GK & CA
Collection of weekly GK & CA since year 2016.
January, 2023
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Amrit Udyan
Amrit Udyan' formerly known as Mughal Gardens on the premises of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, will open for general public on January 31, 2023 and will remain open till March 26, 2023 (Source: rediff.com)
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National Tourism Day
National Tourism Day is celebrated on January 25. This year, the national tourism day will be celebrated in Pochampally, a village in Telangana. This place is famous for its hand-woven products and ikat silk saree. (Source: The Economic Times)
Sun, 29 Jan, 20235602
SC conditionally allows Purse Seine Fishing
Purse Seine Fishing involves a method where a vertical net attached to a vessel is targeted at dense schools of fish in open water in curtain formation the bottom of which is drawn together to enclose the fish. The Supreme Court allowed Purse Seine Fishing within the exclusive economic zone (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 29 Jan, 20235601
Atal Pension Yojana
Atal Pension Yojana, formerly known as Swavalamban Yojana (SY, translation: Self-Support Scheme) is a government-backed pension scheme in India, primarily targeted at the unorganised sector. All subscribing workers below the age of 40 are eligible for pension of up to ₹5,000 (US$63) per month on attainment of 60 years of age (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 29 Jan, 20235600
INS Vagir
INS Vagir, the fifth of the Kalvari-class submarines under Project-75, has been commissioned into the Indian Navy. The submarine has been built indigenously by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and designed by French naval defence company Naval Group (formerly known as DCNS) as part of the Indian Navy’s Project-75 (Source: The Hindu)
Sun, 29 Jan, 20235599
21 Andaman & Nicobar Islands after gallantry award winners
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a programme to rename 21 islands of Andaman & Nicobar Islands after Param Vir Chakra awardees.The move was taken on Parakram Diwas, also known as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti. (Source: indiatoday.in)
Sun, 29 Jan, 20235597
MV Ganga Vilas, world’s longest river cruise
The MV Ganga Vilas starts from Kashi in Uttar Pradesh and ends at Dibrugarh in Assam, via Bangladesh, covering a distance of 3,200 km, in 51 days.
It will take tourists to prominent destinations along the Ganges, including world heritage sites, national parks. (Source: The Hindu)
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Pineapple Express
Pineapple Express is a non-technical term for a meteorological phenomenon, a specific recurring atmospheric river characterized by a strong and persistent large-scale flow of warm moist air, and the associated heavy precipitation along the Pacific coast of North America (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 22 Jan, 20235595
Thiruvalluvar
Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economical matters, and love (Source: Wikipedia).
Sun, 22 Jan, 20235594
Blindness control policy
Rajasthan has become the first State to implement a policy to control blindness, with the objective of ensuring the “right to sight”. A massive drive will be undertaken in the State to reduce the rate of blindness, and bring light into the lives of over 3 lakh people suffering from visual impairment (Source: The Hindu)
Sun, 22 Jan, 20235593
Online gaming Centre of Excellence
India’s first Centre of Excellence for online gaming will be set up in Shillong. The Centre of Excellence in Meghalaya’s Shillong is expected to catalyse startups and entrepreneurs to build the Next Gen Online Gaming ecosystem (theprint.in).
Sun, 22 Jan, 20235591
National Science Day
National Science Day on February 28 each year marks a special celebration for Indians. It’s the anniversary of the day Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman made a significant scientific discovery. The theme for the year 2023 National Science day is "Global Science for Global Wellbeing"
Sun, 15 Jan, 20235590
Kumarakom, Beypore
Kumarakom in Kottayam and Beypore in Kozhikode have been selected along with 34 other destinations from 19 states and Union Territories for development under the Swadesh Darshan 2.0 Scheme (Source: The New Indian Express)
Sun, 15 Jan, 20235589
UN World Habitat Awards 2023 for Jaga Mission
Odisha has won the UN-Habitat's World Habitat Awards 2023 for Jaga Mission, a 5T initiative of the state. According to an official statement, Jaga mission is the world's largest land titling and slum upgrading program which aims at empowering the lives of slum dwellers (Source: timesnownews.com)
Sun, 15 Jan, 20235588
Caste-based head count begins in Bihar
In the first phase, which will be over by January 21, the number of all households in the State will be counted. The exercise will be conducted in two phases across Bihar (Source: The Hindu)
Sun, 15 Jan, 20235587
Kīlauea volcano
Kīlauea is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. Located along the southeastern shore of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, the volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100,000 years ago (Source: Wikipedia)
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Captain Shiva Chouhan
Captain Shiva Chouhan, an officer from the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers, became the first woman officer to be operationally deployed at Kumar Post in the Siachen Glacier, which is located at an altitude of 15,632 feet. (Source: The Hindu)
Sun, 08 Jan, 20235584
Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali
Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali will be the chief guest at the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at Indore in Madhya Pradesh. The theme of the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is "Diaspora: Reliable Partners for India's Progress in Amrit Kaal (Source: The Times Of India)
Sun, 08 Jan, 20235583
Dhanu jatra
Dhanu Jatra is an annual drama-based open air theatrical performance celebrated in Bargarh, Odisha. Spread across a 8 km radius area around the Bargarh municipality, it is world's largest open air theater. It is based on mythological story of Krishna and his demon uncle Kansa. (Source: Wikipedia)
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The New Zuari Bridge
This is an under-construction cable-stayed bridge over Zuari River on the Panaji–Margao stretch of the National Highway 66. This New Zuari Bridge has eight lanes (4+4). It has dual carriageways of 27 m each and has a center median of 10.7m. It is the 2nd longest and widest cable-stay bridge in India behind Bandra–Worli Sea Link (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 08 Jan, 20235581
Ayushman Bharat Yojana
yushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is a national public health insurance fund of the Government of India that aims to provide free access to health insurance coverage for low income earners in the country. It was launched in September 2018 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 08 Jan, 20235579
DAKSH
DAKSH is a web-based end-to-end workflow application through which RBI shall monitor compliance requirements in a more focused manner with the objective of further improving the compliance culture in Supervised Entities (SEs) like Banks, NBFCs, etc. (Source: The Economic Times)
Sun, 01 Jan, 20235578
Project Vaani
The Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), ARTPARK (AI and Robotics Technology Park) and Google have come together for an unusual digital project – mapping the language diversity of India by collecting speech sets of about a million people across 773 districts over three years (Source: thehindubusinessline.com)
Sun, 01 Jan, 20235577
Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project
. The 720 Megawatt Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Power Project, funded by India, has been handed over to Bhutan's Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC). With the project's completion, India and Bhutan have completed four mega hydroelectric power projects (Source: constructionworld.in)
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Zeliangrong United Front peace agreement
The insurgent group Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) on Tuesday signed a peace agreement with the Union government and Manipur government. Under the agreement, the ZUF agreed to give up violence and join the peaceful democratic process. The ZUF is mostly active in Manipur (Source; outlookindia.com)
Sun, 01 Jan, 20235575
Amrit Bharat Station scheme
The Ministry of Railways has launched a new scheme ‘Amrit Bharat Station scheme’ for the modernisation of the railway stations across the country. The scheme envisages infrastructural development of more than 1,000 stations on a continuous basis with a long-term vision (Source: The Financial Express)
Sun, 01 Jan, 2023