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Important Facts for Prelims (3 August 2018)

NITI Aayog Launches Move Hack NITI Aayog has launched Move Hack, a global mobility hackathon to crowdsource solutions aimed at the future of...

03 Aug 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (2 August 2018)

Agricultural Scientists' Recruitment Board It was set up by the government in November 1973, as an independent recruitment agency following the...

02 Aug 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (1 August 2018)

Ile Aux Cochons It is an uninhabited island in the subantarctic Crozet Archipelago, administered by France and is roughly halfway between the tip...

01 Aug 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (30th July 2018)

National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II) It is an advanced air defence system jointly developed by United States (US) and...

30 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (28th July 2018)

Stressed Power Assets- Key Schemes The power ministry has suggested two schemes for resolution of stress in the sector: Pariwartan Scheme It...

28 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (27th July 2018)

Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) aims at the overall development of selected SC majority villages. It...

27 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (26th July 2018)

Nilgiri Mountain Railway It is one of the five hill railways in India. Apart from NMR, the other four include Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (West...

26 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (25th July, 2018)

Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail The Election Commission (EC) is struggling to meet the deadline to procure 16 lakh voter-verifiable paper...

25 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (21st July 2018)

Van Dhan Yojana Van Dhan Yojana was launched in April 2018, in Chhattisgarh. A Van Dhan Vikas Kendra was set up under the program. The Van Dhan...

21 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (20th July, 2018)

Dhole: Asiatic Wild Dog A team of scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) track down a pack of 14 dholes in the Mukki range of the...

20 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (19th July, 2018)

U R Rao Satellite Centre Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has roped in three partners to help URSC produce three small to medium satellites...

19 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (July 18th, 2018)

Cyanothece It is a bacteria that is able to fix nitrogen because it has a circadian rhythm. Cyanothece photosynthesises during the day,...

18 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (July 17th, 2018)

Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram Keeping in mind the educational empowerment and employment oriented skill development of Minority communities,...

17 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (July 16th, 2018)

Golden Jackal faces threat in its habitat Destruction of mangrove cover in the Bandar Reserve Forest is forcing the golden jackal (Canis aureus) out...

16 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (July 13, 2018)

Bengei Nacha In the State of Odisha, ‘Bengei Nacha’ or ‘frog dance’ is a traditionally performed ritual to appease the rain...

13 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (July 12, 2018)

India Emerges as World's 6th Largest Economy According to an analysis done by the World Bank, India surpassed France to become 6th largest economy of...

12 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (July 11th, 2018)

Rajasthan signs MoU with Microsoft Rajasthan became the first State to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to provide digital...

11 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (July 10th, 2018)

Light ‘Sadmridangam’ gets a patent The Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks has given the patent for light...

10 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (July 9th, 2018)

The States that share their borders with Myanmar are Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram. Free Movement Regime (FMR) The Free...

09 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims

Important Facts for Prelims (July 7th, 2018)

e-Tourist Visa Scheme In November, 2014 the Government launched e-Tourist Visa scheme in 44 countries. This e-Visa facility has now been extended to...

07 Jul 2018 Quick Facts For Prelims