Category: Current Affairs

  • Indian higher education crisis: More Indians go abroad to study, and fewer international students come to India

    Even as reports last week suggested that the number of Indian student going to the US had increased by 30 percent, the inflow of foreign students to India has declined sharply, according to government data. According to a report by The Times of India, data from the Union Ministry of Home affairs shows that the…

  • Current Affairs Quiz

    1. Which of the following recently got the certificate by Limca Book of Records for the “Largest Yoga performance”? (4) (1) ITBP (2) BSF (3) CRPF (4) NCC (5) None of these 2. Which Indian organisation got SKOCH Awards for Smart Governance initiatives, recently? (1) (1) EPFO (2) RBI (3) SEBI (4) SBI (5) None of these…

  • Digital Telangana plan is phenomenal, 1000 e-panchayats to be started by Jan 2016

    Digital Telangana plan is phenomenal, 1000 e-panchayats to be started by Jan 2016

    “The ‘Digital Telangana Centres’ or ‘e-Panchayats’ programme of the state government, which offers e-governance facilities to villagers, was launched on October 2 in Nalgonda district and it currently runs at 100 panchayats. We plan to scale it up to 1,100 by January,” Telangana Information Technology (IT) Secretary Jayesh Ranjan told PTI. The uniqueness of these…

  • Telangana Govt’s unique health initiative for girl students

    Telangana Govt’s unique health initiative for girl students

    Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Kadiyam Srihari on Sunday said the government had taken a decision to provide sanitary pads to the girls studying in the State-run institutions. Addressing at the National Women Teachers Convention organised by National Forum of Woman Teachers at Savitribai Phule Nagar,Sundarayya Vignana Kendram, here, Srihari said sanitary pads would…

  • Current Affairs Quiz

    1. Which is the first Indian state to launch auction of mines? (5) (1) West Bengal (2) Telangana (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Karnataka (5) Gujarat 2. Who is appointed as vice-chairman of the Bank of International settlement (BIS)? (3) (1) Nachiket M. Mor (2) C Rangarajan (3) Raghuram Rajan (4) D Subbaro (5) Sravan Kumar…

  • Come see winds of change in India: Modi to ASEAN investors

    Come see winds of change in India: Modi to ASEAN investors

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to hard sell India as an investment destination for ASEAN nations on Saturday, saying his government had launched a second wave of economic reforms that had made the country a “land of immense opportunities”. Addressing the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit hours after his arrival in the Malaysian capital, Modi…

  • Current Affairs Quiz

    1. Which day is celebrated as national legal services Day (NLSD) in India? (3) (1) 5 November (2) 7th November (3) 9th November (4) 11th November (5) 13th November 2. What is the range of India’s strategic missile – Agni – IV? (4) (1) 2500 KM (2) 3000 KM (3) 3500 KM (4) 4000 KM…

  • Kirron Kher for ‘peace education’, wants schools to promote India’s religious and cultural activities

    Kirron Kher for ‘peace education’, wants schools to promote India’s religious and cultural activities

    Local BJP MP Kirron Kher has recommended that ‘peace education’ be made part of school curricula and that students should be taught to celebrate the religious and cultural diversity of India. In a long list of recommendations for the planned New Education Policy, Kher has suggested that Chandigarh’s PPP model for higher education should be…

  • Seeking new answers on Indian education

    The panel members’ hope is the innovation sites could develop more effective ways for American Indian children to learn and graduate high school. The panel also called for an “Indian Education For All” plan involving native languages and history that would be used throughout South Dakota schools. Another recommendation is supporting recruitment and retention of…

  • Current Affairs Quiz

    1. The Pichhwai paintings which portray Lord Krishna, famous in which state? (3) (1) Haryana (2) Bihar (3) Rajasthan (4) Gujarat (5) None of these 2. Who has been appointed as chairman of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)? (1) (1) Stuti Narain Kacker (2) Varuna Bharghava (3) Chandra Premalatha Singh (4) Kushal Singh Kapoor…

  • India committed in fight against corruption, black money menace, asserts PM Modi

    India committed in fight against corruption, black money menace, asserts PM Modi

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the government has taken “significant steps to check corruption and menace of black money”. “The government has taken significant steps to check corruption and menace of black money in a short span of time,” Modi said at the inauguration of sixth Global Focal Point Conference (GFPC) on Asset…

  • Delink terror from religion, isolate those who back it: PM Narendra Modi

    Delink terror from religion, isolate those who back it: PM Narendra Modi

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the G20 platform to take up India’s case of terrorism supported by Pakistan, saying those who support and sponsor terrorism should be isolated and called for delinking terror from religion and coordinated action against radicalization. Modi also urged G20 leaders to urgently adopt the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism and…