Daily Current Affairs Updates

The multilateral Red Flag Aerial combat exercises between US, NATO and allied forces and India Air Force (IAF) concluded in Alaska, US.

The Prime Minister along with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena have released ‘Simhastha Declaration’ at Ninora village in Ujjain.

India has signed a historic Project Collaboration Agreement (PCA) with World Health Organization (WHO) for cooperation on promoting the quality, safety and effectiveness of service provision in traditional and complementary medicine.

• ICICI Bank launches country’s 1st contactless credit card for SMEs
• US President appoints Indian-American Manjit Singh to key administration post
• Railways to constitute Mobility Directorate, Non-Fare Revenue Directorate

The Union Railways Ministry has decided to constitute two Directorates viz. Mobility Directorate (MD) and Non-Fare Revenue Directorate (NFRD). They will be established for creation of cross functional directorates to focus on different areas in line with the Railway Minister̢۪s budget speech.

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing of an Inter-Governmental Agreement between India and Mauritius on cooperation in cooperatives and related fields.

The Union Cabinet has apprised of a General Framework Agreement (GFA) on Renewable Energy Cooperation between India and United Arab Emirates (UAE).

United States (US) President Barack Obama has appointed an Indian-American engineer Manjit Singh as the member of President̢۪s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (PACFBNF).

As per recently released World Health Organisation̢۪s (WHO) Urban Air Quality Database for 2016, Delhi is no longer most polluted in the world in terms of air quality.

Several Singaporean and Hong Kong English terms including wah, shiok and yum cha were added into the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

India and other 5 countries viz. Canada, Iceland, Israel, New Zealand and China have signed OECD̢۪s (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement in Beijing (China).

India̢۪s largest private sector bank ICICI Bank has launched country̢۪s first contactless business credit card in association with Jet Airways for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs).