Today's News 25 March 2019 :
ओबीओआर के साथ जुड़ने वाला G-7 का पहला देश
चीन के महत्वाकांक्षी प्रॉजेक्ट वन बेल्ट वन रोड के साथ अब यूरोपीय देश इटली भी जुड़ गया है। इटली ने चीन के साथ एक मेमोरैंडम ऑफ अंडरस्टेंडिंग पर वन बेल्ट वन रोड इनिशिएटिव (ओबीओआर) पर हस्ताक्षर किए हैं। इस संयुक्त पहल के तहत दोनों देश अफ्रीका, यूरोप और अन्य महाद्वीपों में बंदरगाह, पुल और बिजलीघर का निर्माण कार्य करेंगे।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/19407-g-7
#obor #OneBelt #OneRoad #Memorandum #Memorandumofunderstanding

रासायनिक हमले से हिफाजत करेगा एनबीसी सूट-बूट
न्यूक्लियर, बायोलॉजिकल, केमिकल (एनबीसी) सूट अब छह घंटे नहीं बल्कि 24 घंटे तक रासायनिक हमले से सैनिकों की हिफाजत करेगा। रासायनिक हथियारों से निकलने वाली तबून, सरीन, सल्फर मस्टर्ड व क्लोराइड जैसी विषाक्त गैसों को बेअसर करने के लिए डीआरडीओ ने एनबीसी वॉरकेयर प्रोटेक्शन सूट, बूट और ग्लब्स तैयार किए हैं
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/19406-2019-03-25-03-54-22
#NBC #SuiteBoot #Nuclei #Chemical #Chemicalweapons

वायुसेना के बेड़े में शामिल होगें चिनूक हेलिकॉप्टर
भारतीय वायुसेना की ताकत में 25 मार्च 2019 को इजाफा होने जा रहा है। अमेरिकी कंपनी बोइंग द्वारा बनाए गए चिनूक सीएच-47आइ हेलीकॉप्टर को भारतीय वायुसेना के बेड़े में 25 मार्च को चंडीगढ़ में शामिल किया जाना तय हुआ है। इस मौके पर एक इंडक्शन समारोह का आयोजन वायुसेना करने जा रहा है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/19405-2019-03-25-03-53-46
#AirForce #Chinookhelicopter #Chandigarh #Advancedmultimission

India launching Emisat
India on April 1 will launch an electronic intelligence satellite Emisat for the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) along with 28 third party satellites and also demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with a new variant of PSLV rocket, ISRO said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19410-india-launching-emisat
#Emisat #DRDO #PSLVrocket #PolarSatelliteLaunchVehicle

Tejas to take part in Malaysia’s LIMA
India’s indigenous supersonic fighter jet Tejas will for the first time participate in aerial displays during the five-day Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) in Malaysia.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19409-tejas-to-take-part-in-malaysia-s-lima
#Tejas #MalaysiasLIMA #LIMA #HAL #indianairforce

Thailand’s first election since 2014 coup
Voters in Thailand were heading to the polls on 24 March 2019 in the country’s first election since the military ousted an elected government in a 2014 coup.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19408-thailand-s-first-election-since-2014-coup
#Thailands #PrayuthChanocha #armychief #politicalsystem

Today's Headlines - 28 August 2023
Indore named best city in Smart Cities Mission
GS Paper - 2 (Infrastructure)

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry named Indore the best city and Madhya Pradesh the best state in the Smart Cities Mission in its India Smart Cities Awards 2022. Surat and Agra were named second and third best among cities and Tamil Nadu second in states, with the third prize being shared by Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. A total of 66 winners in different categories were announced; the awards would be presented by President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony in Indore on 27 September 2023.

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The cities were selected based on their ranking in terms of progress of projects, project outcomes and presentations submitted for the awards.
Indore has topped the cleanliness rankings under the Swachh Bharat Mission, being named the cleanest city for the past six years in a row.
Madhya Pradesh, too, won the tag of the cleanest state in the Swachh Survekshan 2022. In the Smart Cities awards, Indore had shared the first place with Surat last time.
In the Smart Cities Awards 2022, Coimbatore’s project of model roads, restoration and renovation of lakes was ranked the best in the category of built environment, while Jabalpur won the award for its incubation centre in the economy category.
Chandigarh’s public bike sharing and e-governance services won in the mobility and governance categories, respectively. Chandigarh also won the overall award in the Union Territory category.
Flashback

Under the Smart Cities Mission, which was launched in 2015, the 100 selected cities have completed 76% of the proposed projects worth Rs.1.10 lakh crore, while the remaining projects worth Rs.60,095 crore “will be completed by 30 June 2024, a ministry statement said.
Earlier this year, the mission’s deadline was extended from June 30 to next year to allow all 100 cities to complete their projects.
Most notable milestone achieved in the mission has been the Integrated Command and Control Centers (ICCC), which is operational in all 100 Smart Cities.
These ICCCs work as the brain and nervous system for city operations, using technology for urban management.
The urban services have significantly improved in diverse fields like crime tracking, safety and security of citizens, transport management, solid waste management, water supply, disaster management etc.

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