Latest Current Affairs

World Vegetarian Day is observed annually on the planet on October 1.

On 14th December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly (by resolution 45/106) designated 1 October the International Day of Older Persons.

India has sharply increased its exposure to US government securities with holdings worth $135.7 billion at the end of July.

Iran has embargoed exports and imports of fuel products to Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its controversial independence referendum.

Austria’s law banning face veils such as burkhas or niqabs has come into effect from now.

The Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi inaugurated the 3rd annual ‘Women of India Organic Festival’ at Dilli Haat (INA).

The government has kept the interest rates unchanged on small savings schemes like PPF, Kisan Vikas Patra & Sukanya Samriddhi for October-December quarter.

The US central bank has fined global banking giant HSBC $175 million for failing to oversee foreign exchange traders who misused confidential client information and colluded with traders at competing banks.

Veteran film, television and theatre actor and Padma Shri Tom Alter has died at aged 67.

An Indian Police Service Officer of UP Cadre, Aparna Kumar became the first Indian woman to scale Mount Manaslu, which is the 8th highest mountain peak in the world.