The Telangana government has launched a Micro,SmallandMedium Enterprises(MSME) networking portal called as Telangana State GlobalLinker. The core objective of the portal is to make the business growth of MSMEs simpler,more profitable and enjoyable. The platform will offer a host of benefits to MSME members such as (a)digitisation (b)an e-commerce store and (c)access to business efficiency… Continue reading MSME networking portal launched
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Croatia honours President Kovind with highest civilian award
President Ram Nath Kovind has been honoured with Croatia’s civilian order known as “The Grand Order of the King of Tomislav”. President was awarded for his exceptional contribution to the advancement of overall relations and development of mutual cooperation between India and Croatia and for promoting friendship and partnership between people of both the countries.… Continue reading Croatia honours President Kovind with highest civilian award
Godfathers of deep learning get turing award
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) awarded Yoshua Bengio,Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun the A.M.Turing Award 2018 for making breakthroughs in deep neural networks which is a subfield of Artificial intelligence. The A.M.Turing Award is often referred to as the computer science award equivalent of the Nobel Prize.The award is given by the Association for… Continue reading Godfathers of deep learning get turing award
Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – March 29, 2019
Archives Q.1) India has entered an elite space club with Mission Shakti- Anti-Satellite Missile Test. What is Anti-Satellite Missile Test? Critically examine Mission shakti and its benefits for India? Answer: It is the technological capability to hit and destroy satellites in space through missiles launched from the ground. Anti-satellite (A-Sat) weapons that attempt to directly… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – March 29, 2019
Must Read News Articles – March 30, 2019
Archives GS 2 Increase in VVPAT numbers will delay counting by six days: EC The Lok Sabha poll results will be delayed by six whole days if the Opposition parties’ demand to increase VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail) slips counting by 50% became a reality, the Election Commission of India (ECI) indicated to the… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – March 30, 2019
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7 PM | National Urban Employment Guarantee Programme | 29 March, 2019
Read In-depth analysis of all the Editorials here Context Centre for Sustainable Employment, Azim Premji University, recently published policy brief “Strengthening Towns through Sustainable Employment”, which propose the creation of a National Urban Employment Guarantee Programme. Need of Urban Employment Guarantee Programme According to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO),… Continue reading 7 PM | National Urban Employment Guarantee Programme | 29 March, 2019
UGC bans distance learning degree programmes in agriculture
UGC bans distance learning degree programmes in agriculture The University Grants Commission (UGC) has prohibited imparting distance degree programmes in agriculture.The decision was taken by the UGC on the ground that a degree programme in agriculture is technical in nature as it requires practicals or laboratory courses. As per UGC Open and Distance Learning Regulations,2017… Continue reading UGC bans distance learning degree programmes in agriculture
Government defends move on Finance Act
Government defends move on Finance Act The Centre has told the Supreme Court that Finance Bill,2017 was certified as a Money Bill by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and judicial review of that decision cannot be done.The government argued that Article 122 of the Constitution states that the conduct of business and Proceedings of… Continue reading Government defends move on Finance Act
