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…