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Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – January 4, 2019

Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 30 Minutes Kindly review each others answers Q.1) What do you mean by Blockchain technology? Discuss how blockchain technology can be applied in healthcare, education and agricultural sector. Q.2) What is Basic Structure of Indian Constitution?… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – January 4, 2019

Space diplomacy: India to set up ground stations for 5 neighbors

Space diplomacy: India to set up ground stations for 5 neighbors News: India to set up five large ground stations and more than 500 small terminals in Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, as part of New Delhi’s space diplomacy to counter China’s influence in the region. Facts: The first of the five ground… Continue reading Space diplomacy: India to set up ground stations for 5 neighbors

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Exotic trees eating up Western Ghat’s grasslands

Exotic trees eating up Western Ghat’s grasslands News: Western Ghats lost almost one-fourth high-altitude grasslands due to invasion of exotic trees. Important Facts: Most of this loss occurred on the mountain tops of the Nilgiri, Palani and Anamalai hill ranges, which comprise more than half of the Ghat’s shola-grassland ecosystems. The satellite images revealed that… Continue reading Exotic trees eating up Western Ghat’s grasslands

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Ujjwala expands LPG coverage from 55% to 90% of households

Ujjwala expands LPG coverage from 55% to 90% of households News According to government sources, LPG overage has risen from 55% of households in 2014 to 90%, an increase of 63%. This increase has been attributed to the rapid rollout of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY) Important Facts About PMUY Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna is… Continue reading Ujjwala expands LPG coverage from 55% to 90% of households

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National Health Authority gets Cabinet nod

National Health Authority gets Cabinet nod News: Cabinet approved restructuring of National Health Agency as National Health Authority Important Facts: With this move, the existing National Health Agency will be dissolved and its status now stands to that of an Authority as an attached office to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The creation of… Continue reading National Health Authority gets Cabinet nod

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Bill to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar ID introduced

Bill to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar ID introduced News: Government t introduces Aadhaar amendment Bill in Lok Sabha Important Facts: The government has introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to amend certain existing laws to provide legal backing for voluntary seeding of biometric Aadhaar ID for mobile SIM card and bank account authentication… Continue reading Bill to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar ID introduced

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