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AIFF recommends names of Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Jeje Lalpekhlua for Arjuna award 2019
All India Football Federation (AIFF) recommended names of National team footballers Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Jeje Lalpekhlua for the prestigious Arjuna Award 2019. AIFF has been pushing Sandhu and Jeje cases since 2017 but Arjuna Award committee didn’t approve their ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
India finishes Asian Wrestling Championships 2019 with 16 medals
India finished Asian Wrestling Championships tournament held in Xian, China with a total of 16 medals which included eight (one gold, three silver and four bronze) won by men’s freestyle wrestlers, four bronze by women and three silver and one ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Facebook announces ban on Personality Quiz Apps on its platform
Facebook announced ban on personality quiz apps on its platform. The decision is taken after last years Cambridge Analytica Scandal, which helped researcher’s to access personal information of about 87 million facebooks users by using quiz app “thisisyourdigitallife”. Such move ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Tracking Progress of ‘Safe City Programme’
According to recent media reports, not much progress has been made in making cities safer for women even one year after launch of Safe City programme. It highlights poor guidelines and improper utilization of funds and focus on general elections ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Global Warming Impacts Marine Ecosystem Most: Study
According to research study conducted by Rutgers University in US and published in Journal of Nature, marine ecosystem and sea creatures are most affected by global warming. It is first research which compares cold-blooded marine and land species sensitivity to ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
‘Politics of Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook’, released
The “Politics of Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook” new book authored by journalist Saba Naqvi examines possibility of coalition government after 2019 Lok Sabha polls. About Book It examines coalition government history in India to project possibility at the end of ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
5th ABU Media Summit on Climate Action and Disaster Preparedness Held in Nepal
5th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Summit on Climate Action and Disaster Preparedness began from 25- 26 April 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was attended by more than 200 participants including political leaders, UN agencies representatives, NGOs, Experts of ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
FSS Voice Commerce: Real Time Voice Banking Platform Launched
IT service management company Financial Software Services (FSS) has launched real time voice banking platform called FSS voice commerce. It uses machine-learning language processing techniques and offers meaningful, contextual, and personalized banking interactions to customers. Benefits of FSS Voice Commerce ..