The Meghalaya government inked an environment-friendly deal with a cement company, Dalmia Cement, to help make the state plastic-free by 2022. Dalmia, along with one of Northeast’s cement brand, Topcem Cement, decided to buy plastic waste to be used as fuel, instead of coal. Daily Current ...

The government of India launched massive campaigns against single-use, or disposable, plastic products, as part of the year-long celebrations to mark 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Many organizations also played their part in the initiative, deciding to go plastic-free. Daily ...

Pink City Jaipur topped the list of cleanest railway stations in the country, as per a report ‘Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat 2019’ released by Ministry of Railways. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The Indian Railways has a network of about 8,000 stations and for this report, however, 720 ...

India and USA will launch a new initiative for clean energy to fuel economic growth in the strategically-important Indo-Pacific region where China has been trying to expand its sphere of influence, the US State Department has said. US has been pushing for a broader role by India in the ...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in the national capital on a four-day visit to India with an aim to further intensify bilateral relations between the two countries. As part of her first official engagement of the day, she will participate as the chief guest in the India Economic ...

On the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Chief Minister of Odisha rolled out his Government’s ambitious ‘Mo Sarkar’ programme which finds its roots in the Gandhian philosophy of giving people their voice in daily governance. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 As ...

Shri Sushil Chandra Mishra has taken over the charge of Chairman & Managing Director of Oil India Limited on 1st October 2019. Prior to this, Mishra was heading OIL’s Rajasthan Project as Executive Director (Rajasthan Project), where he oversaw highly successful implementation of India’s first ...

To commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, WAPCOS Limited, A Government of India Enterprise under the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti this morning organized a cleanliness drive at Chhath Ghat, near ITO, New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Cleaning of River was also carried ...

The total gross GST revenue collected in the month of September, 2019 is ₹ 91,916 crore of which CGST is ₹ 16,630 crore, SGST is ₹ 22,598 crore, IGST is ₹ 45,069 crore (including ₹ 22,097 crore collected on imports) and Cess is ₹7,620 crore (including ₹ 728 crore collected on imports). The total ...

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has signed the 300th Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) during the month of September, 2019. This is a significant landmark of India’s APA Programme, which is currently in its seventh year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Three APAs were entered into in ...

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy launched a single window online system for licensing of eating houses/lodging houses, in New Delhi. This unique initiative is a joint effort of various agencies involved in the process of licensing in the NCT of Delhi for facilitating ...

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ chaired a Meeting of the Executive Board of the National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language to discuss various issues concerning the Council, particularly for the Promotion of Sindhi Language inside and outside the ...