Daily Current Affairs 15 January 2018 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS UIDAI introduces face authentication to further strengthen Aadhaar security The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) decided to enable ‘Face Authentication’ in fusion mode on registered devices by July 1, so that people facing difficulty in other existing modes of verification such as fingerprints, iris, and…
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Daily Current Affairs 14 January 2018 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS India misses Kala Azar elimination deadline India has missed the 2017 deadline that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced for elimination of Kala Azar (black fever) in his Budget speech last year. In fact, endemic blocks have increased from 61 to 68 in 17 districts of…
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Daily Current Affairs 13 January 2018 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS To deal with rise of social media, Election Commission sets up panel to suggest new poll rules The Election Commission has set up a 14-member panel under Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha to study how social media and other digital platforms are used ahead of polls…
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Daily Current Affairs 12 January 2018 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS In a first, four judges appeal to nation to save Supreme Court In a first in independent India’s history and a first for the Supreme Court of India, four judges addressing the media, appealed to the nation to save their institution if they wanted democracy in…
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Hello Aspirants. We have chosen the best 55 questions from the Current Affairs of the First Week of January (1 January – 7 January). 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…
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Daily Current Affairs 11 January 2018 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS UIDAI introduces ‘Virtual ID’ to address privacy concerns In an attempt to address security and privacy concerns around leakage of Aadhaar numbers and data, the Unique Identification Authority of India introduced two new measures – virtual ID and limited KYC. The virtual identity or virtual ID…
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Daily Current Affairs 10 January 2018 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS Cabinet approves 100% FDI in retail, construction In major changes liberalising foreign direct investment in key sectors, the Union Cabinet approved 100 per cent foreign investment in single brand retail trading (SBRT) and construction development and decided to open up Air India for FDI up to…
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Daily Current Affairs 9 January 2018 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS Harsh Vardhan dedicates first multi-petaflop supercomputer ‘Pratyush’ to nation Union Minister of Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan dedicated India’s fastest and first multi-petaflops supercomputer to the nation in Pune. The supercomputer named as ‘Pratyush’ meaning the Sun, established at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM),…
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Daily Current Affairs 8 January 2017 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS Shri Ananthkumar inaugurates 18th All India Whips’ Conference at Udaipur, Rajasthan The 18th All India Whips’ Conference was inaugurated by Shri Ananthkumar, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Chemical & Fertilizers at Udaipur, Rajasthan. The two-day conference is hosting around 90 Delegates belonging to 19 States and…
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Daily Current Affairs 7 January 2018 for Banking/Insurance/SSC and other related exams. NATIONAL NEWS FM Arun Jaitley -chaired panel to look into old port projects The government formed a ministerial committee headed by finance minister Arun Jaitley to decide what to do with old, pre-existing projects in ports, which have become unviable. Around 10 old projects, under the shipping ministry,…
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