Daily Current Affairs Updates

Former Chief Justice of India Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati who is considered as a pioneer of Judicial Activism has passed away. Justice Bhagwati was 95 years old.

The Nalanda University signed MoU with which country for academic linkages and collaborations?

Third generation "fire and forget" anti-tank missile that was recently test-fired by DRDO

हाल ही में ‘वन डॉग पॉलिसी’ कहाँ पर लागू की गई है?

• India-South Korea sign Agreements to Push Infrastructure Development and Bilateral Trade
• China launches its First X-ray Space Telescope
• UN General Assembly Approves Creation of New UN Office of Counter Terrorism

The United Nations General Assembly has approved the establishment of a new United Nations office of counter-terrorism to help Member States implement UN’s global counter-terrorism strategy.

China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved $150 million equity investment loan to the India Infrastructure Fund.

China has launched its first X-ray space telescope to study black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts.

According to the ‘One Family at a Time’ study conducted by the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Indians working across the world had sent home USD 62.7 billion in 2016 making India the top remittance-receiving country surpassing China.

India and South Korea has signed an agreement for $10 billion assistance for infrastructure development projects in India, including smart cities.

The Bhupen Hazarika National Award, 2017 has been conferred upon the noted writer Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi. This is the fifth edition of the award which was first conferred in 2012.

Israeli author David Grossman has won the Man Booker International Prize for his novel "A Horse Walks Into a Bar".