The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $200 million to upgrade rural roads to all-weather standards in 34 districts of India’s Maharashtra State to better connect rural areas with markets and services. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 “The upgraded roads under the ADB project ...

Indian Institute of Technology Madras and National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) Researchers are working towards developing better turbines that can harness the power of ocean waves to generate electricity. Their most recent studies on turbine-chamber coupling have been published in the ...

India signed a key UN convention on international settlement agreements, even as experts called for local laws to support the treaty's implementation in business contracts. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements (UNISA) was signed ...

The Seventh meeting of the India-Bangladesh Home Minister Level Talks (HMLT) was held in New Delhi on 07 August 2019. The HMLT was co-chaired by Shri Amit Shah, Home Minister of India and Mr. Asaduzzaman Khan, Minister for Home Affairs of Bangladesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Home ...

Odisha govt launched Odisha Small Savings Incentive Scheme. Under the Odisha Small Savings Incentive Scheme, the Odisha government will conduct a lucky draw of all such investors of small savings schemes and give winners a cash award as an incentive for their habit of thrift. Daily Current ...

ISRO has announced its “Vikram Sarabhai Journalism Award in Space Science, Technology and Research” to recognize and reward journalists who have actively contributed towards the field of space science, applications, and research. The nominations are open to all Indians who have a good experience ...

The e-Rozgar Samachar has been launched recently by Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting Shri Prakash Javadekar. It has been launched with a view to make aspirants aware of job opportunities in government sector including public sector enterprises. It will also provide information and ...

IIFL Finance to raise up to Rs 1,000 crore through bond issuance to fund business growth of the company. The non-convertible debentures (NCDs) will offer up to 10.5 per cent yield. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The UK-based CDC Group backed IIFL Finance will issue secured and unsecured ...

Flipkart unit is set to introduce a free video streaming service to draw new users from small towns and cities in India and take on rival Amazon’s Prime Video service. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Flipkart is eyeing the next 200 million consumers who are coming online. The company ...

The Rajasthan assembly passed a Bill providing for life imprisonment and a fine from ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh to those convicted in cases of mob lynching leading to victim’s death. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 ‘The Rajasthan Protection from Lynching Bill, 2019’ was passed by the Vidhan Sabha by ...

Rajya Sabha passed Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019 with the support of 125 MPs, paving way for the bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The Bill was tabled by Union Home Minister Amit Shah after announcing that the ...

The Department of Consumer Affairs has released the draft E-Commerce Guidelines for Consumer Protection 2019. Food and Public Distribution looks to finalize on the guidelines that will regulate the e-commerce sector in India. The new guidelines are expected to focus on fraud prevention, clamping ...