Latest Current Affairs

AIIB Grants $ 160 MN For AP Power Project

China sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on 5th May, 2017 approved $ 160 MN loan for a Power Project in Andhra Pradesh. It is the first credit from this bank for an Indian Project. ...

May 4 : International Firefighters Day

International Firefighters Day (IFFD) is observed on May 4 every year. It was instituted after proposal emailed out across the World on January 4, ...

Odisha’s Sualgiri, Swalgiri Communities Notified As Scheduled Castes

Odisha’s Sualgiri and Swalgi Communities have been notified as Scheduled castes following President Pranab Mukherjee’s assent to a new law....

Indian Football Team Reached In Top 100 FIFA Ratings

Indian Football team first time reached it into the top 100 at the FIFA World Cup Ratings. And it if for the first time ever in entire 21 years Indian team reached the Final of FIFA World Cup....

Dronacharya Awardee Wrestler Capt Chandroop Passes Away

Dronacharya Awarded and Wrestler Captain Chand Roop has passed away. He was 88, Captain Chand Roop was received Dronacharya Award in 2010. He received the award for his Contribution to Wrestling. ...

Banganapalle Mangoes Receives Geographical Indication Tag

The succulent Banganapalle Mango has received a Geograpghical Indication (GI) tag, making Andhra Pradesh the proprietor of the variety known for its sweetness. ...

Prince Philip To Step Down From Royal Engagements

Prince Philip is to permanently retire from royal duties. The 95 year old will no longer carry out public engagements from the Autumn. It was the Duke’s decision taken with the support of the Queen....

Trump’s Obama Care Replacement Bill Passed By US House

In USA, lawmakers vote to repeal and replace Obamacare with makes Quality health insurance more affordable and available to the Americans....

Sunny Pawar Chosen For Rising Star Award In The UK

Child actor Sunny Pawar, best known for his Performance in the Oscar nominated film Lion, has been chosen for the Rising Star Award in UK. ...

China To Launch Its Own Encyclopaedia As A Rival To Wikipedia

China plans to launch its own online Encyclopedia next year rivalling Wikipedia and Britain’s Encyclopedia Britannica. The Main objective of this project is to guide public thought. China fears that...

Madhya Pradesh First To Switch To Jan-Dec Fiscal Year

Madhya Pradesh became the first state in India to switch to the January - December financial year from existing April - March cycle. It will break a 150 - year old tradition of adopting the financial ...

Braj Bihari Kumar To Succeed SK Thorat As ICSSR Chief

Braj Bihari Kumar will succeed economist prof SK Thorat as the Chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). Mr Kumar editor of Quarterly Journals Dialogue and Chintan Srijan, ...

Railway Bridge Taller Than Eiffel Tower To Be Built Over Chenab River

Railways Ministry on 3 May 2017 announced to build the world’s highest railway bridge over the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir in around two years from now. This railway bridge is expected to be 3...

Vijayawada Airport Becomes International Airport

The Union Cabinet has granted International Airport status for the Vijayawada Airport. The approval was given as per provisions of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. ...

Uttar Pradesh Deploys Ambulances For Cows

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya flagged off an ambulance service that would cater to cows. Under the “Gau Vansh Chikitsa Mobile Vans” service,...

Gadkari Inaugurates The Highway Saga, SRISHTI Exhibitions

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated two exhibitions namely The Highway Saga past present and Future, Safe Road and Interstate Highways Transforming India (SRISH...

PM Modi Inaugurated Patanjali Research Institute In Uttarakhand

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Patanjali Research Institute at patanjali Yogpeeth in Haridwar on 3 May, 2017. An amount of 2000 crore was spent on building the patanjali Research center. ...

Soumyajit Ghosh Wins Singles And Doubles Gold At Chile Open

Indian Table Tennis Player Soumyajit Ghosh has bagged both the singles and doubles gold at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF Challenge Chile Open in Santiago, Chile. Men’s single final was contested between t...

Movie The Black Prince Awarded At International Film Fest In Houston

The Hollywood film The Black Prince starring Indian Actress Shabana Azmi and singer poet Satinder Sartaaj awarded special Jury Remi Award at 50th Annual Worldfest Houston International Film Festival. ...

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