Daily Current Affairs Updates

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has been awarded with the ‘Pride of Kerala’ Award by the World Malayalee Council and Kairali TV.

Three Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) envisaging total investment of 21,000 crore rupees were signed on the first day of the Make in India Week in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

West Indies for the first time has won the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup by defeating three time champions India by five wickets played at Mirpur (Bangladesh).

Canada, United States (US) and Mexico have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Climate Change and Energy Collaboration to tap into energy cooperation among three countries.

An international team of scientists, which also included researchers from India, finally detected the most elusive waves stretching and compressing the fabric of space-time.

India beats Sri Lanka, wins the series 2-1.

• Biraja Prasad Indian Ambassador to Tajikistan passes away.
• Ramesh Abhishek appointed the next Industry Secretary.
• Lupin CEO Gupta gets EY entrepreneur award

Vinita Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, and Nilesh Gupta, Managing Director, Lupin Ltd. have been chosen the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2015.

Facebook India Managing Director Kirthiga Reddy today stepped down from her current role and will relocate to the US.

The government has appointed 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Ramesh Abhishek as the next Secretary to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in the Commerce and Industry Ministry that spearheads the Make In India and Startup India programmes.

Bank of Baroda – the country’s second largest lender – reported a Rs.3,342 crore loss during the Oct-Dec quarter.This is the highest-ever quarter loss posted by an Indian lender.

Biraja Prasad, who was posted recently as Ambassador to Tajikistan, passed away.