India born Sarabjit Singh Marwah has become the first Sikh to be appointed to the Canadian Senate (upper house). He was among six people from Ontario who have...
1. Who is the newly appointed chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? [A]Sushil Chandra [B]Kaushal Sharma [C]Junad Khan [D]KV Pathak Answer: Sushil ChandraNotes: Sushil Chandra,...
The Union Government is developing a National Data Registry (NDR) to compile and serve metadata of different agencies and re-engineer the feature data sets for improving their use....
1. Which of the following states have topped the 2016 all-India State/Union Territory-wise Ease of Doing Business rankings? [A]Andhra Pradesh and Telangana [B]Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh [C]Bihar and...
India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Palestine for setting up of Palestine-India Techno Park at Ramallah in Palestine. The decision to set up Techno Park...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Saur Sujala Yojana that would provide solar powered irrigation pumps to farmers at a subsidized price. It was launched in Chhattisgarh as...
The 15 Asia-Pacific nations including India of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) are concern to give greater market access to Chinese goods without gaining in return. All...
Russia has invited India to join in developing next-generation nuclear reactors and to participate in its fast-reactor research project. The multipurpose fast research reactor project known by Russian...
The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016, designed to curb black money and passed by parliament in August 2016, came into effect. The new law amended the Benami...
India’s largest hydropower generation company National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has commissioned its 50 MW wind power project (WPP) in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The project has achieved synchronization with...
