Daily Current Affairs Quiz
Dear Reader: Daily Current Affairs Quiz (GK Quiz) based on important Current Affairs from 23rd April-18 is now available.
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Economy News-Daily Digest: 2 Key Updates
1. Govt to seize properties of ‘fugitive economic offenders’; ordinance cleared The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to promulgate the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance 2018 that provides for confiscating properties and assets of economic offenders like loan defaulters who flee the country.
Read more‘World’s Oldest Person’ Nabi Tajima Dies In Japan At 117
Nabi Tajima, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, thought to be the world’s oldest person, has died. Nabi Tajima was born on August 4, 1900. Tajima, who became the oldest woman in Japan in September 2015, could have been the oldest person in the world since Violet Brown of Jamaica died in September 2017 at age 117.
Read moreIndian airports get their first woman firefighter
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has appointed its first ever woman firefighter, Taniya Sanyal. AAI currently has 3,310 firefighters at its airports as having fire service is a mandatory condition for planes to land anywhere. While relaxing the norms, the work description for woman firefighters has been kept exactly the same.
Read moreNational News-Daily Digest: 3 Key Updates
1. Union Cabinet clears ordinance awarding death penalty for child rape The Union Cabinet approved the promulgation of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018, which allowed courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping children below 12 years of age.
Read moreMukesh Ambani, Indira Jaising And Balkrishna Doshi Feature In Fortune’s ’50 Greatest Leaders’ Of 2018
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, human rights lawyer Indira Jaising and architect Balkrishna Doshi are among Fortune magazine’s ‘fifty greatest leaders’ of 2018. The issue featured the three Indians at the 24th, 20th and 43rd places respectively.
Read moreElection Commission of India launches ERO & AERO Certification Programme and organizes Training of State Level Master Trainers
The Election Commission of India organized a 3-day Training and Certification Programme for State Level Master Trainers (SLMTs) from April 19-21, 2018 at New Delhi. About 280 SLMTs from across the country attended the training, who in turn would deliver cascaded training to various functionaries in the States/UTs and would also conduct certification course for Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and
Read moreEconomy News-Daily Digest: 5 Key Updates
1. RBI Updates KYC Norms for Financial Entities, Banks The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has updated the know your customer (KYC) norms for banks and financial entities it regulates for the first time since February 2016 reiterating that no account is opened in an anonymous or fictitious name.
Read moreNational News-Daily Digest: 3 Key Updates
1. President of India receives the first copy of book “Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s greatest thinker” The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, received the first copy of the book “Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker”, from the author Shri Pavan Varma, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Read moreSBI PO Notification 2018
SBI PO Notification 2018: State Bank of India (SBI) has issued the notification for the recruitment of POs for the year 2018. 2000 vacancies have been announced.
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