Current affairs (3RD JANUARY)       INDIAN CHOSEN AS THE CO-CHAIR OF APAP India has been chosen as the co-chair of the IUCN-supported Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) for a period of three years till November 2023. India will replace South Korea, which held the post for 3 years until November 2020.   As a co-chair, India would be responsible to assist other Asian countries in managing their protected areas. The APAP is chaired by IUCN (International Union for Conserva...

  Current affairs (31ST DECEMBER)          NITIN GADKARI ANNOUNCES MULTI-MODEL LOGISTICS PARK Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has announced that a multi-modal logistics park in Assam.   It will be constructed in Silchar and the Balacherra-Harengajao section of the Silchar-Saurashtra Highway will be completed in March 2022.   Mr Gadkari made this announcement at a public meeting at Zero Point on the East-West Corridor at Madhurmukh at Ra...