Bangladesh government is to add two new land ports for the Bangladeshi citizens travelling to India. It will have the option of two more land port entry points on their visas. The announcement was made by the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das. Daily Current Affairs Quiz ...

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has announced a 15 basis point reduction in the interest rate on PF deposits in 2019-20 compared to 8.65% in 2018-19 on the back of lower yields on its investments. The decision to this effect was taken at the just concluded central board of trustees meeting ...

Lok Sabha has passed the Vivad se Vishwas Bill, which aims to settle pending direct tax disputes in the country. The bill was passed with certain amendments before the Lower House was adjourned amid clamour over Delhi violence. The Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Bill, 2020, was tabled before ...

The International Conference on Nano Science and Nano Technology (ICONSAT) under the aegis of Nano Mission, Department of Science and Technology (DST) is being held at Kolkata focusing on the recent advances in this frontier research field. ICONSAT is the series of biennial international ...

The government has informed that E-waste recycling has doubled in the country compared to 2017-18. Govt has reported that the recycling rate of 10% in 2017-18 has risen to 20% in 2018-19. Government has implemented the E-waste (Management) Rules (2016) which enforce the Extended Producer ...

The 2020 edition of the QS World University Subject Rankings has ranked as many as 26 departments of higher education institutions in India among the top 100 in the world in their respective subject category. The QS World University Subject Rankings 2020 has been released from London by ...

The Supreme Court has struck down a ban on trading of Virtual Currencies (VC) in India, which was imposed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in April 2018. The ban did not pass the “proportionality” test. The test of proportionality of any action by the government must pass the test of Article ...

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the mega consolidation of ten PSBs into four which include the – Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Amalgamation of Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India into Punjab National BankAmalgamation of ...

Agricultural and Processed Food Export Development Authority (APEDA) has been focusing on collaborative approach to bring synergy with number of organisations and institutions having inherent professional and specialised expertise in different areas for capacity building of various stakeholders ...

The Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry- FICCI is organising India Pharma 2020 & India Medical Device 2020 Conference & Exhibition at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat from March 5-7, 2020. ...

Researchers at Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology(IASST) Guwahati, an autonomous institute under Department of Science & Technology, have found significant plant-growth-promoting and antifungal activities of endophyticactino bacteria associated with Tea plant and related ...

The already receding Gangotri glacier seems to have more bad news in store.  Black carbon concentration in the region increases by 400 times during summer, according to a study. The study suggests agricultural burning and forest fire as the reason behind this seasonal increase. This can ...