Latest Current Affairs

RBI to pay Rs 30,659 cr dividend to Govt for 2016-17

According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), it will pay Rs 30,659 crore dividend to the government for the year ended June 30, less than half of what it paid in 2016....

US Scientists develop micropropulsion system based on liquid water

Engineers from Purdue University in US have designed and tested a micropropulsion system called a Film-Evaporation MEMS Tunable Array (FEMTA) thruster that uses liquid water as the propellant for orbi...

Venkaiah Naidu sworn in as the 13th Vice President of India

M. Venkaiah Naidu was sworn in as the 13th Vice President of India at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi....

India and US to co-host Global Entrepreneurship Summit

India and US are going to co-host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Hyderabad, Telangana from 28th to 30th November 2017....

Google, NSDC Launch Android Skill Development Programme

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Google India launched Android Skill Development Programme to impart mobile app development training on the Android and Web platform and improve the qu...

10 August 2017 Current Affairs Quiz

Facebook launches 'Watch' for original TV content

In an apparent bid to take on Google-owned YouTube, Facebook has rolled out 'Watch', a redesigned video platform for creators and publishers....

10 August 2017 Current Affairs

Current Affairs 10 August 2017 happenings of every day are covered here date wise. All types of current affairs like National, International, Economic, Science & Technology are covered in detail in th...

SEBI Launches Online Registration for Custodians of Securities

Markets regulator SEBI has introduced an online registration mechanism for custodians of securities to make it convenient for them to do business....

UP Government launches Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra

Uttar Pradesh Government has launched a new awareness drive called Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra...

Kang becomes first Indian to qualify for javelin throw finals

Davinder Singh Kang has become the first Indian to qualify for the final round of the javelin throw World Championships while his compatriot Neeraj Chopra crashed out in the qualification round....

MCX gets Sebi approval for launching gold options

The Multi Commodity Exchange Ltd (MCX), the country’s largest commodity exchange has received capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) approval to launch options t...

SoftBank Vision Fund invests in Flipkart

Flipkart Group (Flipkart), India’s leading e-commerce marketplace, has announced an investment - a mix of primary and secondary capital - from SoftBank Vision Fund (Vision Fund), the world’s large...

Telangana CM Initiates Rs. 2,000-cr Sriram Sagar Modernization Project

In an effort to modernize the Sriram Sagar project and increase the area served, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao initiated a Rs. 2,000-crore project that seeks to modernize the project. ...

Oxford Launches Tamil, Gujarati Online Dictionaries

After the Hindi version, Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched online dictionaries in Tamil and Gujarati as part of its special focus on Indian languages....

Gujarat First State to Implement Coal Utilisation

The Gujarat government has issued a tender for power developers to receive cheap coal marked for the state in return for selling coal-based power at less than Rs 2.82 a unit....

Kynan Chenai wins bronze for India at 7th Asian Shotgun Championships

Indian shooter Kynan Chenai won a bronze in men’s trap event, his first international medal at the senior level, at the 7th Asian Championship Shotgun at Astana, Kazakhstan....

BitBay launches cryptocurrency trading platform in India

BitBay, one of the top ten cryptocurrency trading platforms in the world, has launched a dedicated platform for trade and exchange of digital currencies such as bitcoin, litecoin, ether, Lisk, monero,...

India ranks 43rd in 2017 Global Retirement Index

India ranked 43rd position in 2017 Global Retirement Index (GRI). It is published by French asset management company Natixis Global....

Second National Deworming Day to cover 11 cr children

The second round of National Deworming Day (NDD) is observed on 10 August in 33 States and Union Territories to tackle worm Infections, targeting more than 11 crore children....