The railways cancelled operations of Thar Link Express that connects Jodhpur in India to Karachi in Pakistan, officials said, a development that temporarily snaps all rail links between the two countries, as the services of Samjhauta Express have already been suspended. Daily Current Affairs ...

The Indian Army team has comprehensively won the 5th Army International Scout Masters Competition held at Jaisalmer Military Station from 06 to 14 August 2019 in a fiercely fought competition with teams from Armenia, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Sudan and Uzbekistan. The Indian Army team ...

In continuation of the meeting held on August 14, a Committee of senior officials of Ministry of Defenceled by Additional Secretary, Department of Defence Production alongwith Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) once again met the office bearers of the All India Defence Employees Federation, ...

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced an increase in reservations for OBC and SC in state government jobs and education. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Baghel said the government will increase the quota for Scheduled Castes by one per cent while nearly doubling reservation ...

The chief minister of Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik, launched online revenue payment system providing people, an easier way to make their land revenue payments-online, on 73rd Independence Day on August 15, 2019 at Bhubaneswar. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Online revenue payment system ...

Kashmir's Untold Story: Declassified, a new book will tell the riveting story of the history of Jammu and Kashmir, from the time of its political and geographic consolidation under Maharaja Gulab Singh to the present-day, publishers Bloomsbury announced in 14 August. Daily Current Affairs Quiz ...

Acknowledging the importance of urban environmental management for improving quality of life in cities, the Environment Ministers of BRICS countries, agreed to work together to resolve the multifaceted environmental issues faced by BRICS cities. These discussions and announcements were made during ...

Wrestler Bajrang Punia was nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, a year after he threatened to move court for not getting his due. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 His name was finalised by a 12-member selection committee on the opening day of a two-day meeting. The panel ...

Ravi Shastri has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian Men's senior cricket team for a second successive term. The three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) headed by Kapil Dev interviewed the shortlisted candidates and made the announcement in a media briefing in Mumbai. Daily ...

Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is investing around Rs 83,000 crore in 25 major projects to boost oil and gas production, which has stagnated over last years, its chairman and managing director Shashi Shanker said. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Addressing ONGC employees on the 73rd ...

The famous Palani panchamirtham, given as ‘prasadam’ at the Murugan temple there, has been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 This is the first time a temple ‘prasadam’ from Tamil Nadu has been bestowed with the GI tag. The application was filed by ...

19 ITBP officials have been announced to be conferred with Police Medals on the occasion of 73rd Independence Day, 2019, 05 of them would be conferred with Police Medals for Gallantry, 04 with President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service while 10 would be conferred with Police Medal for ...