by Spectrum | Jun 14, 2020 | Current Affairs
As per a news report of August 2019, the government is preparing to give direct cash transfer (DCT) of a limited fertiliser subsidy amount to farmers’ bank accounts under the second phase of implementation of direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme. This is a...
by Spectrum | Jun 10, 2020 | Current Affairs
The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), the world’s largest multi-stage and multipurpose lift irrigation scheme, designed to harness the flood waters of the Godavari, is aimed at making Telangana drought-proof. In a state that accounts for the second highest...
by Spectrum | Sep 4, 2019 | Current Affairs
Researchers from the University of Michigan in the US, in October 2018, developed a web-based tool to monitor fake news on social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook. The tool uses ‘Iffy Quotient’, a Platform Health Metric, which draws data from two...
by Spectrum | Sep 4, 2019 | Current Affairs
The issue of high-priced life saving drugs is a major concern in India. The issue has raised serious concerns from different sections of Indian society. It was reported that on January 7, 2019, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare took a concrete decision to...
by Spectrum | Aug 25, 2019 | Current Affairs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the creation of post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) on 15 August. The rank of CDS will be above the three Service Chiefs. It is the most significant reform in the defence. The creation of the post aims to make the Indian...
by Spectrum | Aug 12, 2019 | Current Affairs
Toni Morrison – The well-known writer of books like Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye etc and winner of Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 passed away on 05 August 2019 President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to the National Medical Commission Bill...
