Page-16 of Current Affairs - October, 2017
US author George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize
American author George Saunders won the 2017 Man Booker Prize, a high-profile literary award for his first full-length novel “Lincoln in the Bardo”. With this, he became second consecutive American writer to win prize after Paul Beatty (for his novel ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Times Higher Education Rankings: IISC & IIT Bombay among world’s top 200 for engineering
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore and Indian Instituted of Technology (IIT) Bombay were ranked among world’s top 200 institutions for engineering and computer science in Times Higher Education subject-wise rankings. IISc was placed at the 89th spot, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Prime Minister dedicated first All India Institute of Ayurveda to nation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on dedicated first All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in New Delhi to the nation on the occasion of National Ayurveda Day observed on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti (17 October 2017). Prime Minister also released ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Sawfish more threatened than tigers: Scientists
Scientists on World Sawfish Day (observed on October 17th) announced that sawfish, sighted off Indian coast less than 10 times in over a decade appears to be more threatened than tigers and elephants Anecdotal evidence suggested that sawfish was once ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
MCX launches India’s first commodity options in Gold
Largest commodity bourse Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) launched India’s first commodity options in gold. It was launched by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The gold futures contract will have bi-monthly duration. The option will also have the existing ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
India inks MoC to send interns to Japan for training
India and Japan have signed memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP) to significantly expand the bilateral cooperation s in the field of skill development. India is the third country with which Japan has signed the MoC. ..