A laser-guided land leveller harnesses technology to accurately flatten a field in a fraction of the time used by a traditional oxen-powered scraper. Farmers save precious groundwater and increase productivity by 10 to 15%. Such hitech levellers cost at least ₹3 lakh, way beyond the reach of the ...

Biologist Chandrima Shaha become the first woman president of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) beginning January 2020. Her top priority, she told The Hindu, would be to promote science more “aggressively” among people. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 “The academies have been doing ...

India’s top two wrestlers continued their impressive run this season with Bajrang Punia defending his title at Tbilisi Grand Prix and Vinesh Phogat reaching her fourth final at Medved event. Bajrang Punia prevailed 2-0 over Iran’s Peiman Bibyani in the 65kg final of the men’s free style ...

Huawei launches its own operating system Harmony OS, marking the Chinese tech giant’s arguably biggest push to build its own software ecosystem. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The move is also expected to offset the influence of the US government’s restrictions over the use of Google’s ...

India´s Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released a book Listening, Learning and Leading completes 2 years in office. The book, ‘Listening, Learning & Leading’ was released by Home Minister Amit Shah in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on August 11, 2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Vice President M ...

Manipur has topped the rankings in Breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in the country, as per a report released by Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. Delhi, on the other hand, fared the worst. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The report has been ...

Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC) distributed as many as 50 leather kits and 350 Bee-Boxes with live bee colonies in tribal-dominated village in Sirohi district of Rajasthan, one of the aspirational districts in India identified by the NITI Aayog, on World Tribal Day. Daily Current ...

The Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Arjun Ram Meghwal, inaugurated the 3rd International Electric Vehicle (EV) Conclave at the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) in Manesar, Gurugram. The Conclave was held to create a knowledge-sharing platform to ...

The fourth edition of the National Entrepreneurship Awards, instituted in a bid to recognize and encourage outstanding Indian Entrepreneurs andcatalyse a cultural shift in youth for entrepreneurship by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has opened for nominations. The ...

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the National Medical Commission Bill, 2019, which was passed by both Houses of Parliament, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 "It will be notified in the Gazette soon. After that, rules will be ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on India and Pakistan to exercise "maximum restraint" and refrain from taking steps that could affect the status of Jammu and Kashmir as he highlighted the 1972 Simla Agreement to sort out differences between the two countries. Daily Current ...

Indian archers participation in international events under the National flag stands jeopardised after World Archery suspended the faction-ridden Archery Association of India (AAI). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 In an earlier decision, the WA executive board had given a July 31 deadline to ...