Daily Current Affairs Updates

China is planning to send mini-ecosystems comprising of potato seeds and silkworm eggs to the Moon by next year. The move is aimed at studying how the organisms develop in Moon.

Mission officials for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have announced the initial science targets for the James Webb Space Telescope.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has inaugurated Know India Programme (KIP) for NRI and PIO youth with a view to provide them with an exposure to the country of their origin so that they can understand India better and more closely.

India and Afghanistan are set to operationalize their first air-freight corridor in the coming days.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Kochi Metro, which will be Kerala’s first metro line.

The World’s largest festival of light, music and ideas, Vivid Sydney has entered into Guinness World Book of Records.

Switzerland has ratified automatic exchange of financial account information with India and 40 other countries. This will facilitate Switzerland to share information about suspected black money with India and other 40 nations.

Who became the first Indian woman to be elected as judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)? 

China's first X-ray Space Satellite that was launched recently

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• India re-elected to ECOSOC
• Government makes Aadhaar Mandatory for Opening Bank Accounts
• RBI: India’s Current Account Deficit narrowed in 2016-17

According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s current account deficit (CAD) narrowed during 2016-17 fiscal owing to a contraction in the country’s trade deficit.