The 2017 World Food India (WFI) has started in which city?
- Jaipur
- New Delhi
- Kanpur
- Nagpur
Explanation:
PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 3-day long World Food India (WFI) 2017 fair at the India Gate Lawns in New Delhi on November 3, 2017, which aimed to attract $10 billion investment in food processing sector and to generate 1 million jobs in the next 3 years in India. The purpose of the WFI 2017 is to transform food economy and realize the vision of doubling of farmers’ income by establishing India as a preferred investment destination and sourcing hub for the global food processing industry. Approx 200 companies from 30 countries, 18 ministerial and business delegations, etc are participating in the food fair.
Many a times we read in the newspapers that the Government of India signs DTAA to broaden the scope of article of exchange of information to include exchange of banking information. What does the DTAA refers to here?
- Double Taxation Article Agreement
- Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements
- Double Taxation Avoidance Arrangements
- Dual Tax Agreement Arrangement
- Civil Disobedience Movement
- Khilafat Movement
- Non-Co-operation Movement
- Quit India Movement
- Agra
- Gwalior
- Jhansi
- Meerut
Where is the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA)?
- Bhopal
- Dehradun
- Kanpur
- Udaipur
Explanation:
The Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) is an organization under the Ministry of Environment and Forests (India) to impart knowledge and skills to the professional foresters and help them to develop competence for managing the country forest and wildlife resources on a sustainable basis. It is located at the New Forest campus of Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Currently, IGNFA is functioning as a Staff College for the officers of the Indian Forest Service (IFS).
- Sacred Groves
- Home Gardens
- National Parks
- Biosphere Reserves
Explanation:
Sacred Groves, National Parks and other protected area, biosphere reserves etc. are in-situ modes of wildlife conservation.
- National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD), Delhi
- North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
Explanation:
The All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) of Delhi has won the first prize and a cash reward of Rs. 5 crore for maintaining high standards of sanitation and hygiene under the Government of India (GoI)’s Kayakalp awards 2016-17. AIIMS was followed by was followed by North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.The thrust of Kayakalp is to inculcate culture of cleanliness for gaining the trust and confidence of community in these facilities.
India’s first advanced Homoeopathy Virology lab has come up in which city?
- Pune
- Kolkata
- Chennai
- New Delhi
Explanation:
Shripad Yesso Naik, the Union Minister of State for AYUSH, has inaugurated the India’s first State of art virology laboratory at Dr Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy in Kolkata, West Bengal. The laboratory, established at a cost of Rs. 8 crore is the only one in India for conducting basic and fundamental research in Homoeopathy for viral diseases like influenza, Japanese encephalitis, dengue, chikungunya and H1N1 (swine flu). The laboratory will also be used to create new drugs and technologies in treating these viral diseases.
- 9th August, 1942
- 10th August, 1941
- 15th August, 1942
- 16th August, 1942
Who among the following were the first to come to India to establish trade relationships?
- Portuguese
- Dutch
- French
- British