Daily Current Affairs Updates

The Union Water Resources Ministry has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union Agriculture Ministry for speedy implementation of Namami Gange programme.

Union Government has chosen 105-year-old Kunwar Bai from Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district as the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ mascot.

Indian Railways has launched Swachhta Saptah (Cleanliness Week) to mark the ‘Swachh Paryavaran Diwas’ (Clean Environment Day).

Cricketers Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma were conferred with the Arjuna Award for their contributions to sport of cricket.

• India looses solar case against USA in WTO
• India, Nepal commit not to allow their territory to be used against each other
• Dinesh Bharadia Indian origin MIT researcher wins award for work on radio waves

India and Nepal pressed the reset button on bilateral relations as the government welcomed Prachanda , the new PM of the Himalayan state, and committed to go the extra mile to fulfil Kathmandu's development priorities.

India lost its appeal at the World Trade Organization in a dispute over solar power, failing to overturn a US complaint that New Delhi had discriminated against importers in the Indian solar power sector.

A team of researchers at Jadavpur University has developed a biodegradable energy harvester - from raw fish scales - which could be tapped as a sustainable green energy source for next generation self-powered implantable medical devices.

Dinesh Bharadia, a graduate of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, was honoured with the 2016 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award that carries a cash prize of USD 4,000.

• Reliance Communications and Aircel to be merged
• US sign 38 billion dollars defence deal with Israel
• India-born innovator Ramesh Raskar wins 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize

Indian-American physician-author, Abraham Verghese (61) has been selected for the prestigious 2015 National Humanities Medal.

India-born innovator and scientist Ramesh Raskar has won the prestigious 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize.