Daily Current Affairs Updates

The Ministry of Rural Development has selected Vizianagaram as one among the 17 districts for MGNREGA annual award.

India signed a joint declaration to build an 'Energy Bridge' with which country?

Which country has decided to pull out from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change?

• Second Scorpene Class Submarine Ready for Sea Trials
• Global Peace Index 2017, India Ranked 137th
• Indian Origin Leo Varadkar to be the Next PM of Ireland

Market Regulator SEBI has formed a Committee on Corporate Governance under the chairmanship of Uday Kotak, the executive vice chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank.

Samsung India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for setting up two new Samsung Technical Schools in Bengaluru and Jamshedpur as well as to renew the partnership for 10 existing schools being run across the country.

Ireland’s Fine Gael party has elected a 38 year old Leo Varadkar as prime minister of Ireland. He will succeed Enda Kenny.

Shashi Shekar Vempati has been appointed as the CEO of Prasar Bharati based on the recommendation of the three-member committee headed by Vice President.

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has developed a wireless technology called ‘AmbuSens‘ for remote monitoring of condition of those patients who are ferried in ambulances.

India has been ranked 137th in the Global Peace Index 2017, which ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness. In Last year’s index, India was ranked 141st.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has announced that the second Scorpene-class submarine is ready for surface sea trials.

What is the first tranche of the loan agreement that was signed between Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Punjab National Bank (PNB) for Solar Rooftop Investment Program (SRIP)?