NITI Aayog has constituted a Committee of Chief Ministers with representatives drawn from different political parties to examine measures to implement and promote the use of digital payment...
The 7th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) will be held in Kolkata from 2nd – 4th December, 2016. The Congress is organized by the World Ayurveda Foundation with support...
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to cut 1.2 million barrels of oil a day from its output to 32.5 million barrels beginning from...
The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has come up with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates for the second quarter (July-September) of 2016-17....
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the inclusion of 15 new castes in the Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Modifications in another 13...
According to facebook, the company’s “Express Wifi” is live in India. Express Wi-Fi is part of Facebook’s larger Internet.org mission. It aims to bring internet connectivity throughout the...
The Supreme Court has ruled that the national anthem be played in cinema halls before the screening of a film and people should stand up when the anthem...
1. India’s first and Asia’s longest cycle highway has been opened in which state of India? [A]Uttar Pradesh [B]Andhra Pradesh [C]Odisha [D]Assam Answer: Uttar PradeshNotes: India’s first and...
The Union Water Ministry is planning to impose restrictions on how industries, farmers and various groups can use groundwater by amending to a Bill on groundwater management. It...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is using drones to map disasters in north-eastern States by collecting land details and add it to data from remote sensing satellites....
