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Esow wins India its third medal at Junior Track Cycling World Championships

Esow Alben won India its third medal at the Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany by winning silver in the Men’s Sprint individual event. Alben, who got the better of Germany’s Julien Jager in the best-of-three-races format in the semi-finals, took on Greece’s Konstantinos Livanos in the gold-medal match. Like in the semi-final, […]

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MoHUA to Organize One Day National Workshop Cum Exhibition on Sustainable Sanitation

The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) will be organizing a one day national workshop cum exhibition at Vigyan Bhawan on 19 August, 2019. Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot, Union Minister, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJ&E) will be the Chief Guest of the event. The workshop which will also be graced by Shri

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India suspends Thar Link Express to Pakistan

The railways cancelled operations of Thar Link Express that connects Jodhpur in India to Karachi in Pakistan, officials said, a development that temporarily snaps all rail links between the two countries, as the services of Samjhauta Express have already been suspended. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The train’s scheduled journey will not take place, North

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5th Army International Scout Masters Competition

The Indian Army team has comprehensively won the 5th Army International Scout Masters Competition held at Jaisalmer Military Station from 06 to 14 August 2019 in a fiercely fought competition with teams from Armenia, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Sudan and Uzbekistan. The Indian Army team was selected and trained under the aegis of Southern Command.

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MoD clarifies there is no proposal to privatise OFB

In continuation of the meeting held on August 14, a Committee of senior officials of Ministry of Defenceled by Additional Secretary, Department of Defence Production alongwith Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) once again met the office bearers of the All India Defence Employees Federation, Indian National Defence Workers Federation, Bhartiya Pratiksha Mazdoor Sangh and Confederation

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Chhattisgarh CM announced to increase in reservations for OBC and SC

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced an increase in reservations for OBC and SC in state government jobs and education. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Baghel said the government will increase the quota for Scheduled Castes by one per cent while nearly doubling reservation for OBCs from 14 per cent to 27 per cent. The

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Online revenue payment system launched by CM of Odisha

The chief minister of Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik, launched online revenue payment system providing people, an easier way to make their land revenue payments-online, on 73rd Independence Day on August 15, 2019 at Bhubaneswar. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Online revenue payment system This online payment system was developed at the National Informatics Centre (NIC)-

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Kashmir’s Untold Story: Declassified, J&K story from 1889 to 2019

Kashmir’s Untold Story: Declassified, a new book will tell the riveting story of the history of Jammu and Kashmir, from the time of its political and geographic consolidation under Maharaja Gulab Singh to the present-day, publishers Bloomsbury announced in 14 August. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Kashmir’s Untold Story: Declassified, the book penned by filmmaker

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Fifth Meeting Of BRICS Minister Of Environment

Acknowledging the importance of urban environmental management for improving quality of life in cities, the Environment Ministers of BRICS countries, agreed to work together to resolve the multifaceted environmental issues faced by BRICS cities. These discussions and announcements were made during the 5th BRICS Minister of Environment Meeting held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This meeting

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Bajrang Punia was nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award

Wrestler Bajrang Punia was nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, a year after he threatened to move court for not getting his due. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 His name was finalised by a 12-member selection committee on the opening day of a two-day meeting. The panel comprises the likes of Bhaichung Bhutia

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