Current Affairs 2019

Google’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq President Adena Friedman selected for Global Leadership Awards 2019 by business advocacy group USIBC. They both are recognized for their companies contribution as the leading technology-driven platforms Washington-based US-India Business Council (USIBC) gives this award for achievements in over 30 categories for talented people who are recognized […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new government has shifted its focus to the allied issue of water after the country-wide sanitation drive with the Swachh Bharat Mission comes to an end on October 2, 2019. The focus will is carried out by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.  Objective: The scheme ‘Nal se Jal’ will be a component of the

The first tourist train traveling through Russia’s Arctic region and on to Norway set off from Saint Petersburg station Wednesday with 91 passengers aboard for the inaugural trial journey. “The Arctic fascinates everybody,” said Nurlan Mukash, executive director of the German Lernidee Erlebnisreisen tour group behind the project. “This destination has been covered by Canadian

10th National Science Film Festival of India would be held here in January- February to popularize science films and literature, where at least ten countries would participate, a minister said on Thursday. State Science and Technology minister, Sudip Roy Burman said, Vigyan Prasar of the central government, state government and Tripura Central University have come together

Sachin Bansal, Flipkart ex-CEO and BAC Acquisitions co-founder, has joined Ujjivan Small Finance Bank’s board as an independent director. This move becomes significant when we look at what Bansal has been trying at for the past 9-10 months. His plan was to open a bank, but for that he had to obtain a license from RBI.

A Two-day Yoga Mahotsava, a Curtain Raiser for International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2019 was organized in New Delhi. It was inaugurated by the Vice-Chairman, NITI AYOG Rajeev Kumar.  Organised by:The Yoga Mahotsav-2019 was organized by Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) under Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). This is to sensitize the masses for the

Delhi government has announced its plan to subsidize travel in public transport for women commuters in the Capital. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Aim: The government intends to allow women to travel for free on metro trains and State-run buses by the month of August-September. The new scheme, which is to be implemented, is to encourage

The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Monday passed a resolution to increase the reservation quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) from the existing 14 per cent to 27 per cent, taking the total reservation in the state to 73 per cent in violation of Supreme Court guidelines on the quota.  As of now, the state has

The Army’s Eastern Command headquarters at Fort William will play an important role in monitoring the air quality in the city. On Monday, the sixth Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS) was commissioned there in the presence of Lt Gen M M Naravane, GOC-in-C, Eastern Command and officials of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB). Kalyan Rudra, chairman, WBPCB,

Indian Navy deployed its P-8I long-range maritime surveillance aircraft for anti-piracy sorties from Salalah in Oman to patrol the Gulf of Aden. This is the second time the P-8I is operated from Salalah for anti-piracy in 2019. It was operated from there first January. It is an expansion of its Mission Based Deployments (MBD) in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).  P-8I: The P-8I provides