Category: Current Affairs
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…