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NITI Aayog to rank 115 aspirational districts by April 2018

Government think-tank National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has announced to rank 115 backward (aspirational) districts by April 2018. It was announced at  ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’...

January 13, 2018

Fourth ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture & Forestry held in Delhi

The 4th ASEAN-INDIA Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry was held at NASC Complex, New Delhi. It was attended by representatives from 10 ASEAN countries. The meeting was...

January 13, 2018

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: January 12, 2018

1. The 2018 National Youth Day (NYD) is celebrated on which date in India? [A] January 12[B] January 11[C] January 13[D] January 14 Show Answer Correct Answer: A...

January 12, 2018

Ministry of Railways launches SFOORTI application

The Union Ministry of Railways has launched Smart Freight Operation Optimisation & Real Time Information (SFOORTI) application to help plan traffic flows and optimize freight operations. The app...

January 12, 2018

Open Defecation in India

In Open Defecation (OD), people use fields, forests, rivers, canals, drains, bushes, roads, railway tracks etc. to defecate instead of use of toilets. Prevalence of Open Defecation around...

January 12, 2018

China to build Counter-Terrorism Base in Northern Afghanistan’s Badakshan province

China has announced to provide financial support to construct counter-terrorism base in Badakshan province of northern Afghanistan that would prevent cross-border infiltration of the Chinese Uyghur militants. The...

January 12, 2018

ISRO launches Cartosat 2 Series satellite into space

ISRO has successfully launched weather observation satellite Cartosat 2 Series and 29 other spacecraft into the space from its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-40 from the Satish...

January 12, 2018

Reliance Jio to launch its own cryptocurrency

The Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd is planning to launch its own cryptocurrency “JioCoin”. It is expected to build a 50-member team of young professionals to work on blockchain...

January 12, 2018

22nd National Youth Festival (NYF-2018)

The 22nd National Youth Festival (NYF-2018) has inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida on January 12. The Festival has...

January 12, 2018

Indu Malhotra is first woman lawyer to be directly promoted as a judge of Supreme Court

The Supreme Court collegium, headed by CJI Dipak Misra, has created history by selecting Indu Malhotra as the first woman lawyer to be directly promoted as a judge...

January 12, 2018

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