Cargo Vessel Sank In The Shitalakhsya River In Narayanganj In Bangladesh: A Bangladesh ferry carrying around 50 passengers collided with a cargo vessel and sank in the Shitalakhsya River in Narayanganj in Bangladesh, leaving at least 26 people dead. Shitalakshya River Shitalakshya River (also known as Lakhya River) is a distributary of the Brahmaputra. In […]
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Chenab Bridge : World’s Highest Railway Bridge In Jammu & Kashmir
World’s Highest Railway Bridge In Jammu & Kashmir By Indian Railways: The Prime Minister has lauded the completion of Arch closure of the Chenab Bridge, the World’s Highest Railway Bridge in Jammu & Kashmir by Indian Railways. The length of the Chenab bridge will be 1,315 metres with 17 spans, of which the span of […]
Maoist Attack In Sukma : Important Points
Maoist Attack In Sukma: A team of security forces was attacked by a People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) unit in the Tarrem area near the Sukma-Bijapur district border, Chhattisgarh. Several security personnel were killed and many were injured. PLGA was founded in 2000. It has been declared as a terrorist organisation and banned under the […]
Baikal-GVD : World’s Biggest Underwater Neutrino Telescope
World’s Biggest Underwater Neutrino Telescope: Russian scientists launched one of the world’s biggest underwater neutrino telescopes called the Baikal-GVD (Gigaton Volume Detector) in the waters of Lake Baikail, the world’s deepest lake situated in Siberia. The construction of this telescope, which started in 2016, is motivated by the mission to study in detail the elusive […]
Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin
Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin: Due to the adverse impact of Covid-19, only 5.4% of the sanctioned houses under the central government’s flagship rural housing scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin, have reached completion for the year 2020-2021. Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G): Launch: To achieve the objective of “Housing for All” by 2022, the erstwhile […]
Sabarmati River Front Development Phase 2
Sabarmati River Front Development Phase 2: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, in its draft budget for 2021-22, has set aside Rs 1,050 crore for the Sabarmati River Front Development phase 2, work on which is to begin soon. Sabarmati Riverfront is a waterfront being developed along the banks of the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. Proposed in […]
Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP)
Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has been strongly demanding national project status for the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP). Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP): The Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project aims to harvest surplus water available during the rainy season in rivers in southern Rajasthan such as Chambal and its tributaries including […]
World’s Highest Railway Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir
World’s Highest Railway Bridge: It is being constructed over the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir. The ₹1,250-crore bridge will be 359 meters above the Chenab river bed. The rail line is expected to be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower. Once completed, it will surpass the record of the Beipan river Shuibai railway […]
Panel For Studying The Mythical Sarasvati River
Panel For Studying The Mythical Sarasvati River: The Centre has reconstituted an advisory committee to chalk out a plan for studying the mythical Sarasvati river for the next two years after the earlier panel’s term ended in 2019. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on March 10 issued a notification for “reconstitution of the Advisory […]
Comoros : Important Points
Comoros: Indian Navy Ship Jalashwa arrived at the port of Anjouan in Comoros with one thousand metric tonnes of rice. This highlights the exemplary ties between India and Comoros within the framework of PM Modi’s vision of SAGAR ( Security and Growth for all in the Indian Ocean Region). Comoros is an island country […]
