Category: Current Affairs

  • Current Affaires

    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 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…

  • India ranked 96th in FIFA Rankings

    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…

  • Current Affairs

    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…

  • Current Affairs

    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…

  • Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exam 2017

    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…