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Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi wins US Documentary Grand Jury Award

A film on the life of Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi has won the US Documentary Grand Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival being held at Park City in Utah....

Vijay Keshav Gokhale to take charge as new Foreign Secretary

Vijay Keshav Gokhale, a senior diplomat of the external Affairs Ministry, will take charge as the next Foreign Secretary....

Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan wins Indonesian Masters

The world no.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan defeated Saina Nehwal in the finals of the Indonesia Masters in Jakarta....

President launches Pulse Polio programme for 2018

President Ram Nath Kovind has launched Pulse Polio Immunization (PPI) Programme for year 2018 by administering polio drops to children at the Rashtrapati Bhavan....

Juan Orlando Hernandez sworn-in as President of Honduras

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was sworn in for a second term amid protests over what the opposition calls electoral fraud....

27 January 2018 Current Affairs Quiz

27 January 2018 Current Affairs

Current Affairs 27 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...

First India-designed vaccine 'Rotovac' passes WHO test

For the first time, a vaccine conceived and developed from scratch in India has been "pre-qualified" by the World Health Organisation....

Doomsday Clock set to 2 mins to midnight closest since 1953

The Doomsday Clock close the planet is to an apocalypse was set at 2 minutes to midnight, the closest since 1953 during the Cold War....

Mazumdar-Shaw, Rajiv Lall joins USIBC

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairman and managing director of Biocon Ltd, IDFC Bank founder Rajiv Lall have been appointed to the board of US India Business Council for 2018....

Hungarian-French pair Babos and Mladenovic won Australian Open women's doubles

In Tennis, Hungarian-French pairing and fifth seeds Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic won the Australian Open women's doubles title in Melbourne....

India beat Japan in Four Nations Invitational Tournament

India beat Japan 4-2 in the second leg of the Four Nations Invitational Tournament in New Zealand....

Himachal CM launches 'Shakti' app for women's safety

The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Jai Ram Thakur has launched the 'Shakti' app for women's safety in the state....

Indian-origin boy Mehul Garg sets new Mensa record

Indian-origin boy Mehul Garg (10) in United Kingdom became youngest applicant in decade to achieve highest score in Mensa IQ test, beating geniuses like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking....

India, Vietnam release first-ever Commemorative Stamps

India and Vietnam released first ever set of commemorative postage stamps to mark the long-term friendly bilateral relationships between the two countries....

Vijender rises to 6th in WBO rankings for Super middleweight category

Indian boxing star Vijender Singh has risen four rungs to sixth in the latest WBO rankings for the super middleweight category....

Kolkata becomes 1st Indian Metro to get a Floating Market

Kolkata has become the first Indian Metro to get a Floating Market....

India ranks 177 In Environmental Performance Index

India ranks 177 among 180 countries in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2018, according to a biennial report by Yale and Columbia Universities along with the World Economic Forum. ...

Chinese scientists for first time successfully clone monkeys

Chinese scientists for first time have successfully cloned two identical long-tailed macaques (monkeys), named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua using same technique that produced Dolly sheep two decades ago....

Book titled "Dilli Meri Dilli: Before and After 1998" by Sheila Dixit released

The evolution of Delhi and many of its little-known facets have been captured in a book of photographs by one of its architects - former chief minister Sheila Dikshit....