Current Affairs 2015

With 17 of the 22 industry groups in the manufacturing sector showing a positive growth, the industrial output in October recorded a five-year high of 9.8 per cent year-on-year.

Bihar will use social network Facebook to help students appearing for the Class X examinations, to solve their doubts and questions and communicate vital information for stress-free preparation, State Education Minister Ashok Choudhary.

Two Indian cities for first time have been designated as members of UNESCO̢۪s Creative Cities Network (UCCN). Two cities are

Veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah has been honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the 12th edition of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).

Union Government has imposed anti-dumping duty on import of cold-rolled flat products of stainless steel for 5 years from 7 countries.

• ISRO to launch six Singaporean satellites on December 16
• India struggling to cut malnutrition rates: reports
• Parliament passes Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill.

Bangladesh on Thursday lifted the ban on Facebook, three-weeks after it blocked the popular social networking site following Supreme Court ruling upholding death penalty of two opposition leaders convicted for war-crimes committed during 1971 independence war against Pakistan.

Salman Rushdie is this year̢۪s recipient of the Mailer Prize for lifetime achievement. ..... Read More

Pakistan successfully test-fired the medium-range Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can carry nuclear warheads within a range of 2,750 km..... Read More

India and Japan on signed an agreement to amend the convention for double taxation avoidance and prevention of evasion of income tax. The existing convention was signed way back in 1989.... Read More

The latest data show that 39 per cent of children under five in India are short for their age (stunted). The two States that had the worst stunting rates in 2005-06 — Uttar Pradesh and Bihar — have made the least progress over the 2005-2014 period, noted the Global Nutrition Report, the first of its kind to be released. The global rate is 24 per cent...... Read More

A Bill providing for filing of cheque bounce cases at the place where a cheque is presented for clearance and not the place of issue, was approved by Parliament on Friday, with the Lok Sabha passing it without debate......Read More