Current Affairs

DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018 has been won by “No Presents Please” - originally written in Kannada by noted poet and short story writer Jayant Kaikini and translated into English by eminent translator Tejaswini Niranjana. The…
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“HunarHaat”, aimed at “Development with Dignity” of the Artisans and Craftsmen of the Country, organised by Minority Affairs Ministry at State Emporium Complex, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi from 12 to 20 January 2019…
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National Salt Satyagraha Memorial, a tribute to 80 marchers who accompanied Mahatma Gandhi from Sabarmati to Dandi in 1930 to make salt from sea water against the British law, and encapsulates the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi’s Agrah,…
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National Museum of Indian Cinema that will have detailed information about the history of Indian entertainment industry, along with tales of struggles of various film personalities, besides 30-hour-long digitised footage of World War II,…
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Bogibeel, India’s Longest Rail-Road Bridge, which spans the River Brahmaputra between Dibrugarh and Dhemaji districts of Assam and is of immense economic and strategic significance for the nation was dedicated to the nation by Prime…
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Bharat Ratna, nation’s highest civilian honour, has been conferred on former President Pranab Mukherjee, along with social activist Nanaji Deshmukh (posthumous), and Assamese musician Bhupen Hazarika (posthumous) by President Ramnath Kovind…
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First-everPhilip Kotler Presidential Award by World Marketing Summit (WMS), Award that focuses ontriple bottom-line of Profits, People and the Planetand will be offered annually to the leader of a Nation, was presented to Prime Minister…
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Kumbh Mela, the largest human congregation in the world, with over 12 crore pilgrims expected to participate in the 55-day long festival between Makar Sankranti on 15 January and Maha Shivratri on 4 March 2019, with the belief that taking a…
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54th Jnanpith Award has been conferred on Amitav Ghosh, one of the most prominent English contemporary Indian writers, known for a series of novels such as “Shadow Lines”, “The Glass Palace”, “The Hungry Tide”, and Ibis Trilogy: “Sea of…
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Sentinelese, an isolated tribe, is believed to have hit with a volley of arrows and killed John Allen Chau, 26, an American man, on Friday 16 November 2018, shortly after landing on North Sentinel Island - part of the Andaman and Nicobar…
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