Rajasthan has got the “best innovation and initiative leadership award” for its achievements in higher education in the World Education Summit-2019 held in New Delhi. Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar Singh Bhati received the award at the 14th summit organised. Daily Current ...

Former Indian athlete and Olympian P.T. Usha has been appointed as a member of the Athletes Commission of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA). P T Usha will be one of the six members of the AAA Athletes Commission, which will be headed by 1992 Olympics gold medallist hammer thrower Andrey ...

WhatsApp brings the most awaited features, fingerprint authentication to Android users. The feature is currently available to those who have registered in WhatsApp's beta programme for Android. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Fingerprint authentication has been around on the platform since ...

The Department of IT, BT and S&T in Karnataka has launched the E-Step, an initiative to empower student start-ups. E-Step focuses on boot camps, mentoring and training programmes which cover various aspects of entrepreneurship. E-Step, an initiative from Start-up Cell, is a specially crafted ...

National carrier Air India flight from Delhi to San Francisco to fly over North Pole to reduce flight times and fuel costs. The flight is set to use the polar route from August 15 onwards. AI 173’s current flight path after taking off from the capital is over Bangladesh, Myanmar, China and Japan, ...

Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar, a new book on actress Sridevi, written by author and screenwriter Satyarth Nayak, will be published by Penguin Random House India, in October this year. The book is being published with approval of the late actress' husband, Boney Kapoor. Daily Current Affairs ...

Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Indian Railways launched a Special Drive with a Code Name – Operation “Number Plate” to identify and verify all vehicles parked in Railway premises, circulating area, parkings and even in the ‘No Parking’ areas for longer duration. It was launched under the ...

Union Minister of Textiles and Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, inaugurated Textiles Gallery at National Crafts Museum in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 With this unique collection, the National Crafts Museum takes another leap to exhibit the fine Indian ...

The Indian Navy has announced it has signed an MoU with Cochin International Airport. In a press release issued the Indian Navy announced the MoU was signed between its Naval Air Enclave (NAE) and Cochin International Airport on August 8. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The Naval Air Enclave ...

The Bar Council of India (BCI) imposed a moratorium on opening new law colleges for a period of three years. The restriction, however, will not apply to National Law University, if proposed by a government in a State where there is no such varsity. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Besides, ...

Reserve Bank of India released the final ‘enabling framework for regulatory sandbox,’ taking into account inputs received after a consultation process that began in April. The framework will likely be a positive step for financial technology start-ups and companies looking to innovate in the fast ...

Swachh Nagar app launched for waste collection by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry. The app will allow users to have waste — solid, wet or construction and demolition (C&D) — collected by their urban local bodies. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Cleanliness survey ...