IAF’s Shalija Dhami becomes India’s 1st female flight commander

Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Wing Commander Shalija Dhami scripted history by becoming country’s 1st female officer to be appointed as flight commander of a flying unit.  She took over as flight commander of a Chetak helicopter unit at Hindon airbase ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

New Mobile Application “Janaushadhi Sugam”

The Indian Government has launched a new mobile application “Janaushadhi Sugam”. The mobile app will allow the common people to search the Jan Aushadhi Kendras in their immediate vicinity. What will the App do? The ?Janaushadhi Sugam? mobile application will ..

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launches a school education portal ‘Shagun

Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has recently launched a school education portal ‘Shagun’, which links over 15 lakh schools across the country to provide all the information on school education. The schools have been geo-tagged and all ..

Madhya Pradesh government to offer modern nursery education at anganwadis

The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to offer modern nursery education at anganwadis (or childcare centres ) on the lines of private nursery schools. Under this scheme, all the 97,000 anganwadis of the state would be covered. In the first ..

Eric Cantona wins 2019 UEFA President’s Award

Eric Cantona, the former Manchester United forward and France legend , has been awarded the UEFA President’s Award in Monaco in recognition of his playing career and commitment to charitable causes after it. Cantona won four Premier League titles in ..

Maitri app clinchs mobile app at 2019 US Technovation Challenge

The US Technovation Challenge is the world’s largest technology and entrepreneurship programme for girls which runs across 100+ countries. It is supported by Salesforce.org, Google.org, the Adobe Foundation, Uber, Samsung, BNY Mellon as well as UNESCO, the Peace Corps and ..