WINSON COMPETITIVE GUIDE
• The Union Cabinet has approved the proposals of
Ministry of Finance to merge of Railway budget with
the General budget.
• The Union Cabinet has given its approval for
provision of a direct communication link through a
dedicated submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC)
between Chennai (mainland India) and Andaman &
Nicobar Islands.
• The Union Cabinet has given in principle approval for
advancement of the date of Budget presentation from
the last day of February to a suitable date.
• The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has given its
approval to Rs. 10000 crore Ken-Betwa river
interlinking project.
• The Union Ministry of Urban Development has
shortlisted 27 cities from 12 States in the list of third
batch of Smart Cities Mission.
• The 193 countries of the United Nations (UN) have
signed a landmark declaration to rid the world of drugresistant infections or Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
or superbugs.
• India and Israel jointly developed most advanced long
range surface-to-air missile (LR-SAM) Barak-8 was
successfully test fired off the Odisha coast.
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