Category: Current Affairs

North Korea will have to reverse its missile and nuclear programs, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said in Gandhinagar at the end of his bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Abe said that India-Japan ties will have a global impact and that both sides will jointly address bilateral, regional and global challenges, even as Mr.…

Kerala to open India’s first transgender-exclusive clinics Kerala opens India’s first transgender-exclusive clinics at government medical colleges across the state. They are planning to open Transgender Clinics in all government medical colleges in the state. We also plan to provide facilities for their surgery at least in two medical colleges. The first clinic will be…

Oxford and Cambridge name the best universities in the world; IISc, Bangalore tops Indian Universities On September 6, 2017, the World University Rankings 2018 was published by Times Higher Education (THE). The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge have led the world ranking. IISc, Bangalore has been named the top university in India.…

China announced $80 Million Funding Plan for BRICS China gave 500 million yuan ($76.4 million) for a BRICS economic and technology cooperation plan, and another $4 million for projects at the BRICS countries’ New Development Bank stated Chinese President Xi Jinping. The announcement came amid questions over the relevance of BRICS and China’s commitment to…

Narendra Modi Cabinet reshuffle with 9 New Faces as Ministers of State who got into Cabinet Rank: – The ministers promoted were Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Dharmendra Pradhan, Piyush Goyal and Nirmala Sitharaman. 1) Nirmala Sitharaman 2) Piyush Goyal 3) Dharmendra Pradhan 4) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi New members of the Cabinet : – 1) Shiv Pratap…

Assam for first time extends AFSPA orders on its own Assam Government has extended term of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958 and declared entire state a Disturbed Area for six more months under Section 3 of AFSP Act. This is for first-time state government has extended AFSPA and Disturbed Area provision on its…

Swiss President on 3-Day Visit to India President of Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard is on the three-day visit to India. A number of agreements are expected to be signed in several areas after the talks. India and Switzerland enjoy robust economic ties, with Switzerland being a seventh largest trading partner and eleventh largest foreign investor…

1.  Who among the following is the inventor of WWW?                                 (d) a. R. Nesscl b. Charles Babbage c. Ray Tomlinson d. Tim Berners Lee 2. In which network topology, network components are connected by only one cable?    …

Cabinet approves promulgation of GST (Compensation to States) Ordinance, 2017 Cabinet approves promulgation of the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Ordinance, 2017. The approval would allow increasing the maximum rate at which the Compensation Cess can be levied from 15% to 25% on a) motor vehicles for transport of not more than thirteen…

Government to launch Deep Ocean Mission The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is going to launch Deep Ocean Mission by January 2018 to encourage research activities in ocean science. Key Notes: i.The proposed inter-ministerial and interdisciplinary project aims to explore and harness mineral resources beneath the ocean floor. ii.India has 7,500 km of coastline…

NASA Makes an Attempt to Creates Glowing Colorful Clouds National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is on the rocket mission which is going to be launched after so many delays. They are planning to launch a rocket which will make artificial clouds in the atmosphere which will glow in the night. The motto behind the…

RBI to Introduce Rs 200 Notes Soon, Printing Order has been Placed According to the Reserve Bank of India, the Rs 200 notes are likely to be released as soon as possible. The Indian government has issued a gazette notification that will allow for the distribution of Rs 200 denomination currency notes. As per the…