Sucheta Satish, a Dubai-based Indian girl, was one of the kids awarded with the Global Child Prodigy Award for being able to sing in 120 languages. Sucheta Satish is known as the Dubai Indian High School's nightingale, won in the singing category. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The Global ...

India's ranking improved from 40th to 34th on world travel and tourism competitiveness index, driven by rich natural and cultural resources and strong price competitiveness. India showed the greatest percentage improvement to its overall Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) score, ...

The Ministry of External Affairs has announced that it is to set up a new division on New and Emerging Strategic Technologies (NEST). It was announced by the Foreign Minister S Jalshankar. The development comes as the government has allowed all telecom equipment makers, including Chinese Huawei, ...

The Central Government in consultation with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has notified new energy performance standards for Room Air Conditioners (RACs) on 30th October 2019. The Indian Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (ISEER) as per the new standards will range from (3.30 - 5.00) for ...

SLNP is the world’s largest streetlight replacement programme and UJALA is the world’s largest domestic lighting project. Both have been spearheaded and implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under the Ministry of Power, Government of India. Launched by ...

Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting will confer the first ‘Antarrashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman’, in New Delhi on 07th of January, 2020. Acknowledging the positive role & responsibility of media in disseminating the outreach of Yoga in India and abroad, the Ministry of I&B ...

Assam government is likely to write to the Union home ministry, seeking a ban on Popular Front of India (PFI) for its alleged role in the large scale violence in the state during anti-CAA protests on December 11 and 12. The state government is waiting for some evidence from the Central Forensic ...

The Agri Export Policy was announced last year with an objective of doubling the export and ensuring doubling of farmers’ income. In order to achieve this objective, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has been adopting a focused approach for ensuring ...

Chhattisgarh CM set up a committee under agriculture minister Ravindra Choubey to ensure the payment of Rs 2500 per quintal to farmers against procurement of paddy on minimum support price. The committee will examine the schemes of central and state governments for provisions of financial aids for ...

Ritualistic festival Lai Haraoba is observed in Tripura by Manipuri meitei communities since ancient times. It began in Agartala last evening for five days. This festival is jointly organised by Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of Tripura, Puthiba Lai Haraoba Committee ...

The most common causes of bushfires in Australia include lighting strikes, trees falling on powerlines, arsonists, unintentional kindling of surrounding foliage during agricultural land clearing, dropped matches, cigarettes, sparks caused by power tools, farm machinery and controlled backburning ...

Gujarat Chief Minister unveils the world´s 2nd tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Ahmedabad. 50 feet tall bronze statue with a weight of 70 thousand kilograms has been unveiled at the Sardardham campus near Vaishnodevi Circle in Ahmedabad. The statue of Sardar Patel has also been ...