National Current Affairs January 2015

National Current Affairs January 2015  Gujrat hosts the 18th National Conference on e-Governance . Union Government formed NITI Aayog to replace Planning Commission. Union Government on 1 January 2015 set up the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog. NITI Aayog will replace the 65 year old Planning Commission  and will be headed by Prime Minister of India. It will have a governing council comprising CMs of all the states and Lt. GovernorsRead More

Appointments Current Affairs January 2015

Appointments Current Affairs January 2015  Appointments: Krishna Chaudhary was appointed as the Director General of ITBP Hanumanthu Purushotham appointed as CMD of National Research and Development Corporation. Shekhar Sen was appointed as Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi Steve Easterbrook was appointed as CEO of McDonald’s Corporation. S Jaishankar was appointed as the Foreign Secretary of India K Durga Prasad appointed as the Special DG of CRPF UN Secretary–General appointed Saraswathy Menon in peace-building panel.Read More

Awards Current Affairs January 2015

Awards Current Affairs January 2015   Arundhathi Subramaniam won Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry She won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize at Jaipur Literature Festival. Arundhati was awarded for her book When God is a Traveller.  Major Mukund Varadarajan, Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh were posthumously awarded with Ashok Chakra. Padma Awards 2015 were given on the Republic Day. Some notable recipients: Padma Vibhushan-  Lal Krishna Advani Prakash Singh Badal Dr. DRead More

Sports Current Affairs January 2015

Sports Current Affairs January 2015 Tennis – Australian Open 2015 Men’s Singles : Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray Women’s Singles : Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova Men’s Doubles :  Simone Bolelli /  Fabio Fognini defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert /  Nicolas Mahut Women’s Doubles : Bethanie Mattek-Sands/ Lucie Safarova defeated Chinese-Taiwan pair Zheng Jie and  Chan Yung-jan                                 Mixed Doubles:  Indo-Swiss pair Leander Paes and Martina Hingis defeated Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic Leander Paes won Australian Open 2015 Mixed Doubles Titles. This was the 15th GrandRead More

Union Budget Highlights : 2015 – 2016

Union Budget 2015-2016 : Highlights Union Budget 2015-2016 of India was presented by  the Finance Minister of India Sh. Arun Jaitley on 28th February 2015. The knowledge about yearly Union Budget is very important from the examinations point of view. Many questions are based on the Annual Union Budget in exams like UPSC, SSC, BANK PO, BANK Clerical etc .Also, it is the favorite topic of the interview panel inRead More