Daily Current Affairs 27th July, 2017 INTERNATIONAL CAC adopts Codex standards for three spices The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has adopted three Codex standards for black, white and green pepper, cumin and thyme. It is for first time pepper, cumin Read More …
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Daily Current Affairs 26th July, 2017
Daily Current Affairs 26th July, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Sri Lanka clears revised deal for Hambantota port Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has cleared a revised deal for the Chinese-built port in Hambantota. The modified agreement is believed to be more profitable to Sri Read More …
Daily Current Affairs 25th July, 2017
Daily Current Affairs 25th July, 2017 INTERNATIONAL UN selects Dubai as data hub for MENASA region The UN has selected Dubai as the data hub for the Middle East North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region for the city’s integrated Read More …
Daily Current Affairs 24th July, 2017
Daily Current Affairs 24th July, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Iran, Iraq ink pact on military cooperation Iran and Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to step up military cooperation and the fight against terrorism and extremism. The MoU encourages promotion of Read More …
Daily Current Affairs 23rd July, 2017
Daily Current Affairs 23rd July, 2017 INTERNATIONAL North Korean economy growing at fastest rate in 17 years Despite the sanctions to nuclear and missile programs, the country’s GDP(Gross Domestic Product) grew by 3.9% in 2016 when compared to previous year. Read More …
Daily Current Affairs 22nd July, 2017
Daily Current Affairs 22nd July, 2017 NATIONAL India performs miserably in war on inequality The index and the inequality report was recently released by the international NGO Oxfam and Development Finance International. It measures the efforts of governments that had pledged Read More …
Daily Current Affairs 21st July, 2017
Daily Current Affairs 21st July, 2017 INTERNATIONAL India-Japan agreement on peaceful uses of N-energy comes into force India-Japan agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy has come into force recently. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and Ambassador of Read More …
Daily Current Affairs 20th July, 2017
Daily Current Affairs 20th July, 2017 NATIONAL Ram Nath Kovind elected as India’s 14th President Former governor Ram Nath Kovind was elected as India’s 14th President. He will be only the second Dalit leader after RK Narayanan since Independence to occupy Read More …
Daily Current Affairs 19th July, 2017
Daily Current Affairs 19th July, 2017 INTERNATIONAL India & Sri Lanka sign MoU to develop village in Anuradhapura District India and Sri Lanka have signed a MoU to develop a village in Anuradhapura District (in Sri Lanka) at a cost of Read More …
Daily Current Affairs 18th July, 2017
Daily Current Affairs 18th July, 2017 NATIONAL Smriti Irani gets I&B ministry, Narendra Singh Tomar Urban Development Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the Information and Broadcasting portfolio to Smriti Irani. The Urban Development Ministry, which was also being handled by Naidu, Read More …