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New Zealand govt passes world’s first tobacco law to ban smoking

New Zealand tobacco law to ban smoking: The New Zealand government has passed a law to completely end tobacco smoking by banning youth from buying cigarettes for life. The Smoke Free Environments and Regulated Products (Smoking Tobacco) Amendment Bill has been passed in New Zealand which aims to make New Zealand smoke free by 2025. …

December 15, 2022 -_4.1

India-Kazakhstan joint military exercise KAZIND – 2022 begins in Umroi, Meghalaya

KAZIND-22 The 6th Edition of Indo – Kazakhstan joint training exercise KAZIND-22 is conducted at Umroi (Meghalaya) from 15 to 28 December 2022. The scope of this exercise involves a Command Post Exercise (CPX) at the Battalion level and Company level Field Training Exercise (FTX) on sub-conventional operations. During the exercise, participants will engage in variety …

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SS Rajamouli RRR bags two Golden Globe Award nominations

SS Rajamouli-directed period movie ‘RRR’ has been nominated in two categories at the Golden Globe Awards to be held in January 2023. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has nominated ‘RRR’ in the Best Picture: Non-English language and Best Original Song Naatu Naatu. Buy Prime Test Series for all Banking, SSC, Insurance & other exams …

December 15, 2022 -_6.1

HDFC Bank Partners with Startup India for Parivartan SmartUp Grants

HDFC Bank announced the launch of its sixth annual grants program for social startups in partnership with the Government of India’s flagship initiative ‘Startup India’. Known as Parivartan SmartUp Grants, the program aims to identify startups working in the social impact space and support them through monetary grants to their incubators. Buy Prime Test Series …

December 15, 2022 -_7.1

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin inaugurated statue of ‘Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar’

Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin inaugurated the statue of Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar at the renovated house of Bharathiyar at Varanasi via video conference on 11th December. Stalin also released a souvenir on his centenary. Bharathiyar’s 141st birth anniversary celebrates on the behalf of State Government in various places in the State. Buy …

December 15, 2022 -_8.1

IIT Ropar, Army Training Command sign MoU to set up Centre of Excellence

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar and the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) of the Indian Army has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up a centre of excellence for studies and applied research in defence and security at the premier institute. Buy Prime Test Series for all Banking, SSC, Insurance & other exams …

December 15, 2022 -_9.1

8th India International Science Festival 2022 to be held in Bhopal

India International Science Festival (IISF)-2022: India International Science Festival (IISF)-2022 will be held in Bhopal in January 2023 and incidentally, it is one of the major events to be held after India took over G-20 Presidency. IISF is the initiative of the Ministry of Science & Technology and Ministry of Earth Science of Government of …

December 15, 2022 -_10.1

ISRO is doing to boost the use of NavIC, India’s version of GPS

To promote the use of ‘NAVigation with the Indian Constellation’ (NavIC), the Indian version of GPS, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will introduce the L1 frequency in all its future satellites. What are the changes ISRO is making in NavIC: The seven satellites in the NavIC constellation currently use two frequencies for providing positioning …

December 15, 2022 -_11.1

Govt Allocates Rs 1037.90 Crore to New India Literacy Programme for Next 5 Years

The Ministry of Education (MoE) approved a new scheme “New India Literacy Programme” for the next five years to cover all the aspects of adult education to align with new National Education Policy (NEP). Buy Prime Test Series for all Banking, SSC, Insurance & other exams More About This Development: The ministry has also decided …

December 15, 2022 -_12.1

20 New Nuclear Power Plants to be Commissioned in Country by 2031

India plans to commission 20 nuclear power plants by 2031, adding nearly 15,000 MW in power generating capacity, the government told the Lok Sabha. The first of these 20 nuclear power plants, a 700 MW unit, is expected to be commissioned in 2023 at Kakrapar in Gujarat, which already has three atomic power generating units …