India won 2015 SAFF football championships
India has won the 2015 South Asian
Football Federation (SAFF) championship for record seventh time. In the final
match played at Thiruvanantapuram (Kerala), India defeated defending champion
Afghanistan by 2-1 goal score. Jeje Lalpekhlua (72nd minute) and Sunil Chhetri
(101th) had scored goals for India. For Afghanistan single goal was scored by
Zubayr Amiri at 70th minute. Indian Team Captain: Sunil Chhetri. Afghanistan
Team Captain: Faysal Shayesteh. Earlier India had won the SAFF Football
Championship in year 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009 and 2011.
President Pranab Mukherjee gives assent to 5 key bills
President Pranab Mukherjee gives assent to 5 key bills
Presdent Pranab Mukherjee has given
assent to five key bills as per the provisions of Article 111 of the
Constitution of India. These key five legislations were passed by both the
houses of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the recently concluded
Winter session of Parliament.
Amputee mountaineer Arunima Sinha scales Mount Aconcagua in
Argentina
India’s star amputee mountaineer Arunima Sinha has successfully scaled Mount Aconcagua in Argentina as part of her Mission 7 Summits. It was her 5th successful summit of the Mission 7 Summits that she had climbed on December 25, 2016 after starting on December 12, 2015. With this, she created World record by becoming First Female amputee to climb 5 Mountains of the World. Mt. Aconcagua (6,960.8 metres) is the highest mountain outside Asia and is also known as second Everest. By extension it is the highest point in both Western Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
NABARD inks MoU with NRSC for monitoring Watershed Projects
India’s star amputee mountaineer Arunima Sinha has successfully scaled Mount Aconcagua in Argentina as part of her Mission 7 Summits. It was her 5th successful summit of the Mission 7 Summits that she had climbed on December 25, 2016 after starting on December 12, 2015. With this, she created World record by becoming First Female amputee to climb 5 Mountains of the World. Mt. Aconcagua (6,960.8 metres) is the highest mountain outside Asia and is also known as second Everest. By extension it is the highest point in both Western Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
NABARD inks MoU with NRSC for monitoring Watershed Projects
National Bank for Agriculture and
Rural Development (NABARD) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) for web-based monitoring
of watershed projects. Under this MoU Web-based monitoring will be undertaken
for India-German Watershed Development (IGWDP) projects in three states viz.
Rajasthan, Gujarat and Telangana.
Government to roll out DBT scheme for kerosene from April 1, 2016
Government to roll out DBT scheme for kerosene from April 1, 2016
The Union Government is going to roll
out LPG-like Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for kerosene from 1st April
2016. The scheme in the initial phase will be implemented in selected 26
districts of eight states. These states are Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,
Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan.
NABARD, NRSC signed
MoU for monitoring Watershed Projects
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) on 1 January 2016 signed the Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) for web-based monitoring of
Indo-German Watershed Development projects.
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