The first edition of Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress 2016 started from 7 September 2016 at which city to collaborate, ideate and share a common road-map for IoT implementation : Bengaluru
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Current affairs on 09 September 2016
What is the name of the advanced weather satellite that is the first operational flight of GSLV with indigenous cryogenic technology is successfully placed into orbit 36,000 km above Earth. by ISRO through its GSLV-F05 rocket on 8 September 2016. The satellite to provide operational search and rescue services to various users : INSAT-3DR
Current affairs on 08 September 2016
Under the leadership of Indian scientist Deepak Pental and his Delhi University team has developed a which genetically modified material variety that is inching towards a possible commercial launch : Mustard
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on 6 September 2016 successfully completed test flight of indigenous Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) Bengaluru. It is a light, single-engine helicopter that is powered by which engine : Safran HE Ardiden-1U engine
Current affairs on 07 September 2016
Which company Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) handed over the the second ship of the ‘Follow-on’ Series Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) to Indian Navy, while INS Tarmugli is the first ship of the same series. What is the name of the water jet : “TIHAYU”
On the occasion of the 55th Teachers’ Day Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated Asia’s biggest digital library dedicated to the memory of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India, in NIT Silchar. What is the name of the Library : Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Learning Resource Centre
Current affairs on 06 September 2016
What is the name of the village that on 3 September 2016 became the first Wifi hotspot village in Haryana circle under the bulk plan of BSNL for the state : Gumthala Garhu near Pehowa
Current affairs on 30 August 2016
At a function in New Delhi on the occasion of NPPA Foundation Day on 29 August 2016, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has already come out with ceiling price of 368 new drugs within 6 months of the issue of New National List of Essential Medicines-2015. In the same occasion, Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs has lanuched a mobile App. developed by NPPA which shows the MRP fixed by NPPA for various scheduled drugs on real time basis. What is the name of the mobile application : Pharma Sahi Daam
Current affairs on 29 August 2016
Adding yet another pride to Nation, the Indian Space Research Organisation - ISRO has successfully conducted which type of engine test on 28 August 2016 (used only during the atmospheric phase of the rocket's flight, will help in bringing down the launch cost of weather satellite INSAT-3DR by reducing the amount of oxidiser to be carried along with the fuel) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh around 80 km from Chennai : Scramjet engine
Current affairs on 27 August 2016
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on 26 August 2016 launched an online complaint box - Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) e-Box for reporting child sexual abuse. POSCO e-Box is an online complaint management system for reporting sexual offences against children. How this idea of e-box has came : It came out of a police initiative as part of which a police team went to a school and put a complaint box. They received 80 complaints. They picked out four complaints and all of them were complaints about close relatives