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Current Data on India’s steel import and export

According to Joint Plant Committee’s annual report on steel sector for the time period 2016-17, India’s import of total finished steel declined 36 % to 7.4 million tonnes...

April 19, 2017

South-West Monsoon to be normal: IMD

The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) has predicted a normal monsoon this year with a rainfall of 96% of the long-period average (LPA). Rainfall between 96% and 104% of LPA...

April 19, 2017

Global economy to grow 3.5% in 2017: IMF

The IMF has predicted that the global economy would grow at 3.5% in 2017, up from 3.1 % last year, and 3.6% in 2018. This year’s projection of...

April 19, 2017

Donald Trump signs executive order tightening H1-B visa programme

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to enforce and review the H-1B visa programme. He has ordered the country’s federal agencies to tighten the H-1B visa programme,...

April 19, 2017

UPSC Prelims Mini Mock Test: 78

123451. Which of the following High Courts has the largest jurisdiction in the country?Bombay High CourtGuwahati High CourtAllahabad High CourtCalcutta High Court2. Consider the following statements: Lakshdweep islands...

April 19, 2017

Vistadome glass-ceiling coach launched by Indian Railways

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has flagged off Visakhapatnam-Kirandul passenger train with first of its kind, see-through, vistadome coaches through a video link from Bhubaneswar. The Vistadome air-conditioned coach is a...

April 18, 2017

Disabled persons granted exemption from standing during National Anthem in movie halls

The Supreme Court has granted an exemption to six categories of disabled people from standing when the national anthem is played before the screening of a film in...

April 18, 2017

BRABO: First 'Made in India' Industrial Robot

TAL Manufacturing Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors has unveiled India’s first ‘conceptualized, designed and manufactured articulated industrial robot’ called “BRABO”. BRABO stands for “Bravo Robot”....

April 18, 2017

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: April 18, 2017

1. Who has been bestowed with the Dr. Paduru Gururaja Bhat Memorial Award 2017? [A] A V Narasimha Murthy[B] N Jayaram[C] B K Chandrashekhar[D] P Sripathi Tantry Show...

April 18, 2017

Sagar Baheti: India’s first visually impaired athlete to complete Boston Marathon

Sagar Baheti has become the first visually impaired Indian runner to complete the historic Boston Marathon. Bengaluru-based 31 years old Baheti completed a distance of 42.16 km distance...

April 18, 2017

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