Jan 2020

GOA Poor allocation puts cloud over tourism in Goa Calling tourism the backbone of the state’s economy, chief minister Pramod Sawant spoke about laying thrust on eco-tourism and hinterland, adventure and medical tourism in his budget speech on Thursday. There was, however, no significant allocation hike. The 2020-21 budget provision for tourism stands at Rs … Read more 18.01.20 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

NASA’s Spitzer space telescope The Spitzer Space Telescope (SST), formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), was an infrared space telescope launched in 2003 and retired on 30 January 2020. Spitzer carries three instruments on board: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS)   Arvind Krishna elected IBM CEO … Read more 30.01.20 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Forest dept for relocation policy to deal with man-animal conflict Speedy compensation, tiger conservation awareness and efforts to formulate a relocation policy for people living near forest areas, are some of the measures the state forest department is going to adopt to deal with the man-animal conflict in Goa. The compensation process is also … Read more 21.01.20 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Padam Bushan   Manohar Gopalkrishna   Public Affairs      Goa Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile capability displayed to the world as the ASAT weapon, Mission Shakthi developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) On March 27, 2019 the DRDO shot down a live satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) of 300 km using a modified interceptor of … Read more 26-27.01.20 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Budget Highlights   Expenditure: The government proposes to spend Rs 30,42,230 crore in 2020-21, which is 12.7% higher than the revised estimate of 2019-20.   Receipts: The receipts (other than net borrowings) are expected to increase by 16.3% to Rs 22,45,893 crore, owing to higher estimated revenue from disinvestments.   GDP growth: The government has … Read more 31.01.20 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Govt signs accord with NDFB, ABSU to resolve Bodo issue to redraw and rename the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) in Assam, currently spread over four districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri. villages dominated by Bodos that were presently outside the BTAD would be included and those with non-Bodo population would be excluded The … Read more 28.01.20 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Kiren Rijiju and Pramod Sawant flag off ‘Fit India Cyclothon’ in Panaji   The Fit India Mission under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports organized the inaugural event of ‘Fit India Cyclothon’ event in Panaji.   The Cyclothon was flagged off by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju and Goa … Read more 08.01.20 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Pvt universities to become a reality in state The Goa legislative assembly passed the Goa Private Universities Bill, 2020, that will allow institutes affiliated to private universities to set up campuses in Goa. In his budget speech, chief minister Pramod Sawant spelled out his plan to make Goa an education hub. At present, the … Read more 16.01.20 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ Indian Navy launches ‘Operation Vanilla’ to help cyclone-hit Madagascar INS Airavat has been deployed for ‘Operation Vanilla’ The ship is carrying five pallets each of victualing, clothing and naval stores along with three pallets of medicines   India successfully test-fires K-4 missile On January 19, 2020, India successfully test-fired 3,500 … Read more 29.01.20 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goans will be banned from entering casinos come February 1   Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that the state government would ban Goans from entering casinos from February 1, 2020 and the commissioner of commercial tax department would be appointed as the gaming commissioner. Goa has a dozen of onshore and six offshore casinos operating in the state. … Read more 03.01.20 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs