Daily Current Affairs Updates

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has elected Ethiopia, Bolivia, Sweden and Kazakhstan as the non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

The Union Government has appointed NS Vishwanathan as deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The Assam Government has granted district status to Majuli, a 400 square kilometres island in the Brahmaputra River.

Naga leader and founder of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), Isak Chisi Swu passed away in Delhi. He was 86.

The CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CSIR-CIMFR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with coal supplying companies and power utilities for quality analysis of coal supplied.

Ace Indian shooter Sanjeev Rajput has won the silver medal in men�s 50-metre rifle 3 position event of the ISSF World Cup held in Baku, Ajerbaijan.

Indigenously-built heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo Varunastra has been successfully inducted in the Indian Navy.

• PM Narendra Modi releases book titled The Birds of Banni Grassland
• Sweden inaugurates worldâ��s first electric road
• Nagaland launches Sakhi-One Stop Centre to help women in distress

Sweden inaugurated a test stretch of an electric road in Sandviken to conduct tests with electric power for hybrid heavy transports on public roads.

Nagaland Government has launched women helpline �181� and Sakhi-One Stop Centre, an institute that supports women affected by violence.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Shashi Kant Sharma has been conferred with the honorary professorship by the Nanjing Audit University (NAU), China.

History professor and political newcomer Gudni Johannesson (48) has won the 2016 Presidential election in Iceland.