Daily Current Affairs Updates

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has setup a seven-member expert committee for exploring the other possible alternatives to pellet guns as non-lethal weapons.

The Union Government has issued notification for the implementation of 7th Pay Commission.

The Solar Impulse 2 has become the first aircraft to circle the globe using solar energy after landing in Abu Dhabi on the last leg of its journey.

The BRICS Policy Planning Dialogue was successfully concluded in Patna, Bihar. Delegates of BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa had attended the meeting.

Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart acquired online fashion portal Jabong through its fashion unit Myntra.

The Lok Sabha has passed Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016 or opening six new IITs.

• India's first Green Rail Corridor launched in Tamil Nadu
• Indian shooters Manavaditya Rathore and Anant Naruka win Bronze medal in Junior World Cup
• After wrestler Narsingh, shot putter Inderjeet fails dope test

Verizon Communications Inc said it would buy Yahoo Inc's core internet properties for $4.83 billion in cash to expand its digital advertising and media business, in a deal that ends a lengthy sale process for the fading Web pioneer.

28-year-old Inderjeet, the reigning Asian Champion, tested positive for a banned steroid and he has been informed by National Anti-Doping Agency.

The Union Government is planning to redraw Red Corridor by reducing the number of Maoist (LWE: Left wing extremism) affected districts by about a fifth.

Scientists are working towards storing digital data in the base sequence of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid).

Top Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav failed a dope test after he was tested positive for a banned substance steroid.