Current Affairs Capsule
Sonia Gandhi was re-elected as the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party at a meeting of the newly-elected Congress Lok Sabha MPs in New Delhi on 1 June 2019. Her name was proposed by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and supported by all MPs. The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh became […]
India’s Anita Bhatia has been appointed as the new Assistant Secretary-General for resource management, sustainability and partnerships and Deputy Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Bhatia has previously served at several senior leadership and management positions at the World Bank. In annual competitiveness rankings released by […]
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC) and Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for the year 2019-20 for provisions of enhanced services by NSIC under its marketing, financial, technology and other support services schemes for MSME in the country. Indian writer Annie Zaidi, who is […]
India has been elected to the Executive Board of first United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) Assembly headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The first session of the UN-Habitat Assembly will be held from 27 May 2019 till 31 May 2019 during which it will review and approve the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan 2020-2025 and will also review […]
India’s Apurvi Chandela won gold in women’s 10m Air Rifle at ISSF World Cup Rifle stage III held in Munich, Germany. This is her career’s fourth ISSF medal. India already holds five Tokyo 2020 Olympic quota places in Rifle and Pistol competitions secured by Saurabh Chaudhary, Apurvi, Abhishek Verma, Divyansh Singh Panwar and Anjum. Sri […]
The Indian Air Force’s (IAF’s) AN-32 aircraft was formally fleet certified to fly on blended aviation fuel which contain up to 10% of indigenous bio-jet fuel. The indigenous bio-jet fuel was first produced in 2013 by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) lab at Dehradun. World Thyroid Day is observed […]
US President Donald Trump reached Japan on 25 May, 2019 for a four-day visit. President Trump will meet Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito, who ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne. President Trump will also address troops at a US base in Japan, highlighting the military alliance between the two allies at a time when tensions are running higher with […]
The Director Generals of Assam Rifles and Indian Coast Guard signed an ‘Affiliation Charter’ between 3rd (Naga Hills) Battalion of Assam Rifles and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship ‘Shaurya’ at Laitkor, Shillong. It aims to enhance inter-armed forces cooperation between two and utilise each other’s assets for training and sports. Assam Rifles is India’s oldest […]
Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth became first woman pilot of Indian Air Force (IAF) to qualify to undertake combat missions on a fighter jet. She is from the first batch of women fighter pilots of the IAF and joined the fighter squadron in November 2017. For the first time she flew solo in a MiG-21 Bison, […]