The Union Cabinet approved extension the terms of the Fifteenth Finance Commission to address the funding requirements for defence and internal security as also extending its term to November 30, 2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 “The Union Cabinet has approved the proposed amendment to ...

Tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, dancer Sonal Mansingh, dancer and choreographer Jatin Goswami and Bharatnatyam exponent K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai are selected for the prestigious Akademi Ratna awards or Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The Sangeet Natak ...

The US bans Myanmar army chief over Rohingya minority 'ethnic cleansing'. The State Department said it took action after finding credible evidence they were involved in the violence two years ago that led about 740,000 Rohingya to flee across the border to Bangladesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz ...

Vijayveer wins gold at Junior Shooting World Cup 2019 in Suhl, Germany, combining with Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to clinch the men’s 25m pistol event on 16 July. Sidhu picked up his third gold medal of the ongoing ISSF Junior World Cup. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 For ...

The Rajya Sabha passed the AERA Bill, 2019 on 16 July. Replying to the discussion on the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA) Bill, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, “As many as 16 airports will be in the purview of AERA. All other airports continue to be looked ...

In its first movement, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) ship  flagged off from Dhubri in Assam to Narayanganj in Bangladesh that carried Bhutanese cargo. The ship - MV AAI - has set sail from Dhubri in Assam and will travel to Narayanganj in Bangladesh, over river Brahmaputra and ...

Google India's 'Internet Saathi' programme which aims to empower rural women how to use the Internet has now added two more states  Punjab and Odisha thus reaching 2.6 lakh villages in 20 states, the company announced. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Launched as a pilot project in 2015 along ...

The Indian Athletics Federation to host the 24 Hours Asia and Oceania Championships in 2020 and a 100 km Asia and Oceania Championships in 2021 in Bangalore. Ultra races are contested either over a set distance like 50km, 100km and longer events or a set time like 6hr, 24hr and multi-day events. ...

The International tribunal slaps $5 billion penalty on Pakistan in the Reko Diq case, which is one of the biggest in ICSID’s history. The international tribunal, which provides facilities for conciliation and arbitration of international investment disputes, announced its 700-page ruling against ...

India and Italy set up Fast-Track Mechanism to Facilitate investors and Companies. In order to facilitate Italian companies and investors in India and Indian companies and investors in Italy, it has been decided to establish fast-track system for companies and investors of both the countries. ...

Ayush Minister Shripad Yesso Naik said that 4200 Ayush wellness centres will be set up by Govt in ongoing fiscal. He said that the government has also provided financial assistance to set up integrated Ayush hospitals in 85 districts across various states, and has plans to add more. Daily ...

Prithvi Shaw has appointed as brand ambassador by FanMojo. FanMojo first came to the market in 2016. After a series of glitches and gaffes, the startup made a comeback in 2018. And the fantasy sports platform started gaining momentum.   A lot of former and current cricketers like  ...