• ISRO will launch the IRNSS-1I satellite on April 12 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, through its PSLV-C41. • The satellite IRNSS-1I is the replacement of IRNSS-1A satellite launched back in 2013 whose three atomic clocks onboard have…
• Nineteen Indian banks are being traded at large discounts to their book value in the stock market. This in layman terms mean that the stocks are being traded at their lower than their Book value currently ie. the value…
• In the monetary policy committee meeting on 5 April, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) took two decisions which attracted wide attention. • The first constituted an inter-departmental group to guide whether the RBI can issue a central bank…
• The Court on Monday conveyed a very strong word to Centre saying that it cannot evade its legal obligation to create a mechanism to implement the SC’s final verdict in the Cauvery Dispute. The centre has been asked to…
• India recorded a marginal increase in forest cover, according to the India State of Forest Report 2017. • Around the same time this report was released, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change released a draft National Forest…
As per ACI’s World Airport Traffic Forecasts, the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, operated by the Delhi • International Airport Ltd, has emerged as one of the busiest airports in the world and is in fact among the top 20.…
• To commemorate the launch of Champaran Satyagraha over a century ago on 10th April, 1917, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, in coordination with the Government of Bihar, is working to spread the message of Swachhata across the country…
• The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) saw a dramatic drop in the total number of complaints received by it in 2017, keeping in line with the drop in actions by various government departments in cracking down on corruption. • The…
• Finance ministers of four southern states met to discuss their concerns over the Terms of Reference of the 15th Finance Commission. • The meeting was hosted by Kerala. • Officials from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry attended the meeting.…
• INDIA HAS declined an offer from the US for talks between Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis in lieu of the ‘2-by-2’ dialogue between India’s foreign and defence ministers and US secretaries of state…
• The Supreme Court has held that a person’s right to choose a religion and marry is an intrinsic part of her meaningful existence. Neither the State nor “patriarchal supremacy” can interfere in her decision. • The observations are part…
• National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) published by the Human Resource Development Ministry, as the National Institutional Ranking Framework, 2018, should be viewed mainly as a proposition that data make it possible to assign objective credentials to some aspects of…
