Daily Current Affairs Updates

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has set up two high-level advisory committees to gather inputs from experts, including on service providers and corporate liquidation.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dropped the term ‘counterfeit’ and retained ‘falsified’ to describe medicines of inferior quality.

The Union Government has decided to constitute a sub-committee of Chief Ministers of five states in the wake of demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes.

Iranian film Daughter has won the coveted Golden Peacock award at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

Akodara village in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat has earned the coveted tag of becoming India̢۪s first digital village in India.

• Supreme Court bans sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR
• Rajasthan Government to launch Annapurna Rasoi Programme to provide quality meal at cheap price
• 51st Annual DGPs Conference held in Hyderabad

Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa was appointed Pakistan̢۪s new army chief (or Chief of Army Staff , COAS). He will succeed Gen. Raheel Sharif who has formally retired from service.

The 51st Annual Conference of Directors-General of Police of States was held at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Russian aircraft designer and co-creator of the MiG-29 fighter jet Ivan Mikoyan passed away. He was 89.

Eminent Journalist and intellectual Dileep Padgaonkar passed away in Pune, Maharashtra after brief illness. He was 72.

Upma Chowdhary was appointed as new Director of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) at Mussoorie.

Indian Railways will soon introduce Tri-Netra (terrain imaging for diesel drivers infrared, enhanced optical and radar assisted) system on its trains to reduce train accidents.