Current Affairs Capsule
Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will launch Jal Shakti Abhiyan across the country from New Delhi on 1 July to accelerate water harvesting and conservation measures. The scheme is aimed at making water conservation and promotion of irrigation efficiency a mass movement through asset creation and communication campaigns. In a step towards women empowerment, the […]
The Lok Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019, to replace an ordinance issued by the previous government. Under the bill’s provisions, people living along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir will get benefits of reservation in direct recruitment, promotion and admission in professional courses on par with those living […]
The Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Human Resource Development has finalized and released a five-year vision plan named Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP). The report has been prepared after a detailed exercise done by the experts from various areas, including promoting excellence, employability and entrepreneurship among others. Tribal Affairs Ministry and Trifed […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump held bilateral talks ahead of the formal inauguration of the G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan. Both leaders, who met just after the Japan-America-India (JAI) trilateral meet, discussed issues including trade, defence and 5G communications networks. India has signed a loan agreement worth 400 million dollar with […]
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe at Strasbourg (France) has voted in favour of restoring Russia’s voting rights, 5 years after they were revoked over its illegal annexation of Crimean Peninsula. This move now paves the way for Russia to participate in election of a new secretary general for pan-European rights body. Council of […]
Rachna Khaira of The Tribune News Service has bagged prestigious RedInk Award for for Excellence in Indian Journalism ‘Journalist of the Year’ 2019 for her expose during 2018 on functioning of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and its Aadhaar data cache. Dinu Ranadive and Sebastian D’Souza jointly received 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. The […]
NDRF and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for dedicating in-house disaster response force by September 2020 to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The 1st respondents in case of any eventuality will be staffs of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board. The training of […]
According to a notice issued by Nepalese Embassy in New Delhi, Nepalese nationals is required to have visa if they are entering India from Pakistan, China, Hong Kong and Macau. As per the Nepal foreign ministry, there are 4 million Nepalese working and studying in India. As per existing rule, a citizen of Nepal entering […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) launched a new online tool called AWaRe (Access, Watch and Reserve) developed by WHO’s Essential Medicines List (EML), which is aimed at guiding policy-makers and health workers of country to reduce spread of antimicrobial resistance, adverse events and costs. In India, Union Ministry of Health Affair has made it mandatory […]
The World Music Day also known as the Fête de la Musique is observed annually across the world on June 21, the same day as the International Yoga Day, to encourage both amateur and professional musicians to perform on the streets. The theme for this year was ‘Music at the intersections’. The International Music day was first celebrated in […]