May 19, 2017 Current Affairs One liner,18 May 2017 The Union Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry recently directed all States to lift stock limits on
May 19, 2017 Current Affairs 19th May, 2017 Address NITI Aayog Conducts First Samavesh Meeting Indian Army gets its First Artillery Gun in 30 Years Union Cabinet Approves Pharma Mission to Develop Bio-Pharmaceuticals
May 19, 2017 GST Council Announces GST Rates The GST Council headed by finance Minister Arun Jaitley has finalised tax rates and has approved all the seven rules for the GST regime that is scheduled to be implemented from July 1.
May 19, 2017 Bilateral Exercise SIMBEX-17 between Indian & Republic Of Singapore Navy Commences The 24th bilateral exercise involving Indian Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy has commenced in South China Sea. SIMBEX stands for "Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercises". The exercise will be held from May 18, 2017 to May 24, 2017.
May 19, 2017 ICC Test Ranking: India Retains No.1 Spot Indian cricket team has retained its top position in the latest ICC Test rankings with 123 points. Indian team is six points ahead of second placed South Africa.
May 19, 2017 Indian Scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni Wins Prestigious Dan David Prize Indian scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni has won the prestigious Dan David prize as a recognition for his contributions made in the field of astronomy.
May 19, 2017 Union Cabinet Approves Pharma Mission to Develop Bio-Pharmaceuticals The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a collaborative mission between industry and academia called ‘Innovate in India empowering biotech entrepreneurs and accelerating inclusive innovation‘ that is aimed at accelerating research for early development of bio-pharmaceuticals.
May 19, 2017 Indian Army gets its First Artillery Gun in 30 Years Nearly after 30 years after the induction of Bofors howitzers, Indian Army will get its first artillery guns called M777 from BAE Systems. Swedish Bofors guns were inducted in late 1980s after which Army has not inducted any modern artillery guns.
May 19, 2017 Address NITI Aayog Conducts First Samavesh Meeting NITI Aayog has conducted the first Samavesh meeting of the National Steering Group and other knowledge partners under the co-chairmanship of Amitabh Kant, CEO and Ratan P Watal, Principal Adviser, NITI Aayog.
May 18, 2017 Current Affairs Quiz: 17 May 2017 Who of the following was recently appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University?
May 18, 2017 Current Affairs One liner, 17 May 2017 Country that agreed with China to minimize South China Sea disputes is