Latest Current Affairs

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted a resolution to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons, particularly small arms and light weapons.

For the first time, an international team of scientists have discovered a way to successfully edit/ free embryos of a piece of faulty DNA that causes deadly heart disease in families.

The Election Commission has rejected the demands of the political parties to remove the None of the Above (NOTA) option in the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat.

Regulator SEBI has set up a committee on ‘fair market conduct’ which will suggest measures for improving surveillance of the markets and strengthen rules for trades.

The 7th Meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers was held in Shanghai, China.

The Union Cabinet has cleared a proposal to extend proxy voting to overseas Indians by amending electoral laws.

World Bank allowed India to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers with certain restrictions under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT).

The Union Cabinet approved the scrapping of the no-detention policy in schools till Class 8th.

The Punjab State government has initiated the process of appointing Indian all-rounder cricketer, Harmanpreet Kaur to the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the state police.

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed among India and various BRICS countries for establishment of the BRICS Agriculture Research Platform (BRICS-ARP).