The 7th Economic Census has been begun from Tripura on 29th July 2019, and in Puducherry soon after. The fieldwork in other State/ UTs will be launched in August/ September, 2019. The enumerators and supervisors engaged by CSC have been trained to collect data on mobile application developed for ...

Lok Sabha passes the Unlawful Activities Amendment Bill, 2019. While replying to the debate on the bill, Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah said, “I will try to allay all apprehensions on the Unlawful Activities Amendment Bill and I hope it is passed unanimously in the House. ...

Priti Patel has been appointed as the Britain's first Indian-origin home secretary in the newly-unveiled Boris Johnson Cabinet. Ms. Patel had been a prominent member of the ‘Back Boris’ campaign for the Conservative Party leadership and was widely tipped for the plum post in his frontline team. ...

India´s first Dragon blood-oozing Tree discovered in Assam. The Dragon blood-oozing Tree is a bright red resin used since ancient times as medicine, body oil, varnish, incense and dye. A trio of researchers led by Assam forest officer Jatindra Sarma has discovered Dracaena cambodiana, a dragon ...

Reliance Industries became the top Indian company in the latest Fortune Global 500 list. The Mukesh Ambani led oil-to-telecom conglomerate jumped 42 places to rank 106 on this year's list, finally leaving Indian Oil Corp (IOC) in the dust. The country's largest state-owned refiner had hitherto ...

Researchers found 26 million-year-old species of Vine Snake found in India. Researchers have discovered the new vine snake species in the southern Western Ghats. The species, 'Proahaetulla antiqua', was first discovered in 2011 and looked similar to 'Ahaetulla dispar', a small-sized vine snake ...

The Digital Communications Commission, the telecom department's apex decision-making body, Panel Fines Airtel, Vodafone Idea Rs 3,050 Crore for not providing points of interconnection to Reliance Jio. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 "DCC has accepted Trai recommendation on penalty on ...

Home Minister Amit Shah To Head Panel On Workplace Sexual Harassment. The reconstituted panel will be helmed by Amit Shah and comprise of ministers Nirmala Sitharaman (Finance Minister), Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (HRD Minister) and Smriti Irani (Women and Child Development Minister), as members. ...

The Indian Government Planned Metrolite Train For Smaller Cities and towns. The Metrolite will be especially for those cities and towns, where the rate of passengers, and the overall population is low. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has issued ...

Commerce & Industry Minister reviews preparations of India’s Participation in Dubai World Expo 2020 which will take place for six months beginning 20th October 2020 up to 10th April 2021. The meeting was held last night in New Delhi where officials of the Department of Commerce, Federation of ...

Congress party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury appointed as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The appointment was made by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The PAC has 15 members from the Lok Sabha and seven from Rajya Sabha. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Nine of the 15 Lok Sabha ...

The Rajya Sabha passed POCSO Bill 2019 on 24 July, Act by including death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children, besides providing stringent punishments for other crimes against minors. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The POCSO Bill will now be sent to the Lok Sabha for its ...