Current Affairs 19th June, 2017

National

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Kochi Metro

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Kochi Metro, which will be Kerala’s first metro line........................Read More

India-Afghanistan Air freight Corridor to Open Up Soon

India and Afghanistan are set to operationalize their first air-freight corridor in the coming days........................Read More

External Affairs Minister inaugurates KIP for Young Overseas Indians

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has inaugurated Know India Programme (KIP) for NRI and PIO youth with a view to provide them with an exposure to the country of their origin so that they can understand India better and more closely........................Read More

International

Australia’s Vivid Sydney enters Guinness World Records for Maximum Number of light installations

The World’s largest festival of light, music and ideas, Vivid Sydney has entered into Guinness World Book of Records........................Read More

Business and Economy

Black Money: Automatic Information Sharing with Switzerland from 2019

Switzerland has ratified automatic exchange of financial account information with India and 40 other countries. This will facilitate Switzerland to share information about suspected black money with India and other 40 nations.........................Read More

Science and Technology

James Webb Space Telescope & its First Targets

Mission officials for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have announced the initial science targets for the James Webb Space Telescope........................Read More

China to send Mini-Ecosystems to the Moon

China is planning to send mini-ecosystems comprising of potato seeds and silkworm eggs to the Moon by next year. The move is aimed at studying how the organisms develop in Moon........................Read More

Current Affairs 17th June, 2017
Current Affairs One Liners 16 June, 2017
Current Affairs Round Up Bullet Points, May, 2017