World Bank, ISA sign agreement for promoting Solar Energy
World Bank signed an agreement with the International Solar Alliance (ISA), to provide $1 billion support to Indian solar energy projects
Agreement Signed by: The agreement was signed for India by Arun Jaitley ( Minister of Finance of India) and Piyush Goyal (Union Power Minister) and World Bank group president Jim Yong Kim.
Project that will help from this agreement: Solar rooftop technology, Infrastructure for solar parks, Bringing innovative solar and hybrid technologies to market and transmission lines for solar-rich states
Besides this The World Bank also signed an agreement to provide $625 million dollars to India's grid-connected rooftop solar programmme, which will finance at least 400 MW of solar photovoltaic installations.
About International Solar Alliance (ISA):
- ISA was launched at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande
- Through ISA, India aims to collaborate with global agencies and mobilize around $1 trillion of investment in solar energy by 2030
- ISA comprising of 121 Countries
- Headquarter of ISA: Gurgaon(Haryana), India
- _________ billion of dollar agreement was signed between World bank and International solar alliance for promoting solar energy? a)1 billion b)3 billion c)2 billion d)none of these
- Where is the Headquarter of ISA? a)India b)France c)USA d)Switzerland
- Who is the Union Power minister? a)Shri Ananthkumar b)Shri Anant Geete c)Piyush Goyal d)Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
Developer Of Nivaran Portal: Nivaran portal was developed by Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), an IT arm of Indian Railways on basis of process designed by establishment directorate of Railway Board.
Benefit to Railway Employees by this Portal: By this portal railway employees can lodge their grievances and also monitor the progress
Important question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs?
- Who is the railway minister ? a)Ramvilas Paswan b)Suresh Prabhu c)Kalraj Mishra d)Ananth Kumar
- From which state constituency Suresh Prabhu belong? a)Punjab b)Bihar c)Haryana d)Jammu and Kashmir
- Suresh Prabhu launch _________ portal to help railway employees to lodge their grievances? a)Sanchaar portal b)Nivaran portal c)Uthkristra portal d)Railway pravhu portal
Union HRD Ministry launches 'Prashikshak'
About Praskishak Portal: It contain a database of all DIETs in the country with all relevant performance indicator
Developer of Praskishak Portal: It is developed by the union HRD ministry in collaboration with the Central Square Foundation
Benefits:
- This portal lauched to strengthen DIETs and bring quality teachers into the school education system
- It will create opportunity to central and state govt. to do real time monitoring of the institutions.
*According to Smriti Irani, the fact that though the Prashiskshak has started only for DIETs, it will cover Block level institutes in the future and identify gaps at the bottom of the pyramid
Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs
1)__________portal was launched by HRD minister to strengthen DIETs: a)Projukthi b)Praskishak c)Praghoti d)None of these
2)Who is the present minister of human resource development: a)Ram vilas Paswan b)Sushma Swaraj c)Smriti Irani d)Uma Bharati
3)From which constituency Smriti Irani contested:a)Gujarat b)Maharashtra c)West Bengal d)Uttar Pradesh
Indigenously built 'LCA Tejas' inducted into Indian Air Force
HAL handed over first two Tejas aircraft to IAF give a name to this aircraft as "Flying Daggers".
*The name "Tejas" means 'Radiance' in Sanskrit language given by former Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs:
1)What is the name of first squandron of indigenously built light combat aircraft(LCA): a)Felcon b)Dassault Mirage c)Tejas d)Mikoyan
2)Who is the Defence minister of India at present time: a)Monohor Parrakar b)Rajnath Singh c)Venkata Naidu d)Arun Jaitley
3)Which name given by HAL first two Tejas aircraft handed over to IAF: a)Dassault Mirage b)Tejas c)Flying Dagers d)Felcon
UPSC’s MoU with Bhutan Royal Civil Service Commission
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC), Bhutan
The MoU will strengthen the existing relationship between RCSC and UPSC. It will facilitate sharing of experience and expertise of both the parties in the area of recruitment.
Details of The MOU:
- Sharing of experience and expertise in Civil Service matters such as recruitment and selection, exchange of resource persons and development of professional skills of the officers and staff of the parties through attachment and training programs
- Sharing of expertise on use of Information Technology (IT) in examination processes, Computer Based Recruitment Tests and Examinations, sharing of experience in Single Window System for expeditious scrutiny and speedy disposal of cases, building merit based staffing system, etc.
- Sharing of experience on the modalities adopted on audit of processes and procedures followed by various Government agencies in recruitment for posts under the delegated powers.
Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs:
1)UPSC sign a MOU with which civil service commission: a)China's Civil Service Commission
b)Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan
c)Staff Selection Commission
d)Federal Civil Service Commission of USA
Eminent Marathi literary scholar RC Dhere passes away
Eminent Marathi writer R C Dhere, known for his exhaustive research in folk literature and bhakti tradition of Maharashtra, passed away here this morning following prolonged illness, family sources said.
Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs
1)R. C Dhere, Who has passed away was a: a)Odia Writer b)Bengali writer c)Gujrati writer d)Marathi Writer
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