Daily Current affairs Latest News Updates about the National, International and Miscellaneous events were listed here for the candidates preparing for various competitive exams
National News:
CCRH has signed two MOUs with Canada and Armenia during two day International Convention on WHD
Jammu & Kashmir government’s new scheme increases rice ration
Government to launch Village Self Governance Campaign to improve rural livelihoods
Prime Minister to inaugurate 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation
Godavari islands, Konaseema to be tourist hubs
Indian ports added highest ever capacity in FY16
Government plans to make prescription of generic medicines mandatory
Jharkhand Government announced to reserve 2 percent employment for meritorious sportspersons
International News:
Obama to designate monument honouring Women’s equality
Panama Papers: India to attend OECD meet in Paris
Polio can be eradicated in 12 months: WHO
Pakistan, China launch joint air force training exercise Shaheen 5
China’s GDP to decline to 6.7% this year: World Bank
Russia sent 1st part of air defense system: Iran
Women of Chinese tribe mark annual hair festival
G7 Foreign Ministers’ meet ends in Hiroshima
Fitch expects India to be on top of global ladder by expanding 7.7% in current fiscal
New Appointments:
Virat Kohli has joined the recently-announced Premier Futsal football league as its brand ambassador
Ex-Chhattisgarh HC Judge N K Agarwal likely to be next Haryana’s new Lokayukta
Hemant Kumar Ruia appointed CFO of Indus Towers
Awards & Honours:
IIT- Kharagpur wins National IP Award
Khadija Ismayilova selected for 2016 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
Priyanka Chopra to be conferred with Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2016
Rajinikanth, Sania, Priyanka get Padma awards
Varanasi Kathak dancer breaks world record
President presents Padma awards to 56 eminent personalities
United States tops Global Connectivity Index 2016
Banking & Business:
Polaris Ties up with Snapdeal to sell All Terrain Vehicles
Bharti Airtel get payments bank licence from RBI
Unified payments interface launched
Vijay Mallaya bought Barbados CPL side for $100
Greybull Capital to buy Tata Steel’s UK plant
Science & Technology:
Endangered bird spoon-billed sandpiper spotted in China
European Space Agency releases 360° video of ISS
18-rotor helicopter takes its 1st manned flight
Sports:
Tamil Nadu Premier League to be launched soon
Poster of Sachin Tendulkar’s biopic released
Gujarat Lions defeat Kings XI Punjab by 5 wickets
Obituaries:
Veenu Paliwal, ‘dubbed’ as one of India’s top woman biker, passed away in a road accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district