Category: Current Affairs
-
Human Resource Development Ministry to Launch Smart Apps to Make Education Available on The Go
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry will launch smart apps to make education available to more people and on the go. Officials said that in the National Conference on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in School Education, organised by the Ministry, ICT-based initiatives of the Ministry including ‘e-pathshala’, a web mobile based application of teaching…
-
Current Affairs Quiz
1. Vadakkunnathan Temple is located in Kerala at __? (3) (1) Trivandrum (2) Kozhikode (3) Thrissur (4) Vellayani (5) None of these 2. Which African city will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games? (4) (1) Pretoria (2) Kimberley (3) Johannesburg (4) Durban (5) None of these 3. Which state government of India launched One Stop Centre…
-
Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne Want to Mimic David Beckham in US
David Beckham is the millionaire model, sportsman and nice guy credited with helping make football more popular in the United States. And now Shane Warne wants to do the same for cricket. The Australian spin king has jetted into New York with Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar to embark on an exhibition tour designed to…
-
Current Affairs Quiz
1. Which of the following recently got the certificate by Limca Book of Records for the “Largest Yoga performance”? (3) (1) ITBP (2) BSF (3) CRPF (4) NCC (5) None of these 2. Which Indian organisation got SKOCH Awards for Smart Governance initiatives, recently? (2) (1) EPFO (2) RBI (3) SEBI (4) SBI (5) None…
-
PM Modi Launches India’s First-Ever Gold Coin, 2 Other Gold Schemes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched India’s first-ever gold coin and inaugurated two gold related schemes, including the gold monetisation scheme, aimed at luring tonnes of unused gold from households into the banking system. “20,000 tonnes of gold is just lying unused. That is the reason we are poor,” he said and added that “If…
-
Current Affairs Quiz
1. Who has been chosen for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for Science and Technology 2015, in medical science category? (2) (1) Yogesh Joshi (2) Vidita Vaidya (3) Mandar Deshmukh (4) D Srinivas Reddy (5) None of these 2. Which country has organised the Himalayan Air Festival to help revive the nation’s tourism industry? (1) (1)…