NITI Aayog, QCI Launch National Program and Project Management Policy Framework Initiative

News: NITI Aayog and Quality Council of India(QCI) has launched the National Program and Project Management Policy Framework(NPMPF).   Facts: Aim: To bring radical reforms in the way infrastructure projects are executed in India. Action Plan: It has an action plan to: Adopt a program and project management approach to infrastructure development Institutionalize and promote… Continue reading NITI Aayog, QCI Launch National Program and Project Management Policy Framework Initiative

Union Minister launches DST initiative SERB – POWER for women scientists

News: Union Minister for Science & Technology has launched a Scheme titled “SERB-POWER (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research)”.   Facts: Aim: To encourage emerging as well as eminent women researchers to undertake R&D activities in frontier areas of science and engineering. Components: The Scheme will have two components namely: SERB-POWER Fellowship:- Target: Women… Continue reading Union Minister launches DST initiative SERB – POWER for women scientists

New tectonically active zone in Himalayas could alter quake study

News: Scientists from Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology(WIHG), Dehradun, have found that the Indus suture zone of Himalayas that was conventionally thought to be locked is tectonically active.   Facts: Indus Suture Zone: It is a suture zone in the Ladakh region where Indian and Asian Plates join. Geological Features that proves Indus Suture Zone… Continue reading New tectonically active zone in Himalayas could alter quake study

Indian Army launches a Software for Infrastructure Management

News: Indian Army has introduced a software named the “Infrastructure Management System(IMS)’ software.   Facts: Aim: To automate the functions related to infrastructure development and management such as ascertaining availability of land, planning and monitoring of works among others. Features: The scope of the software includes the following: To automate works initiation, preparation of list… Continue reading Indian Army launches a Software for Infrastructure Management

Must Read Current Affairs Articles I 30th October 2020

Good Morning dear reader. We are posting Today’s Must Read Current Affairs Articles below: GS Paper – 2 #1 ASER report flags burden of digital inequality on children, and opportunity for government schools Indian Express Page – 12 #2 Gaps in learning: On rural students and the pandemic The Hindu Page – 6 Syllabus Topic… Continue reading Must Read Current Affairs Articles I 30th October 2020

9 PM Daily Brief – October 29,2020

Good evening dear reader. Here is our 9pm current affairs brief for you today GS1 1.Uniform Civil code Gs2 2.Indo Pacific Region 3.India-US 2+2 Dialogue GS3 4.DeepFake 5.Urbanpoverty 9 PM for Preliminary examination 1.Uniform Civil code Source: The Indian Express Syllabus: GS-1- Society Context: All states must be brought into the mainstream of family laws… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Brief – October 29,2020

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