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Assam government increased the parent’s annual income of students eligible for fee wavier scheme up to post graduation level from RS 1 Lakh to RS 2 Lakh. It was announced by Assam education minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya. The scheme does not apply for private colleges and universities in Assam. Children of parents working in state and central government

Apart from hiking the scholarship amount, now the ambit of the Scholarship Scheme is extended to the wards of State Police officials who are or were martyred during terror or Naxal attacks. The quota of new scholarships for children of state police officials will be 500 in a year. The rates of scholarship have also been

K. Kasturirangan Committee submitted the 484-pages draft report of National Education Policy to the new Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal. The report on the National Education Policy mainly put out on the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)’s website for suggestions from the public The last date for the suggestions is June 30. The Committee

India lost the world’s fastest-growing economy title to China.  In the January-March quarter, India registered 6.3% whereas China recorded a growth of 6.4% in the March Quarter.   India had been ahead of China for two years. The country’s economic growth rate of India slowed to 5.8% during the fourth quarter of 2018-19 due to low agriculture and mining output along with subdued consumer demand.   India’s economic

India, US, Japan, and Australia came together to support ASEAN-led architecture mechanism for a rule-based order to promote the free, open, prosperous and inclusive indo-pacific region in a meeting held at Bangkok, Thailand.The meeting at Bangkok is to counter China’s military expansion into the Indo-pacific region. The Quad Countries: Senior officials of the four countries also highlighted their efforts to maintain universal

The Under-20 Eurasian Athletics Championships held at Almaty, Kazakhstan, India team won 5 gold and 3 silver medals National teams from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, India, and Tajikistan participated in a 2-day event held on May 29-30, 2019. Sreekiran bagged the boys’ 800m gold with a time of 1:54.62 Rohit Yadav added the fifth gold medal

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has accorded the status of legal person or entity to animals, granting them the “corresponding rights, duties, and liabilities of a living person”.  The Bench also provided guidelines for the accord. Guidelines: It has fixed load to be carried by animals and banned their deployment for pulling vehicles inextreme cold and heat conditions. 

Telangana Day is celebrated on June 2 each year from 2014 after its bifurcation from Andhra Pradesh.  This year marks the fifth Telangana State Formation Day.  It is the 29th state of the country after the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act was passed in the Parliament.  The celebrations are held in all the 30 districts of the state. Telangana was officially formed on 2 June

Indonesia’s Anton Aditya subowo re-elected as President of Badminton Asia for another four year period. There were around seven people who were selected as the vice-presidents.  India’s Badminton Asia’s president Himanta Biswa Sarma .  Around 40 countries were voted for the posts of President, Vice President, and Secretary-General. About Badminton Asia:  2019 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships officially crowned the best

Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), India’s top oil and gas producer, has toppledIndian Oil Corp (IOC) to regain the crown of being the country’s most profitable public sector company.  Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) reported a 34% jump in its 2018- 19 fiscal net profit to Rs.26,716 crore.  Whereas, IOC registered a net profit of Rs.17.274 crore for the