Researchers found 26 million-year-old species of Vine Snake found in India. Researchers have discovered the new vine snake species in the southern Western Ghats. The species, 'Proahaetulla antiqua', was first discovered in 2011 and looked similar to 'Ahaetulla dispar', a small-sized vine snake ...

The Digital Communications Commission, the telecom department's apex decision-making body, Panel Fines Airtel, Vodafone Idea Rs 3,050 Crore for not providing points of interconnection to Reliance Jio. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 "DCC has accepted Trai recommendation on penalty on ...

Home Minister Amit Shah To Head Panel On Workplace Sexual Harassment. The reconstituted panel will be helmed by Amit Shah and comprise of ministers Nirmala Sitharaman (Finance Minister), Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (HRD Minister) and Smriti Irani (Women and Child Development Minister), as members. ...

The Indian Government Planned Metrolite Train For Smaller Cities and towns. The Metrolite will be especially for those cities and towns, where the rate of passengers, and the overall population is low. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has issued ...

Commerce & Industry Minister reviews preparations of India’s Participation in Dubai World Expo 2020 which will take place for six months beginning 20th October 2020 up to 10th April 2021. The meeting was held last night in New Delhi where officials of the Department of Commerce, Federation of ...

Congress party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury appointed as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The appointment was made by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The PAC has 15 members from the Lok Sabha and seven from Rajya Sabha. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Nine of the 15 Lok Sabha ...

The Rajya Sabha passed POCSO Bill 2019 on 24 July, Act by including death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children, besides providing stringent punishments for other crimes against minors. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The POCSO Bill will now be sent to the Lok Sabha for its ...

A new India-UK bilateral scheme has been launched on pilot basis to support Britain’s universities to collaborate with Indian partners to facilitate United Kingdom (UK) students to visit India during their studies. UKERI stands for ‘UK-India Education Research Initiative’. Daily Current Affairs ...

National Payments Corporation of India or NPCI ties up with JCB for global RuPay card. Banks including State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Axis Bank, Union Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Andhra Bank, City Union Bank, and TJSB Bank will issue these cards, which will be accepted in ...

Kumaraswamy resigns as Karnataka CM after the alliance lost a vote of confidence in the Assembly, setting the stage for the BJP's return to power in the southern state. The political drama capped a 14-month long turbulent tenure in the state. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 After losing the ...

The Government had constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Virtual Currencies on 2.11.2017 under the Chairmanship of Secy (EA), with Secy (MeiTY), Chairman (SEBI) and Dy. Governor, RBI as Members. The Group’s report, along with a Draft Bill has been received by the Government. This Report ...

Reserve Bank of India or RBI assigned BP Kanungo to run the monetary policy portfolio. The monetary policy department, including forecasting and modelling unit, was earlier looked after by Acharya, who ended his stint as the deputy governor after last month's surprise resignation where the ...