India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slipped to a 26-quarter low of 4.5% in the second quarter (Q2 i.e. July-September) of the financial year 2019-20. The growth is the lowest in six years and three months with the previous low recorded at 4.3% during the January - March 2013. India has ...

Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has launched ‘SHe-box’ portal, an online platform to enable women employees working in both the public and private organisations to file complaints related to sexual harassment at the workplace. The complaint management system has been developed to ...

Seeking to address some of the most pressing issues facing India, including air pollution, through innovation, the United Nations Development Programme launched the country chapter of its Accelerator Lab. The laboratory that will be housed in the UNDP India office has partnered with the Indian ...

New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) won the IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2019 for its "expose of the conspiracy to scuttle" the Kathua rape and murder case probe. The award recognized the exposure of the conspiracy to scuttle the Kathua rape and murder case probe. It was a strong ...

The Railway Ministry informed Parliament that additional funds have been sanctioned in 2019 for installation of Real-Time Train Information System (RTIS) in 6,000 more locomotives, both passenger and goods. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The control chart of trains drawn by RTIS enabled ...

India-Japan Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue (2+2) is held on 30th November 2019 in New Delhi. This meeting is being held in pursuance of the decision taken by Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abe during the 13th India-Japan Annual Summit held in Japan in October 2018 to institute a ...

As per International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) latest report, ‘Global Migration Report 2020’, India continues to be the largest country of origin of international migrants with a 17.5 million-strong diaspora across the world. India also received the highest remittance of $78.6 billion ...

ISRO has transferred its indigenous technology to produce space-grade Li-Ion cells to BHEL. BHEL signed the Technology Transfer Agreement with ISRO for acquiring the Li-Ion Cell production technology. This production facility is primarily targeting to meet Li-Ion Cell requirements for ISRO and ...

Government of India is planning to set up a new rocket launch pad at Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu. Currently, the Indian Space Research organisation (Isro) has two launch pads at Sriharikotta, Andhra Pradesh. The development comes on the backdrop of increasing launches from India, both for ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of India signed a $451 million loan to strengthen power connectivity between the southern and northern parts of the Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC), which is part of the East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC), in Tamil Nadu. ADB is the ...

The Defence Acquisition Council approved procurements worth more than Rs 22,800 crore for the defence services which includes airborne warning aircraft, anti-submarine P8i aircraft and thermal imaging sights for assault rifles. DAC approved the procurement of long range Anti-submarine Warfare P8i ...

The Parliament has passed the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019. It will streamline operations of collective investment schemes or chit funds, with the aim to protect investors that primarily comprises economically weaker sections of the society. Chit funds are legal and registered and are ...