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Neelam Kapoor appointed as Director General of Sports Authority of India

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed senior bureaucrat Neelam Kapoor as Director General (DG) of the Sports Authority of India (SAI)....

Lt. Gen Anil Chauhan Takes Charge As DGMO Of Indian Army

Lt. Gen Anil Chauhan took charge as the new Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army. ...

World’s Oldest Man Passes Away At 113

The world's oldest man Francisco Nunez Olivera has died just over a month after celebrating his 113th birthday....

31 January 2018 Current Affairs Quiz

31 January 2018 Current Affairs

Current Affairs 31 January 2018 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 t...

Speaking Truth to Power book launched

Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and P Chidambaram released a book titled “Speaking Truth to Power” authored by P Chidambaram in New Delhi on Jan 30, 2018....

1st Khelo India School Games launched

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first Khelo India School Games at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi....

Renowned Sri Lankan filmmaker Dharmasena Pathiraja passes away

Renowned Sri Lankan filmmaker Dharmasena Pathiraja, fondly referred to as ‘a rebel with a cause’ and acclaimed for his compelling portrayals of urban underclasses has passed away....

Anu Kumar wins first gold medal of Khelo India School Games

Anu Kumar of Uttarakhand grabbed the first gold medal of the Khelo India School Games in 1500 metres at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium....

Soumitra Chatterjee presented with France’s Legion d’Honneur

Legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee (83) was awarded France’s highest civilian award, Legion d’Honneur....

Vinod Paul First Indian to receive WHO’s IhsanDogramaci Family Health Foundation Prize

NITI Aayog member Dr Vinod Paul became first Indian to be awarded prestigious IhsanDoğramacı Family Health Foundation Prize by World Health Organisation (WHO)....

Melbourne to Host Final of 2020 World T20

Melbourne Cricket Ground will host the final of both the men’s and women’s World Twenty20 when the tournaments come to Australia in 2020....

Sharath Kamal Wins Table Tennis Nationals Championship

Sharath Kamal beat top-seeded Anthony Amalraj to win the men singles title for the eighth time, equalling the feat of Kamlesh Mehta in the 79th edition of the 11Even Sports Senior Nationals in Ranchi,...

1st Syria Peace Congress begins in Sochi

The Syrian National Dialogue Congress began in the Russian city Sochi....

US lifts ban on refugees from 11 'high risk' nations

The United States has announced that it is lifting the ban that it had imposed ban on refugees from 11 nations, which it termed as high-risk countries....

India becomes third largest producer of crude steel

According to recent report published by World Steel Association (WSA), India has overtaken US to become the world’s third largest steel producer in 2017....

Indian-American Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen to lead USISPF Board

Indian-American Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen has been elected as the Vice Chairman of the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum....

Asha Bhosle to get Yash Chopra Memorial Award

Bollywood playback singer Asha Bhosle will be given the 'Yash Chopra Memorial Award'....

IOA names Sisodia as Chef de Mission for CWG 2018

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) appointed Vikram Singh Sisodia as the Chef de Mission for the 21st Commonwealth Games to be held at Gold Coast in Australia....

Prakash won Badminton Association of India Lifetime Achievement Award

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu conferred Badminton Association of India Lifetime Achievement Award to 1983 World Championship medallist Prakash Padukone....