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1- Make in India was launched in September 2014. However it caught attention and momentum in 2015-2016.
2-Swachh Bharat was launched in October 2014 and is going strong since then.
3-Digital India was launched on 1 July 2015
4-Skill India was launched on 15 July 2015
5-‘Panama papers’ – a set of over 11 million leaked documents that reveal how the rich and the connected around the world used tax havens for salting away their wealth.
6-The concept of own blood bank account has been started by Indian Red Cross Society
7-Chandigarh city recently became kerosene free
8-The first mosque in India believed to be built in Kerala
9-Ministry of Urban Development is the nodal ministry on the subject Solid Waste Management
10-The ‘Destination: Mars’ exhibit will open at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s visitor complex in Florida
11-The Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-6) is an agreement for exchange of terrorist screening information between the Terrorist Screening Centre (TCS) of the U.S. and a selected Indian security agency
12-Muslin is another name for Cotton. It got its name from the port town Machlipatnam, earlier Masulipatnam, in Andhra Pradesh.
13-BMI stands for body mass index. This index represents the comparison of the person’s height and weight.
14-The recent amendment to the Enemy Property Act, 1968 is related to guard against claims on property by descendants of the migrated
15-The Ranjit Roy Committee is regarding is Clinical trials
16-Ministry for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy launched a mobile application ‘Vidyut PRAVAH’ to highlight the power availability in the country on real time basis
17- Sonerila nairii is a new plant species
18-Drug firm Panacea Biotec launched Cabapan injection, an indigenously developed drug for treating prostate cancer.
19-CABAPAN (Cabazitaxel Injection) is used for treatment of metastatic Castration Resistant Prostrate Cancer (mCRPC).
20-The recently launched self-printing e-CGHS card facility, apart from other beneficiaries, is primarily aimed at Pensioners.
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