1 August 2021 Current Affairs
The Union Cabinet has approved amendments to which act to facilitate the privatisation of public sector general insurance firms?
The Union Cabinet has approved amendments to the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act (GIBNA) to facilitate the privatisation of public sector general insurance firms.
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has set up a committee to firm up a comprehensive plan to start ferry service between Karaikal Port, India and Kankesanthurai Port, Sri Lanka.
The Kerala government has announced a financial plan of more than Rs 5,000 crore to revive the state's economy that has been unstable due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
The ISRO-NASA Joint Mission NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite, which aims to measure changes in the earth's surface globally using advanced radar images, is scheduled to be launched in early 2023.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced the "Biotech-PRIDE (Promotion of Research and Innovation through Data Exchange) Guidelines" developed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology (DBT).