ASHOKA IN ANCIENT INDIA (PB) [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2016] NAYAN... by Nayanjot Lahiri

The Index describes India’s hunger situation as “serious. In 2016 GHI, India scored low score of 28.5 on a 0-100 point scale of the index. India has been ranked low 97th among the 118 countries surveyed in 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI). The report measures gender gap as progress towards parity between men and women in four areas.India has climbed 21 spots from 108th position in 2015.India has been ranked 87th out of 144 countries on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2016.India has been placed at 130th position among the 190 countries in the recently released World Bank’s ease of doing business index for the year 2017.

Each bridge will be assigned a unique identification number or National Identity Number (NIN) based on the state, RTO zone or located on National Highway, State Highway.

The rating will help for their timely repair and carrying rehabilitation work based on the criticality of the structure.

It will create an inventory of all bridges in country and rate structural condition of the bridges.

Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has launched the Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS).

GSAT-18 will provide services like television, telecommunication, VSAT and digital satellite news gathering.

India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-18 was successfully launched from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana.

Maharashtra Government has allocated 40.68 hectare land to Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to build LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) India Project at Dudhala village in Hingoli district.

Payment Banks new regulations: RBI has notified entities been granted a payments bank (PB) licence will need to take specific approval for products they would be offering to customers.

These five cities are: Varnasi (Uttar Pradesh), Amritsar (Punjab), Dwaraka (Gujarat), Puri (Odisha) and Warangal (Telangana).

The Union Ministry of Urban Development has approved projects worth Rs.114 crore under HRIDAY scheme for improving infrastructure facilities around core heritage sites in five cities.

ASHOKA IN ANCIENT INDIA (PB) [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2016] NAYAN... by Nayanjot Lahiri