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Rajnish Kumar appointed as new Chairman of SBI

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Rajnish Kumar (59) as the new chairman of State Bank of India (SBI). His name was recommended by Vinod...

October 5, 2017

Cabinet approves renaming of Kandla Port as Deendayal Port

The Union Cabinet has approved proposal of Union Ministry of Shipping to rename of Kandla Port in Gujarat as Deendayal Port, Kandla. The port was renamed after BJP...

October 5, 2017

Cabinet approves MoU between India and Switzerland on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector

The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Ministry of Railways, and Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications of Swiss Confederation on Technical...

October 5, 2017

PM inaugurates Golden Jubilee Year Celebrations of ICSI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Golden Jubilee Year Celebrations (50 years) of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) in New Delhi. The event assumes significance as...

October 5, 2017

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: October 4, 2017

1. Who of the following have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017? [A] Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart and Ben Feringa[B] Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich[C] Brian...

October 4, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Golden Jubilee Year Celebrations of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Golden Jubilee Year Celebrations of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) in New Delhi on October 4, 2017. The...

October 4, 2017

2017 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly awarded to three US scientists – Rainer Weiss, Kip S. Thorne and Barry C. Barish

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics has been jointly awarded to three US scientists – Rainer Weiss, Kip S. Thorne and Barry C. Barish – for the detection...

October 4, 2017

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its 4th bi-monthly monetary policy statement for year 2017-18

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently released its 4th bi-monthly monetary policy statement for the year 2017-18. As per the monetary policy statement, the policy repo...

October 4, 2017

Rajnish Kumar appointed as new chairman of State Bank of India (SBI)

Rajnish Kumar, the Managing Director of SBI, has been appointed as the new chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) for a period of three years. He...

October 4, 2017

Soumya Swaminathan become first Indian to hold deputy director general post at World Health Organisation (WHO)

Dr Soumya Swaminathan has become the first Indian to hold deputy director general post for Programmes at the World Health Organisation (WHO). Currently, she is the Director General...

October 4, 2017

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