Satya Tripathi appointed as Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of UNEP

Indian development economist and environment expert Satya S. Tripathi was appointed as has been appointed assistant secretary general of United Nations and will head New York office of UN Environment Programme (UNEP). He was appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018

Quiz 938: GK Questions for Heavy Water Board Recruitment Exams

This quiz has 10 General Knowledge / GK Questions for Heavy Water Board Recruitment Exams based on syllabus of GK of Competition examinations and previous years question papers. 12345678910 1. Namdapha National Park is located in which of the following ..

Navlekha: Google unveils new platform for Indic language publishers

Search engine giant Google has unveiled Project Navlekha to make online content relevant for more Indian users especially in local languages. It was unveiled along with host of upgrades of Google’s other products at fourth ‘Google for India’ event held ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018

Government inks $300 million agreement with World Bank to scale-up Energy Efficiency Program

Union Government (Finance Ministry) has inked $220 million Loan Agreement with World Bank to scale-up Inida’s Energy Efficiency Program. It also signed $80 million guarantee agreement with World Bank. The loan will be provided to EESL by World Bank through ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018

Punjab Assembly passes bills to make desecration of religious texts punishable with life term

Punjab Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed Indian Penal Code (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2018 and Code of Criminal Procedure (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2018 to make sacrilege of all religious texts punishable with life imprisonment. This comes week after State Cabinet chaired ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: August 28, 2018

GKToday’s Daily Quiz August 28, 2018 with questions, answers, explanation and notes on important National and International current affairs and current events for SSC, Bank Clerical, Bank PO, State PSC, CLAT, Railway, State and Union Public Service Examinations.

Government inks $250 million loan agreement World Bank for Electricity Distribution Sector Reforms in Rajasthan

Central Government along with Government of Rajasthan has signed $250 million Development Policy Loan (DPL) agreement with World Bank for Electricity Distribution Sector Reforms in Rajasthan. The loan will be provided by  World Bank’s lending arm International Bank for Reconstruction ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018

NVIDIA made deep learning technology partner of NITI Aayog for MoveHack

Union Government’s premier think tank NITI Aayog has made computer chip manufacturer NVIDIA its deep learning technology partner to support its MoveHack event. MoveHack is global mobility hackathon event organized by NITI Aayog to crowdsource solutions aimed at the future ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018

Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital Recruitment 2018 for Senior Resident, Junior Resident Posts

Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital has invited online applications from qualified candidates for Senior Resident, Junior Resident posts in the organisation. The candidates will be selected on the basis of performance in written test and/or interview. The total number of vacancies ..

South East Central Railway Bilaspur Recruitment for Apprentice Posts

South East Central Railway Bilaspur has invited online applications from qualified candidates for Apprentice posts in the organisation. The candidates will be selected on the basis of performance in written test and/or interview. The total number of vacancies is 313. The ..