Moody’s lowers India’s GDP forecast to 5.4% for 2020

American Credit rating agency, Moody’s Investors Service has lowered India’s growth forecast to 5.4 per cent for the year 2020. Earlier, the country’s growth was estimated as 6.6 per cent. Moody’s said in its update on Global Macro Outlook that ..

UAE hosts ‘GulFood 2020’

‘GulFood 2020’, the world’s largest annual food and beverage trade exhibition is being held in the Dubai World Trade Centre city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), form February 16 to 20. In the 25th edition of the exhibition, more ..

Punjab DGP launches ‘Appreciate and Commend’ to honor cops

The Police Department of Punjab has recently launched an award scheme called ‘Appreciate and Commend’. The DGP of Punjab launched the scheme, which aims to honour the Police officers who perform their duties diligently. Under the scheme, the District Police ..

‘BioAsia 2020’ commenced in Hyderabad

The 17th edition of Asia’s largest biotechnology and life sciences forum, ‘BioAsia 2020’ recently commenced in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana. The three-day event began with the theme of ‘Today for Tomorrow’. More than 2000 delegates from as many as ..

Gully Boy wins all 13 nominated categories in Filmfare awards

The Bollywood movie based on the life of two rap singers, Gully Boy created history in the Filmfare awards by winning 13 of them. The film won in all 13 categories, which it was nominated in. In the event held ..

9th edition of SAMPRITI held in Meghalaya

The 9th edition of the Joint exercise between the armies of India and Bangladesh, SAMPRITI recently concluded at Umroi, Meghalaya. The two-week exercise was held from February 3 to 16, 2020. The personnel of the two countries shared their experiences ..

Indian men’s Badminton team wins bronze medal in Badminton Asia Team Championships

Indian men’s Badminton team clinched the bronze medal in the Badminton Asia Team Championships, which was recently held in Manila, Philippines. This is the second time India is reaching the semi-final clash, as it earlier played in the semi-final round ..

Indian race walker Bhawana Jat qualified for Tokyo Olympic Games

Bhawana Jat is a top-rated female race walker of India. She was seen in news recently as she was qualified for the Tokyo Olympics Games in 20km Race-Walk event. The 24-year-old Race walker from Rajasthan was declared as qualified, after she ..

77th Senior National squash championships held in Tamil Nadu

The Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI)-77th Senior National squash championships was recently held at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Ace Indian squash player Joshna Chinappa clinched the women’s title by beating Tanvi Khanna, while another top-rated player Saurav Ghosal bagged the men’s ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

CREDAI Awaas launched to ease residential property purchase

Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) is the apex body of Private Real Estate Developers Associations. It has launched a mobile application called ‘CREDAI Awaas’, which aims to facilitate ease of purchase of residential properties by homebuyers. Through this ..