Current Affairs

1.       Towards improvement of delivery of healthcare services, “Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has great potential.This was stated by Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare during his address at Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, at Canberra, Australia. ·         Using ICT under Digital India Program of Government of India”, India is

1.       Between the Indian Army and Seychelles People’s Defence Forces started the eighth joint military exercise on February 24 and will continue till March 4 at Mahe Island, Seychelles. The exercise is named “Lamitye” which in the local dialect ‘Creole’, means friendship. In the series of bilateral exercises being conducted in the beautiful island nation, this

1.   Re-structuring of NSDF and NSDC approved by cabinet. A.    Approval for restructuring of National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has given by The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. B.    It is approved to strengthen governance, implementation and monitoring framework. C.    Better corporate governance, transparency and

International Summits and Conference 1.   On International Security VII Moscow Conference. A. To attend ‘VII Moscow Conference on International Security’ from 03 to 05 April 2018 Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, who is on three-day visit to Russia addressed the II Plenary Session of the Conference on the theme titled ‘Global Security in a Polycentric World’

In a 10-year-old graft case, A Special Court in Dhaka has sentenced former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to jail for five years. The court also sentenced her son, Tarique Rahman, and four others to jail for 10 years. Rahman is a resident of The case was filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission for accusing Zia

1.   On WEF energy transition index India ranks 78th. A.    Lower than its emerging market peers like Brazil and China, among 114 countries on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) energy transition index, India has been ranked at 78th. B.    On how well they are able to balance energy security and access with environmental sustainability and affordability

International Summits & Conference 1.   In Delhi permanent Indus Commission meet begins. A. A representative of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and technical experts, sources said the Indian delegation for the annual meeting comprises India’s Indus Water Commissioner P K Saxena. B. By Syed Muhammad Mehar Ali Shah Pakistan’s six-member delegation for the commission’s 114th

In the latest international Intellectual Property (IP) index released by the US Chambers of Commerce, ranking 44th out of 50 countries, India has “increased substantially” its score. India overall increased its score substantially from 25 per cent (8.75 out of 35) in the 5th edition of the Index to 30 per cent (12.03 out of 40)

1.  In Maharashtra at Satara first Mega Food Park inaugurated. A)   It was inaugurated at Village Degaon, District Satarawas on 1stMarch, 2018. B)   It was inaugurated by Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries in the presence of Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister, of Maharashtra. C)   This is the 12th Mega Food Park

National Event 1.   International Yachting Festival inaugurated by Andhra CM. A. The International Yachting Festival in Visakhapatnam flagged off by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. B. It was inaugurated in the presence of IT minister Nara Lokesh, HRD minister Ganta Srinivasarao and other local MLAs which is being held from March 29 to April