Current Affairs - March, 2018
Government appoints Vineet Joshi as first DG of National Testing Agency
Government has appointed former chairman of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Vineet Joshi, as the first Director-General (DG) of the National Testing Agency (NTA). He will have tenure of five years. He is 1992-batch IAS officer of the Manipur ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Chandra Bhushan Kumar appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner
Government has appointed senior bureaucrat Chandra Bhushan Kumar as Deputy Election Commissioner. He will have tenure of five years. Bhushan is 1995 batch IAS officer of Union Territories Cadre. Election Commissioners Election commission is multi member body and currently has ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
India receives first LNG consignment from United States
India has received first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo comprising 1.2 Lakh tones of the Gas from United States. The cargo has landed at the Dabhol regasification terminal in Maharashtra. About the India-US LNG Contract The recent consignment of LNG ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Interstitium: Scientists discover new organ in human body
Scientists have discovered new organ in human body and have named it as ‘interstitium’. It will be the 80th organ in the human body. It might be might be also the biggest organ in human body It was discovered while ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Russia Conducts Another Test for ICBM Sarmat Missile
Russia has successfully test fired its latest nuclear Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) RS-28 Sarmat. This missile can carry an array of warheads capable of dodging missile defenses. The test was carried out at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, as spaceport in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Pakistan Test Fires Submarine Launched Cruise Missile BABUR
Pakistan Navy successfully test fired indigenously developed Submarine Launched version of Cruise Missile (SLCM) BABUR. The missile was fired from an underwater dynamic platform, which successfully hit its target with sharp accuracy. The missile also met all its flight parameters. This is only ..