Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of India in succession to Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG. Sir Philip will take up his appointment during Spring 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Philip Barton was the Director General, Consular and ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept repo rate unchanged for the second consecutive time at 5.15 per cent and reverse repo rate at 4.90 per cent in its sixth bi-monthly monetary policy meet. It also decided to continue with its accommodative stance as long as it was necessary to revive growth. ...

The 5th round of India-Russia Military Industrial Conference (IRMIC) was conducted on 6th February 2020 on the sidelines of Defexpo-2020 at Lucknow. During the conference a total of 14 MoUs were exchanged between the Russian OEMs and the Indian companies. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The ...

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed an MoU with Israel-based defense electronics company Elbit Systems during the ongoing DefExpo 2020 for promoting and marketing the Digital Head Up Displays (HUD) units. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The MoU envisages extending cooperation for new ...

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy on February 6, 2020. The awards were presented to Dr NS Dharmashaktu in the individual category and the Leprosy Mission Trust under the institutional category. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Government has ...

India slipped to 40th position on the International Intellectual Property (IP) Index, which analyses the IP climate in 53 global economies, this year, according to a report of US Chamber of Commerce's Global Innovation Policy Center. Last year India was ranked at 36th position out of 50 countries. ...

The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), organized “National Conference on Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Pathways for Inclusion and Action for Resilience”. The event was focused to bring together the stakeholders from Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and disability ...

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held bilateral talks with Lt Gen Rokotonirina Richard, Defence Minister of Madagascar on the second day of DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow. The ties aim to enhance Maritime security cooperation in the region. The leaders agreed to ensure a secure maritime environment to ...

The Chief Minister of Rajasthan has dedicated the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) world heritage site certificate for Jaipur to the people on 5th February, 2020. The walled city of Jaipur, famous for its grid plan-based architecture and buildings ...

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) had organised a conference to explore the training requirements of Government officers at various levels of hierarchy. DoPT is the nodal department for the training of Government functionaries and is primarily responsible for formulating policies ...

The government has abolished anti-dumping duty on a chemical called Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA). PTA is an important raw material which is used in making various products, including polyester fabrics. PTA makes up for around 70-80% of a polyester product and is, therefore, important to those ...

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister of India has approved the Introduction of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020. It also approved Ex-post facto to 21 posts of Directors, one each in 20 IIITs (PPP) and one in IIITDM Kurnool (IIIT-CFTI) and ...