Recently, Sri Lanka has invited India’s Petronet LNG to establish a liquid gas import terminal on the west coast of Sri Lanka in close vicinity of Colombo. This...
Labour and labour reforms come under the concurrent list except exceptional matters related to labour in safety mines and oil fields (which come under union list). Since the...
1. Nirmala Sitharaman, who has become the new Defence Minister of India, is currently a representative of which state in Rajya Sabha? [A] Karnataka[B] Kerala[C] Tamil Nadu[D] Maharashtra...
Nirmala Sitharaman (58) became first full time woman Defence Minister of India after she was promoted to the Union Cabinet. She takes charge of the crucial ministry from...
Piyush Goyal has been appointed as the new Union Minister of Railways after latest Union cabinet reshuffle on September 3, 2017. He succeeded Suresh Prabhu, who has become...
Ahmedabad, the commercial capital of Gujarat, has been formally accorded the status of India’s first World Heritage City (WHC) by UNESCO. Irina Bokova, the Director General of UNESCO,...
Shirish Pai (88), the renowned Marathi poet and activist, has passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra on September 2, 2017. She was credited with introducing ‘Haiku’ to the Marathi...
J Y Pillay, an Indian-origin veteran civil servant, has been appointed as the acting president of Singapore. He succeeded Tony Tan Keng Yam, who completed a six-year term....
The world’s highest sandcastle 54.72 feet (16.68 metres) tall has recently built in the German city of Duisburg. It was constructed in over 3 weeks and is supposed...
The Karnataka government has recently decided to provide free education for girls across the state from Class 1 up to graduation in all public and aided private schools...
