Daily Current Affairs

Maharashtra became the first state to provide digitally-signed land record receipts (also known as 7/12 receipts). India has surpassed France to become one of the world's five largest military spenders, Swedish arms watchdog Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Report. World Press Freedom Day: 3rd May.This year’s global theme is ‘Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law’ Former Australian cricketer Justin Langer has been appointed as Australian cricket team's head coach for all three formats. Langer replaces Darren Lehmann. Subhash Chandra Khuntia appointed as new IRDAI Chairman. Cognizant acquires Belgium-based Hedera Consulting. Ravinder Sharma called Guruji, the founder of Adilabad's Kala Ashram died at the age of 65 years.He had been awarded Kala Ratna by the Andhra Pradesh State government in 2014. After bifurcation of the State, the Telangana government awarded him the Ugadi Puras...

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in the holy city of Varanasi in January 2019. Telecom Commission approved a proposal for allowing people to make phone calls and use internet services in domestic and international flights in India. The government has released the draft of the new Telecom policy named National Digital Communications Policy, 2018. The policy aims at creating 40 lakh new jobs by 2022, attracting 100 billion US dollars investment. The Union Cabinet has given the approval to accede to the Protocol under World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on tobacco control to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products. India- South Africa Business Summit concludes in Johannesburg. The Dominican Republic and China had established diplomatic relations as the Caribbean country becomes the latest nation to dump Taiwan in the face of Beijing's growing influence. As per the data released by the World Health Organi...

International Labour Day is also known as International Worker's Day, Labour Day and May Day. It is celebrated across the world on 1st May to promote and encourage the international labour associations.The theme of International Labour Day 2018 is “Uniting Workers for Social and Economic Advancement”. The Indian government has launched a Pilot Scheme for procurement of aggregate power of 2500 MW on the competitive basis for three years. Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti, launched the GOBAR (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources) - DHAN scheme at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) Auditorium, Karnal, Haryana. India is ranked joint-sixth in the list of doping violations . India has been projected to be the second fastest growing country in the world for air passenger traffic. As per the Airports Council International (ACI), by 2022 passenger traffic in emerging economies like India will surpass advanc...

Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling became the longest-serving Chief Minister in India, surpassing the record of Jyoti Basu, who served as West Bengal CM from 1977 to 2000. Indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has successfully fired an air-to-air beyond visual range (BVR) missile. The Maharashtra government has signed an MoU with the British Council to strengthen educational and cultural cooperation. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a book titled ‘My Journey from Marxism-Leninism to Nehruvian Socialism’ by former Planning Commission and Finance Commission member C H Hanumantha Rao. The board of directors of Kotak Mahindra Bank has redesignated Uday Kotak as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Paytm, announced the launch of its offline payments solution - the Paytm Tap Card. HDFC Bank launched IRA 2.0, its interactive humanoid at the Koramangala Branch in Bengaluru. India's GDP likely to grow 7.5% i...

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on April 27, 2018 approved Capital Acquisition Proposals of the services valued at over Rs 3687 crore. Scientists have identified a new species of frog called Fejervarya goemchi in the highland plateaus of the Western Ghats parts of Goa.  Neeraj Chopra has been recommended by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.The federation has nominated PT Usha and India youth team coach Sanjay Garnaik for the Dronacharya Award.  The Environment Ministry has banned plastics in all protected areas around the country and declared them plastic free zones.  Uttarakhand High Court declares practice of solitary confinement as unconstitutional. On Sunday, private space company Blue Origin will launch its third New Shepard rocket, according to founder Jeff Bezos.

Senior lawyer Indu Malhotra was sworn in as the judge of the Supreme Court in the presence of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. India has agreed for the most revered Buddhist relics from Sarnath to be taken to Sri Lanka for public exposition on the occasion of Vesak festival. This is the first time relics from Sarnath are being brought to Sri Lanka from India. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi launched the Van Dhan Scheme of Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED, during the celebrations of Ambedkar Jayanti at Bijapur, Chattisgarh. World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated on 26th of April.The theme for WIPD 2018 is 'Powering change: Women in innovation and creativity'. India-Nepal Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) meeting on trade, transit and cooperation to Control Unauthorised Trade started in Kathmandu, Nepal. Mike Pompeo was sworn in as the US secretary of state. Online search engine Google is the most trusted Internet brand in India, follo...