Slovakian skier Henrieta Farkasova won the first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Pyeongchang on 10 March 2018. She won the gold medal in the women’s vision-impaired downhill category. The Paralympics opened on March 9, 2018 with a glittering ceremony Read More …
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Current Affairs News in Brief (21-28 February 2018)
Saudi King Salman sacked his military chief and a number of other top commanders in a series of royal decrees issued on 26 February. The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) informed about the termination of the services of General Abdul Rahman Read More …
Current News in Brief (11-20 February, 2018)
All Singapore citizens aged 21 and above will get a one-off “SG Bonus” of up to S$300 each as the 2017 budget came in with a surplus of almost S$9.61 billion (US $7.6 bn). Singapore Finance minister Heng Swee Keat Read More …
Current News in Brief (1-10 February, 2018)
Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior will be declared as Divyang friendly district. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 10 February, 2018 released the Hindi version of ‘Exam Warrior’ written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. The book contains several Read More …
Current News in Brief (21-31 January, 2018)
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) and Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) signed an agreement on 31st January, 2018, for financing the shared infrastructure of two large Solar Parks in Madhya Pradesh. Dennis Peron, the activist who fired Read More …
Current GS News in Brief (16-23 January, 2018)
The US astronaut Jeanette Epps has been removed from her upcoming mission to the International Space Station (ISS) just months before launch. Dr Epps was to have been the first African-American astronaut assigned to the space station crew. Shri Hardeep S. Read More …
Current GS News in Brief (8-15 January, 2018)
The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI) in New Delhi on 15 January, 2018. The two-day workshop was organised by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with United Nations Read More …
Current news in brief (1-7 January, 2018)
A World Bank paper titled, ‘Making It Easier to Apply for a Bank Account: A Study of the Indian Market’ has noted a 10% gender gap in opening accounts under the country’s flagship financial inclusion programme — Jan Dhan Yojana Read More …
Current News in Brief (27-31 December 2017)
-The three-day long (28-30 December, 2017) 78th session of the Indian History Congress concluded at the Jadavpur University campus. A condemn resolution was passed on the attack on freedom of speech. The aim of conducting Indian History Congress is for Read More …
Current news in Brief (20-26 December 2017)
25 December 2017 -The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on December 25, inaugurated a new metro link between Noida and Delhi. He unveiled a plaque at Botanical Garden Metro Station, to mark the inauguration of a portion of the Magenta Read More …