Current Affairs
September 26 , 2019
Kashmir’s Famed Saffron gets GI tag
Kashmir’s famed saffron has finally been granted the Geographic Indication (GI) tag, which is likely to boost its market and ensure quality control....
September 25 , 2019
India-US Tri-Services ''Exercise Tiger Triumph'' To Be Held in November
India and the United States are set to hold their first tri-services exercise code-named "Tiger Triumph" at Visakhapatnam and Kakinada in November this year. India-US tri-services ''Exercise Tiger Triumph'' is being organised under the aegis of the headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff. For the first time, the US and India will be holding th...
September 24 , 2019
Max Bupa and Indian Bank ink bancassurance tie-up to offer health insurance solutions
Max Bupa, a standalone health insurance player, has announced a bancassurance corporate agency agreement with Indian Bank, a state-owned bank. Max Bupa will provide comprehensive health insurance solutions and services to over 40 million customers of Indian Bank spread across 2800 branch network, through a slew of digital touch points....
September 23 , 2019
Google announces new AI research lab in India
Google announced Google Research India, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based research lab out of Bengaluru. To engage with everything from academic institutions, to government to the industry and startup ecosystem in the country in the field of AI....
September 19 , 2019
Assam, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh are the most malnourished states in India
Malnutrition is still the underlying risk factor for 68 per cent of the deaths among children below the age of 5 A study, published by Lancet Child & Adoloscent Health, stated that Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar and Assam have the highest malnutrition levels in the country, despite the substantial drop in disease burden and death rate....
September 18 , 2019
Wipro Infrastructure and BEML sign MoU
Defence PSU BEML Ltd and Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (WIN) have signed an MoU to work together in the areas of aerospace, industrial automation, 3-D printing, artificial intelligence and hydraulic system engineering. The MoU entails the two firms working together on projects, products, systems, services and projects for DRDO Labs and other gov...
September 17 , 2019
Ravi Shankar Prasad launches maritime communication services in India
Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad launched maritime communication services. He also launched a web portal for reporting stolen mobiles to help trace them. The maritime connectivity will enable high-end support to those travelling on sailing vessels, cruise liners and ships in India by use...
September 16 , 2019
Great Ganga Run 2019 flagged off in New Delhi
Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju flagged off Great Ganga Run-2019 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. To connect people with water and spread awareness, Ministry of Jal Shakti organised ‘the great ganga run' in New Delhi. Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju along with Union Mi...
September 14 , 2019
Rajasthan launches information portal
Rajasthan launched a portal for quick access to information on government departments, claiming that the site is the first of its kind in the country. Launching the 'Jan Soochna Portal' under the Rajasthan Innovation Vision (RAJIV) campaign, Rajasthan becomes the first state in the country to provide information about a dozen departments on a singl...
September 13 , 2019
IIT Ropar makes surprise entry as No. 1 Indian varsity, ranked higher than IIT Bombay, Delhi: World University Rankings 2020
The Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2020 was released and IIT Ropar made a surprising entry on the list as the Number 1 among the 56 Indian institutes on the list of the best universities of the world compiled by UK-based Times Higher Education (THE). The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, and the Indian Institute of Scienc...