NDIAC Bill and the Arbitration and Conciliation Bill of 2019 passed by Rajya Sabha approving it by a voice vote. The Lok Sabha has already passed the bill. It replaces an ordinance which was promulgated in March this year. It seeks to provide for the establishment and incorporation of New Delhi ...

Ministry of Health and Ministry of AYUSH Signed MoU to forge inter-sectoral convergence at the level of policy, planning and programme implementation for accelerated response towards “Tuberculosis Free India” initiative. The intended collaboration between the two Ministries aims at development of ...

Having moderated its position on engaging with the Taliban, India has now spelt out its three new ‘red lines’ drawn by India for talks on Afghan peace process. First of all that “all initiatives and processes must include all sections of the Afghan society, including the legitimately elected ...

Zimbabwe Cricket team has been suspended from ICC with immediate effect said in a statement on 18 July . The decision was taken in the International Cricket Council Annual Conference in London. The ICC unanimously said that the reason behind the move was because Zimbabwe Cricket had been unable to ...

World Bank drops $300 million in funding for Amaravati Capital City project of Amaravati suffered a setback on 18 July as the for the purpose. The World Bank’s website shows the status of the project as ‘dropped’. On a loan sought by the former CM, the bank was considering lending $300 million for ...

Lok Sabha passed National Investigation Agency Bill, 2019 on 15 July after a detailed discussion and a spirited defense by Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 While replying to the debate on the Bill to give powers to NIA to investigate the terror ...

India and Uzbekistan exchanged their views on current counter-terrorism challenges at combating terror financing during the eighth meeting of India-Uzbekistan Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism here on July 16. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The meeting was co-chaired by Mahaveer ...

Small Industries Development Bank of India introduced the web-based application system for contribution from the Fund of Funds for Start ups. Applications for contribution from various Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) will now be accepted online and the status of the same shall be accessible to ...

India hosts 1256 species of orchid reported by Botanical Survey of India (BSI), which the first comprehensive census of orchids of India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Orchids of India :  A Pictorial Guide, a publication detailing all the species of India was unveiled earlier this ...

A Bancassurance Corporate Agency Agreement between Muthoottu Mini Financiers Ltd and HDFC ERGO was held to provide comprehensive general insurance for the customers through its network branches. The two companies have entered into a corporate agency partnership with the endeavour to provide ...

The Government of India has approved a project to build the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) at Pottipuram in the Theni District of Tamil Nadu. Briefly, the project aims to set up a 51000 ton Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector to observe naturally occurring atmospheric neutrinos in a cavern at ...

Justice AK Sikri is appointed as an international judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC). A press release in the official website of the Singapore Prime Minister's office stated that the President of the Republic of Singapore, on the advice of the Prime Minister, has made the ...