Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has been honoured with the World Economic Forum’s 26th Annual Crystal Award for raising mental health awareness. She is the only Indian actress to feature in Davos 2020 winners list which includes total four winners. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The ...

In a significant indication of India's rising profile, the 10-nation ASEAN clearly appreciated New Delhi's growing role in the Indo-Pacific region as the two sides, with a combined GDP of USD 5 trillion, vowed to further broadbase strategic ties and deal with major challenges like of terrorism ...

The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Monday passed two Bills that enable setting up of separate Commissions for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). State Minister for Tribal Welfare Pushpa Srivani tabled the Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Schedule Tribes Bill that allows ...

State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a loan agreement with KfW, the German development bank, for $277 million dollars (about Rs 1,958 crore) for establishing an energy-efficient housing programme in India. The facility has been signed after an agreement on financial cooperation between the two ...

The Association of Test Publishers (ATP), an international, non-profit organization has hosted the fifth annual India-ATP conference in Delhi. The ATP is an association of test publishers representing providers of tests, assessment tools and related services. I-ATP is the biggest and the only one ...

NASA has finally selected a sample collection site on asteroid Bennu after the arrival of OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in December 2018. The OSIRIS-Rex mission team has selected the site designated Nightingale, which is located in a crater high in Bennu's northern hemisphere. The team has also selected ...

The Coal Ministry is considering allotment of six coal mines that have been marked for end-uses like power, iron and steel and sale of coal. The ministry had started allotment process for 15 coal mines for various specified end-use such as in power and iron & steel sectors. In the allotment ...

National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) is envisaged as a pan-India electronic trading platform launched by Government of India on 14th April, 2016 with the objective of creating online transparent competitive price discovery system to facilitate farmers with remunerative prices for their ...

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to introduce the Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2019 for carrying out the amendments to the Aircraft Act, 1934 (XXII of 1934).  The Bill will now be introduced in the Parliament. The Bill enhances the ...

Dell has signed an agreement with UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace (MGIEP) to enable school teachers to adopt technology in classrooms by using Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools. Dell Aarambh aims to provide a springboard for teachers in information and ...

The Centre has decided to deploy drones to destroy marijuana plantations before the crop is harvested and finds its way into the hands of the drug cartels. A decision has been taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs with states and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on board to investigate illegal ...

Haryana Police has adopted a unique barcoding software named Trakea to ensure that thousands of forensic reports that form the backbone of the criminal investigation system and subsequent trials in the courts of law, are not tampered with. Trakea ensures foolproof security of the samples collected ...