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LED based Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP)

IAS4Sure / January 14, 2017

Ministry/Department : Ministry of Power, Energy Efficiency Services Limited Programme: The programme aims to install LED bulbs street-lighting across different […]

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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)

IAS4Sure / January 14, 2017

Facts: NDRF stands for National Disaster Response Force It comes under Ministry of Home Affairs It is the only dedicated

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UDAY

IAS4Sure / January 14, 2017

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Power UDAY stands for Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana Objective: Financial turnaround and revival of

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Babur-3

IAS4Sure / January 14, 2017

Pakistan’s Submarine Launched Cruise Missile Capable of carrying nuclear warheads It gives Pakistan a “credible” second-strike capability It has

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Universal Immunization Programme – UPSC Prelims

IAS4Sure / January 14, 2017

Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare It is a free vaccination program launched by the Union Government in

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Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award

IAS4Sure / January 14, 2017

The PBSA is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians as a part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Conventions

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Blockchain technology – UPSC Prelims

IAS4Sure / January 14, 2017

Blockchain Technology: It is a decentralised digital ledger that records transactions on thousands of computers globally in such a way

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Measles-rubella Disease

IAS4Sure / January 14, 2017

The disease is commonly known as German Measles (or three-day measles) and is symptomatically similar to measles. It can have

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India INX

IAS4Sure / January 14, 2017

It is India’s first International Exchange It is in International Financial Service Centre (IFSC) of GIFT (Gujarat International Financial Tech)

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CERT-In

IAS4Sure / January 14, 2017

CERT-In stands for Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) CERT-In is nodal government agency that deals with cyber security threats like