New Delhi yest...
Read moreIndia’s first university for transgender community
18 Feb 2020
The country's first university for transgender community will be opened in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district. The institution will facilitate its members to study right from class one to ...
Read moreGeM has launched a national outreach programme called ‘GeM Samvaad’
18 Feb 2020
A national outreach Programme, GeM Samvaad, was launched on 17th December 2019 to reach out to stakeholders across the country and also local sellers in order to facilitate on-boarding of local seller...
Read morePM launches Atal Bhujal Yojana programme
18 Feb 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches a national plan involving an expenditure of Rs 6,000 crore to save groundwater. The Union Cabinet has already approved the Atal Bhujal Yojana. PM Modi launched th...
Read moreRailway recruitment only through UPSC, choose from 5 specialities
18 Feb 2020
All new recruits in railways will be inducted through the UPSC civil services exams under five specialities, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said on Thursday, days after the Cabinet approved the merge...
Read moreRBI releases guidelines for Small Finance Banks in the private sector
18 Feb 2020
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released "Guidelines for 'on tap' Licensing of Small Finance Banks in the Private Sector". Major changes from the earlier Guidelines on Small F...
Read moreUnion Cabinet nod to NHAI for setting up Infrastructure Investment Trust
18 Feb 2020
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sanctioned its approval to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for setting up Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) as per I...
Read moreSeventh Economic Census To Be Complete By March 2020
18 Feb 2020
The 7th Economic Census, which is being conducted nationwide through common services centres (CSCs), is expected to be completed by March 2020. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme ...
Read moreGST council fixes 28 percent tax on lottery
18 Feb 2020
The GST Council has resorted to voting for the first time to decide on an issue as it fixed a uniform tax rate of 28 per cent on both state and private lotteries. Decisions in the previous 37 meeti...
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