PM expands Cabinet Rule: 91st Constitution Amendment inserted article 75 (1A) which states that total number of minsters including Prime Minister in Central Council of Ministers cannot be more that 15% of strength of Lok Sabha. Hence, present strength = 545*15%= 82. (Maximum possible size). Similar rule, through article 164(1A) applies to State Ministers, […]
Current Affairs: 6th July Read More »
1. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu became the first Indian football player to play in UEFA Europa League. 2. PM to visit Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa and Kenya. Agenda of Visit: Cooperation against terrorism Tanzania: Capital Dodoma Mount Kilminjaro : Highest Peak in Africa Lake Tanganyika: Deepest lake in Africa Also has Lake Victoria: Source of River
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National Solar Mission, now has target installation capacity of 100 gigawatts through Solar by 2022, out of a total of 175 GW from all renewables. Recent agreement between World bank & India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) (Headquarter: Gurgaon), will provide India with cheap finance, one of the major constraints in growth of solar energy. India’s largest
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1. NASA’s Juno spacecraft swims into Jupiter’s magnetosphere. 2. Report on animal and plant discoveries of 2015, was released on Friday by Union Minister of State for Environment Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar. Most discoveries were made in the Eastern Himalaya region, which accounts for 19 per cent of the total discoveries followed by
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Committee on working of BCCI: Justice Lodha Barak 8: Successful Launch (Chandipur, Orissa) FACT File: Designer · Israel Aerospace Industries · Defence Research and Development Organisation Manufacturer · Rafael Advanced Defense Systems · Bharat Dynamics Limited Speed Mach2 (680 m/s) Range 70 Kms Type Surface to
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