Australia defeats India at finals of Women’s T20 World Cup 2020

At the final match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia, India was defeated by the Australian team by 85 runs. Meg Lanning-led team posted the highest ever total in Women’s T20 cricket and ..

UPSC Prelims Mini Mock Test: 368

12345 1. Consider the following: Carbon dioxide (CO2) Methane Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) Water (H2O) Which of the above is/are principal component(s) of biogas? 1 Only 1 & 2 Only 1, 2 & 3 Only 1, 2, 3 & 4 2. ..

Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal wins Dhruv Batra Awards

India men’s and women’s hockey captains Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal were awarded the top honours- Dhruv Batra Award for Player of the Year (Men and Women respectively) at the Hockey India 3rd Annual Awards ceremony held at New Delhi. ..

Government launches Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship programme

The Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Mahendra Nath Pandey launched the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship programme in the Indian Institute of Management in Bengaluru. The Fellowship is a part of the SANKALP programme of the ministry and aims ..

India joins IOC as the fifth observer

The Indian Ocean Commission, IOC (COI in French) is an inter-governmental organisation comprised of five African Indian Ocean nations: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (an overseas region of France), and Seychelles. Recently, India joined the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) as the fifth observer. As it is an important regional institution ..

Government sets up Delimitation Commission

The last delimitation (Fixing limits of territorial constituencies) was conducted across India in 2002, but the four North-eastern states namely Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland and Jammu and Kashmir were left out. Recently, a Delimitation Commission was recently set ..

Business Line Changemaker Awards 2020 held in New Delhi

During the Business Line Changemaker Awards 2020 at New Delhi, Indian athlete Dutee Chand was awarded Changemaker of the year jointly with ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) for bringing extensive change in society. Dutee Chand is India’s fastest female sprinter ..

Wasim Jaffer announces retirement

Wasim Jaffer, former India Opener is the first Indian cricketer to play in 150 Ranji Trophy matches. He is also the highest run-scorer in the history of Ranji Trophy. Jaffer was in news recently, as he has announced his retirement ..

Politician Hans Raj Bhardwaj passes away

Hans Raj Bhardwaj, who was an Indian Politician and belonged to Indian National Congress, recently passed away. He was the Union minister for Law and justice for five years the minister of state for nine years. Hans Raj Bhardwaj introduced ..

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan launches women helpline for MoST schemes

Union Minister for Science and Technology, Harsh Vardhan launched a new Helpline no 011-26565285, which aims at assisting women students, researchers, entrepreneurs and scientists to get their queries answered related to schemes of Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST). Women ..