Daily Current Affairs 23 August 2019 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS Bharatcraft portal: Gadkari plans India’s own desi version of Alibaba, Amazon Taking inspiration from e-commerce behemoths like Alibaba and Amazon, the government is planning to launch its own desi version of an e-commerce portal. The government has named the portal Bharatcraft, which will provide a platform…
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Daily Current Affairs 22 August 2019 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS India hands over NPR 2.45 billion to Nepal for housing reconstruction India handed over a cheque of NPR 2.45 billion to Nepal on towards the reimbursement for housing reconstruction in Nuwakot and Gorkha Districts during the Fifth Joint Commission Metting (JCM) held in Kathmandu. A cheque…
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Daily Current Affairs 21 August 2019 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS Zambian President arrives in New Delhi President of Zambia Edgar Chagwa Lungu arrived in New Delhi on a three-day visit to India. Mr Lungu will meet President Ram Nath Kovind and will hold delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 2nd Uday Express to run between…
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Daily Current Affairs 20 August 2019 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS MHA: Retirement age for all Central Forces personnel fixed at 60 years The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has fixed the retirement age for all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), irrespective of rank, at 60 years. According to an order by the MHA, the retirement age…
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Daily Current Affairs 19 August 2019 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS RuPay launched in Bhutan, 9 MoUs exchanged between New Delhi, Thimphu Nine MoUs and one power purchase agreement were exchanged between India and Bhutan in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering at the Simtokha Dzong (Monastery in Semtokha, Bhutan).…
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Daily Current Affairs 18 August 2019 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS More than Rs 1 lakh crore in PMJDY accounts More than Rs 1 lakh crore have been deposited in over 36 crore bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). In a reply to a RTI application revealed that till July 17, 2019,…
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Hello Aspirants. We have chosen the best 65 questions from the Current Affairs of the Second Week of August (8 August – 15 August). Take the quiz and excel in your upcoming exams. Take the quiz to check your knowledge. To start the quiz, click on start quiz button below. To end the quiz, click on Quiz-Summary after the last question and then click on finish…
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Daily Current Affairs 17 August 2019 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS Govt issues guidelines for Rs 1 trillion partial guarantee scheme for NBFCs The Centre has issued guidelines on operationalising Rs 1 trillion partial guarantee scheme under which public-sector banks can purchase high-rated pooled assets of financially sound non-banking finance companies (NBFCs). NBFCs, including housing finance companies…
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Daily Current Affairs 16 August 2019 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS PM pushes for digital payment with ‘yes to digital payment, no to cash’ motto Giving a fresh push to digital transactions in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the motto of ‘yes to digital payment, no to cash”. He called for increasing the use of…
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Daily Current Affairs 15 August 2019 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS PM Modi launces Jal Jeevan Mission on Independence Day Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his Independence Day address at the Red Fort in New Delhi on Independence Day, announced an outlay of Rs 3.5 lakh crore for Jal Jeevan Mission for Centre and states to work…
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