The Parliamentary Standing Committee has recommended that no genetically modified (GM) crop should be introduced unless the biosafety and socio-economic desirability is evaluated in a transparent process. It...
1. India’s first Videsh Bhavan will come up in which of the following states? [A] Jharkhand[B] Maharashtra[C] Madhya Pradesh[D] Uttar Pradesh Show Answer Correct Answer: B [Maharashtra] Notes:Sushma...
According to 2017 report by the United Nations World Tourism (UNWTO), the island of Tuvalu was the least visited country in 2016. Only 2,000 people ventured to the...
Sanjivani Jadhav from India, a marathon runner from Nashik, has clinched silver medal in the women’s 10,000-metre at the 29th World University Games in Taipei, Taiwan on August...
I Do What I Do is a non-fiction book written by Dr. Raghuram Govind Rajan, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), published in 2017. The...
The Haryana government will organize Digital Haryana Summit (DHS) in Gurugram on September 15, 2017 to discuss issues like digital governance, smart living in cities and villages, citizen partnership,...
The Union Cabinet has recently increased the ‘creamy layer’ ceiling for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category to Rs 8 lakh per annum from the existing Rs 6...
Tony de Brum (1945–2017) was a Marshallese politician, diplomat, and environmental activist renowned for his global advocacy on climate change and nuclear disarmament. As one of the most...
Nandan Nilekani, the Infosys co-founder and the architect of Aadhaar, has been appointed as the new non-executive chairman of the board of directors of Infosys. The sweeping changes...
Andhra Pradesh’s Eastern Power Distribution Company Ltd (EPDCL) and the Southern Power Distribution Corporation of AP Ltd. (SPDCL) have become the India’s first state-owned distribution companies to accept...
