Category: Current Affairs

BMI Research: India to have a GDP Growth of 6.9% in this Fiscal According to BMI Research, a Fitch group company, India is expected to register a growth of 6.9% in this financial year. BMI Research was founded in 1984 by Business Monitor International and later in 2014, it was acquired by Fitch Group. The…

RBI limits Customer liability in Online Banking RBI has issued directions on ‘Customer Protection – Limiting Liability of Customers in unauthorised Electronic Banking Transactions’. RBI has issued the revised directions amidst a recent increase in customer grievances related to unauthorised transactions. Salient Highlights The following are the salient highlights of the revised directions: If the…

As per the updated FIFA world football rankings, the Indian national football has managed to secure the 96th spot moving up four places. Earlier, India was placed at the 100th position. This is the best ranking secured by India in 21 years. India had ranked 101st in the FIFA rankings for April. The current ranking…

1. Tata Global Beverages Ltd. appointed Tata Sons’ head Natarajan Chandrasekaran as the Chairman of its board. 2. Veteran Marathi playwriter, actor, director, translator Madhukar Toradmal died. He was 85. 3. Realty firm Signature Global, which is into development of affordable homes, has roped in Bollywood actress Vidya Balan as its brand ambassador. 4. Hyundai…

Cricket removed from 2018 Asian Games programme i. One of the sports to miss out from the programme list of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang is cricket. ii. Apart from cricket, skateboarding, sambo and surfing are among the other sports which have been removed from the programme in order to reduce the…

NASA names bacteria after Abdul Kalam i. Scientists at NASA have named a new organism discovered by them after the much-loved A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. ii.The name of the bacterium is Solibacillus kalamii, the species name is after Dr. Abdul Kalam and genus name is Solibacillus which is a spore-forming bacteria. India’s Prashant Ranganathan wins top…

Gayatri Pullela wins twin crown at Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix i. National Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand’s daughter Gayatri Pullela has bagged both the singles and doubles crown at the Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix in Jakarta. ii. Gayatri eked out a hard-fought win over her doubles partner Samiya Farooqui to win the…

Govt makes mandatory to link Aadhaar with PAN with effect from July 1: The Government has made it mandatory to link existing Aadhaar numbers with PAN of taxpayers with effect from July 1. Amending income tax rules and notifying the same, the Government has also made quoting of the 12-digit biometric Aadhaar or the enrolment…

Dear Students, Every year we face a common question about the job preference while filling the form of SSC CGLE.The choice varies from person to person. Some likes to stay near to their hometown and thus choose ITI, some like to stay near the coastal area and so they choose Examiner. Some like to go…

Bank Exams Preparation Quantitative Aptitude by Dr. G.S.Giridhar, Director, RACE Institute Eenadu  23-07-2017

China to host BRICS Film Festival in June, 2017 i. The 2017 BRICS Film Festival will be held in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province from June 23 to 27, 2017. ii. There will be 30 films from BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) screened during the festival. iii. The first BRICS Film…

National Panchayati Raj Diwas->24th April i. Every year April 24 is being observed as National Panchayati Raj Diwas across India. ii. This day marks the passing of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 that came into force with effect from 24 April 1993. iii. The Kuther Gram Panchayat of Himachal Pradesh will get the award…