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Tut2learn’s Current Affairs Section is a compilation of recent current events. This section is updated almost daily.Tut2learn publishes relevant fact based Current Affairs Quiz almost daily basis. This quiz helps you to keep a watch on current happenings and may be useful for General Awareness part of IBPS Banking, SSC-CGL, Bank Clerical and other similar examinations.
IAF on Friday test fired an advanced version of BrahMos land-attack supersonic cruise missile in western sector, Rajasthan. Officials said the missile met all the mission parameters and obliterated the assigned target successfully. The mountain warfare mode in the system had been tested 2 times before, a BrahMos aerospace release said. The missile is used
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Britain has come forward to help three Indian cities by collaborating with the state governments and the municipal authorities. The cities to be developed are Pune (Maharastra), Indure (Madhya Pradesh), Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) as smart cities. A confirmation has been received regarding the same from the British High Commissioner to India. Dominic Anthony Gerard Asquith
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Government on Friday released 25 declassified files about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on www.netajipapers.gov.in. This is the 4th batch of such files made public by the government. The batch contains 5 files from PMO, 4 from MHA and 16 from MEA. They cover the period from 1968 to 2008. Government had released the 1st batch
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The agenda of worlds 7 powerful nations at G7 is likely to focus on two primary global issues – terrorism and economy. Plans on counterterrorism and a blueprint to spur global economic growth are likely to come out during the meet. Policies of monetary, fiscal and structural measures are also expected. The G7 summit, involving
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his rally speech at Saharanpur, UP has asked doctors to treat pregnant woman free of cost for a day monthly. Also the retirement age of government doctors would be increased to 65 years, he added. The decision would be taken soon if cabinet agrees to it, since there was a
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Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said the government will soon introduce a new civil aviation policy that will boost India’s expanding aviation sector and address key issues within. He added that government is in the process of setting a upper cap on ticket fares by consulting airlines in the industry. Major investments
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Republican US Presidential frontrunner, Donald Trump, has clinched the number of delegates needed for the presidential nomination on Thursday. Of the required count of 1237 delegates needed to win the Republican nomination Trump already has 1238. However, Republican leaders are themselves shocked by Trump’s rise. Conservatives even termed the one-time Democrat as a fraud. To
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Trade unions on Thursday opposed the government proposal to hike minimum wage of unskilled workers to Rs 12000 per month, saying it should be at least Rs 15000. Unions expressed their disagreement at meeting of Central Advisory Board, which advices the centre and the states on matters regarding minimum wage. The unions cited price rise
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Amit Kumar Saroha, Indian para athlete and Arjuna Awardee, from Haryana has made the country proud. Saroha won the Gold for Discus throw at the 2016 French Open Athletics Championship in Paris. Amit broke the Asian record of 26.58m set by him in 2015, at the World Championship in Doha. Amit Kumar Saroha qualified for
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President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the government proposed National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) ordinance on Tuesday. The move paves way for state governments and individual institutions like AIIMS to conduct their own admission tests to medical and dental courses for this year. From 2017, NEET will be conducted as a common
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