Current Affairs 2019

Microsoft owned GitHub acquired US(United States) based start-up Pull Panda Firm which creates code review tools for the platform for an undisclosed sum Pull Panda offered its products include Pull Reminders, Pull Analytics, and Pull Assigner as a subscription model.  All these products available for free at GitHub Marketplace.  Microsoft announced its intention to buy […]

To support startups and entrepreneurs working in the information and communications technology (ICT) space, the government of India is planning to set up of 51 new startup incubators across India as part of its Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE) 2.0 scheme, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) tweeted on Monday. “Proposals for

Unemployment has been a very crucial issue in the country. There has been efforts to curb this menace as many youth are roaming on the road unemployed. The growing population of the country is posing a threat to the employment opportunities. With the second highest population in the world, we are struggling to meet our

Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan is the most expensive bowler in World Cup history. He is the world’s No.3 ODI bowler. He played Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League The record earlier belonged to New Zealand’s Martin Snedden 105 runs for two wickets against England in the 1983 World Cup. Rashid had taken one for 52

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) co-hosted the 12th Capacity Building workshop in New Delhi. The cooperation with the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre (‘SC) in New Delhi.  It began on June 19, 2019, and concluded on June 20, 2019.  The main aim is to

Indian engineer Nitesh Kumar Jangir whose low-cost neonatal breathing device saved the lives of new-born babies across small towns. India won the 2019 Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award in London. Nitesh Kumar Jangir created Saans as a breathing support device to avoid deaths of premature babies from respiratory distress syndrome due to a

World Refugee Day is observed on June 20 each year. The day is dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world. The theme for 2019 World Refugee day is #StepWithRefugees — Take A Step on World Refugee Day. The theme expects communities, schools, businesses, faith groups and people from all walks

India extended USD 15 million assistance to Nigeria for organizing the African Union (AU) summit scheduled to be held in Niamey. This summit is scheduled to be held in Niamey from July 7-8.It is the first time that Niger is scheduled to host an AU summit. The assistance in the form of the grant was

The Second Edition of the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) list of India’s top 10 states are released. The states which have maximum number of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified green buildings are listed below. Maharashtra bagged the top slot with 334 LEED-certified green buildings It is followed by Karnataka and

Ireland decided to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 as part of a major strategy to protect the environment. It is one among the 180 measures of the Irish government published in the ‘Climate Action Plan’. They plan to have 950,000 electric vehicles on Irish roads supported by a network