Current Affairs Capsule

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik will inaugurate the national tribal festival, Aadi Mahotsav at Polo Ground in Leh-Ladakh on 17th August. The theme of the nine-day festival is – “A celebration of the spirit of Tribal Craft, Culture and Commerce”. It is being jointly organised by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Tribal Cooperative […]

Organ Donation Day is observed on 13th August every year to motivate people to donate their healthy and precious organs after death to save lives. As per the National Health Portal, 500,000 people die due to non-availability of organs. Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare launched 6th World and 1st ever Indian Organ Donation […]

Google announced the ‘Doodle for Google’ 2019 winner as Arantza Pena Popo of Georgia for her Doodle titled “Once You Get It, Give It Back.” Google awarded Arantza with a USD 30,000 college scholarship and a USD 50,000 technology award for her school. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has notified that the ceiling price of […]

United States on 12th August announced new rules that aim to deny US citizenship and permanent residency to the immigrants, who use public benefits such as food stamps, public health care and other public welfare services. These new rules, which will come into effect in mid-October 2019, tighten the definition of who is likely to become a public […]

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to provide Rotavirus vaccine ‘Rotavac’ to every child across all the 36 states/UTs by September, 2019. Rotavirus is a leading cause of diarrhoea in children less than 5 years of age. In India, every year, there are 37 diarrheal deaths out of every 1000 children. Developed […]

Richard Yu, the head of Huawei’s consumer business, launched Huawei’s own operating system called HarmonyOS or HongMeng in Chinese. Huawei is a Chinese telecom giant. HarmonyOS is future-oriented and designed to be more smooth and secure, and is completely different from Android and iOS. US President Donald Trump, amid suspicions that the Huawei provides a […]

Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha drive has been launched by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) to create awareness about Water Conservation among all school students in the country. It seeks to make students competent, conscientious and committed water citizens of the nation. India and Bangladesh have agreed to set up a Joint Technical committee […]

Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has unveiled the draft Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for coastal zone management, prepared by the Society for Integrated Coastal Management, a MoEFCC-affiliated body, as part of a World Bank-funded project. It lays out guidelines for coastal States to adopt, when they approve and regulate […]

In response to the Indian government’s move to end special status for Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan announced a five-point plan that included suspension of bilateral trade. Pakistan has also expelled the Indian envoy, Ajay Bisaria, in Islamabad. The decision was taken in a crucial meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC). It was also decided […]

The Parliament passed the Consumer Protection Bill, 2019, which aims at protecting the interests of consumers by establishing authorities for timely and effective administration and settlement of consumers’ dispute. The bill has a provision to set up a Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) to promote, protect and enforce the rights of consumers.  India’s first wireless 3D […]