Latest Current Affairs

Latest Current Affairs and important News, articles, treaties, government schemes, awards, sports results etc. for competitive exams SSC, UPSC, Railways, Public Service Commission(PSC). These daily general knowledge or general awareness section provides detail study materials for preparations. Download pdfs are available here.

Education Minister Launched "MyNEP2020" Platform of NCTE Portal

Education Minister Launched “MyNEP2020” Platform of NCTE Portal

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched the “MyNEP2020” Platform of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Web Portal which will be operational from April 1 to May 15, 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The platform seeks to invite suggestions from the stakeholders for preparing draft for development of National Professional Standards for Teachers […]

Education Minister Launched “MyNEP2020” Platform of NCTE Portal Read More »

CDS dedicated joint logistics facility in Mumbai

CDS dedicated joint logistics facility in Mumbai

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat operationalised a tri-services logistics facility in Mumbai in what is seen as a concrete step towards bringing greater integration in functioning of the three forces. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 These JLNs will provide integrated logistics cover to the Armed Forces for their small arms ammunition, rations, fuel,

CDS dedicated joint logistics facility in Mumbai Read More »

Multinational Military Exercise ‘Shantir Ogroshena -2021’

Multinational Military Exercise ‘Shantir Ogroshena -2021’

Indian Army will participate in Multinational Military Exercise namely SHANTIR OGROSHENA -2021 in Bangladesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The nine days exercise will start on the 4th of this month to commemorate the birth centenary of Bangladesh Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and mark glorious 50 years of liberation. Indian Army

Multinational Military Exercise ‘Shantir Ogroshena -2021’ Read More »

Odisha celebrates 86th statehood day ‘Utkala Dibasa’

Odisha celebrates 86th statehood day ‘Utkala Dibasa’

Odisha celebrated its 86th statehood on Apr 01, 2021. Celebrated as Utkal Diwas, the day commemorates the coming into being of Odisha as a state in 1936. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The British had occupied the Northern Circars, comprising the southern coast of Odisha, as a result of the Second Carnatic War by 1760,

Odisha celebrates 86th statehood day ‘Utkala Dibasa’ Read More »

Birth anniversary of Shivakumara Swamiji

Birth anniversary of Shivakumara Swamiji

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to late Shivakumara Swamiji of Siddaganga Math, a prominent Lingayat seminary in Karnataka, on his birth anniversary. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Shivakumara Swamigalu (1907 – 2019) was an Indian spiritual leader. He was a Lingayat religious figure and head of the Siddaganga Matha in Karnataka. He was described

Birth anniversary of Shivakumara Swamiji Read More »

Government slashes rates on small savings schemes by up to 1.1%

Government slashes rates on small savings schemes by up to 1.1%

The government has sharply slashed the rates on all small savings instruments for the first quarter of 2021-22, bringing the rate of return on the Public Provident Fund down from 7.1% to 6.4% and effecting cuts ranging from 40 basis points (0.4%) to 110 basis points (1.1%) through a notification. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

Government slashes rates on small savings schemes by up to 1.1% Read More »

Indian Army Formally Closes Down Military Farms after 132 Years of Service

Indian Army Formally Closes Down Military Farms after 132 Years of Service

The Indian Army has formally closed down the Military Farms after 132 years of service in a formal closing ceremony on 31 March, 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Military Farms were set up with sole requirement of supplying hygienic cow’s milk to troops billeted in various garrisons across British India. First Military farm was

Indian Army Formally Closes Down Military Farms after 132 Years of Service Read More »

Relevance of Article 244 (A) for Assam hill tribes and the politics

Relevance of Article 244 (A) for Assam hill tribes and the politics

Congress Party leader promised to implement Article 244 (A) of the Constitution to safeguard the interests of the people in Assam’s tribal-majority districts. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Article 244(A) allows for creation of an ‘autonomous state’ within Assam in certain tribal areas. Inserted into the Constitution in 1969, it also has a provision for

Relevance of Article 244 (A) for Assam hill tribes and the politics Read More »

Atal Innovation Mission launched 'AIM-PRIME'

Atal Innovation Mission launched ‘AIM-PRIME’

In a major push towards deep technology and driving the country to become a digitally transformed nation, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog launched AIM-PRIME (Program for Researchers on Innovations, Market-Readiness & Entrepreneurship), an initiative to promote and support science-based deep-tech startups & ventures across India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In this regard, AIM

Atal Innovation Mission launched ‘AIM-PRIME’ Read More »