Category: Current Affairs

The first phase of passenger service of Hyderabad Metro will be flagged off in the first half of 2016. Speaking at the end of the first commuter trial run between Mettuguda and Uppal, IT and Panchayat Raj Minister K.T. Rama made this announcement on Friday at the Nagole Metro Depot after the trial run. “The…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will recalibrate budget priorities in 2016 to focus on social initiatives, such as the country’s first major crop insurance scheme, while capping previously prioritised infrastructure spending, officials say. Modi splurged on roads and railways this year in a strategy to spur economic growth. But it came partly at the expense of…

Talasani Srinivas Yadav, a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Telangana, is serving in the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) cabinet as commercial taxes and cinematography minister since 16 December 2014. This unethical continuance of Yadav in the TRS cabinet for more than six months, without disqualification from the assembly, questions…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the ‘Make in India’ initiative has become a movement in Japan and the island nation has created a fund of about USD 12 billion for it. “Today, there is a ‘Make In India’ movement in Japan. I have been told that USD 11-12 billion fund has been earmarked for…

1. The United Nations conference on Trade and development projected that India’s GDP is expected to grow at ____ in 2015 (3) (1) 7.0% (2) 7.25% (3) 7.50% (4) 7.75% (5) 8.00% 2. Which of the following bank register the highest increase in the gross NPA (Non Performing Assets)? (4) (1) Bank of Baroda (2)…

Rivals from the two ends of political spectrum, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi were seen shaking hands and exchanging civilities at Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar’s 75th birthday celebrations. Mr Gandhi greeted the Prime Minister with a ‘Namaste’ before he was about to leave. The two followed it up…