Padma Awards 2020 were announced on the eve of Republic Day. This year the President of India has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards including 4 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per …
The annual Global Gender Gap Index for 2020 has been published by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Highlights: – Iceland, Norway, and Finland occupy the top three spots in the Report. – Yemen is ranked the worst (153rd), while Iraq …
Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Award- 2019 in 23 languages. In Hindi, Nand Kishore has been awarded for his Poetry ‘Chheelate Hue Apne Ko’. In English Dr Shashi Tharoor has been awarded for his Non-Fiction ‘An Era of Darkness’. In …
Current Affairs for CLAT The Supreme Court appointed a three-member inquiry commission headed by former apex court Judge V S Sirpurkar to inquire into the circumstances leading to the encounter killing of the four accused in the gang-rape and murder …
Current Affairs for CLAT Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl who inspired a global movement to fight climate change, has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019. The 16-year-old is the youngest person to be chosen by the …
Current Affairs for CLAT 2020 Miss South Africa 2019 Zozibini Tunzi won Miss Universe 2019 beating more than 90 contestants, held at Atlanta, Georgia on December 8, 2019. Tunzi was declared the winner at a televised event, hosted by American …
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have announced that they are stepping down from the leadership role of the parent company Alphabet. Google CEO Indian-American Sundar Pichai will be assuming the role of Alphabet CEO, making him one of …
Parliament passes the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to amend the Special Protections Group Act, 1988. Special Protections Group Act, 1988: Salient Features – Based on the recommendations of the Birbal Nath committee report, SPG came into existence in 1985. …
Veteran tennis star Roger Federer is all set to become the first living person in Switzerland to have a coin minted in his honour. The Federal Mint, Swissmint recently announced that they would be honouring the veteran. It will release …
Sub Lieutenant Shivangi has created history to become the first woman pilot of the Navy. A native of Muzaffarpur, Bihar, Shivangi was inducted into the Indian Navy under the Short Service Commission Pilot entry scheme. She was commissioned into the …