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Index of Economic Freedom 2018: India ranks 130th
India ranked 130th out of 186 economies in recently released Index of Economic Freedom 2018 that measures the degree of economic freedom in the countries of the world. In this edition of index, India with score of 54.5 jumped 13 ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Balram Bhargava appointed as new Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Balram Bhargava has been appointed the new Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Secretary of the Department of Health Research. He, at present Professor/Senior Consultant Cardiologist at AIIMS, has been appointed to the post for ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Rishad Premji appointed as new Chairman of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2018-19
Rishad Premji, the chief strategy officer and board member of Wipro Ltd, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2018-19. He succeeded Raman Roy. Rishad is the son of ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Anupama Bhatnagar takes charge as new secretary of Press Council of India (PCI)
Anupama Bhatnagar, the senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, has assumed charge as the new secretary of the Press Council of India (PCI) on April 2. She succeeded Vibha Bhargava. Prior to her new assignment, Bhatnagar was posted as the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
The conference of Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of UTs held in Port Blair
The conference of Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of Union Territories was held at Megapode Resort, Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on April 11, 2018. The Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh, VP Singh, Lt. Governor of Puducherry, ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Tripura hosts first meeting of NITI Forum for North East
The first meeting of NITI Forum for North East- a unit of NITI Aayog took place in Agartala, Tripura on April 09, 2018. The emphasis in meeting was given on Infrastructure and Connectivity. The meeting was inaugurated by Minister of ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Sangai Festival-Manipur
Every year the State of Manipur celebrates the “Manipur Sangai Festival” from 21st to 30th November. The ‘Festival’ is named after the State animal, Sangai, the brow-antlered deer found only in Manipur. The State’s classical dance form, ‘RasLeela’ form an important part ..
BHIM-Aadhar Payment System
The BHIM Aadhaar platform and application seek to minimize the role of plastic cards and point of sale machines, which hitherto are believed to be essential for cashless transaction. Under this, a customer has to link his bank account with ..
Aadhaar Seeding
Aadhaar seeding is a procedure by which the Unique Identifications issued by the UIDAI are included in the database of service providers so that they can used the Aadhaar identity for authentication during service delivery. Some of the examples include ..
SK Mohanty appointed as whole-time member of market regulator SEBI
Santosh Kumar Mohanty has been appointed a whole-time member of market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a period of three years. At present Executive Director in SEBI. Prior to this assignment, he was serving as Director ..