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The Best FIFA Football Awards 2019
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2019 were presented at La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy. It is an association football award presented annually by FIFA, the highest governing body of football. The FIFA The Best Football Awards FIFA’s The ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina wins GAVI’s ‘Vaccine Hero’ award
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been conferred with prestigious ‘Vaccine Hero’ award of Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisations (GAVI) in recognition of Bangladesh’s outstanding success in vaccination to immunise children. She was conferred the award at a ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Key Facts: Why RBI has abruptly placed restrictions on PMC Bank?
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed caps on withdrawals made by customers of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Banks for 6 months. The imposition was invoked by the central bank under Section 35 A of India’s Banking Regulation act, 1949. ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Quick Facts: What is CTRL-Labs? Why Facebook is acquiring it?
On 23rd September, 2019, Facebook announced that it will acquire CTRL – Labs, a tech company that makes wrist bands capable of reading minds. The band can transmit electrical signals from brain into computers as digital input. The deal is ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Quick Facts: Google win in European Union’s top court on the “right to be forgotten” globally
The European Union’s top court on 24th September, 2019, ruled that Google does not have to apply “Right to be forgotten law” globally. This means that the US based Tech giant has to remove data links to personal information only ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Govt. launches ‘CHC-Farm Machinery’ mobile app for farmers
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar launched ‘CHC Farm Machinery’ mobile App in New Delhi. The Multi-lingual Mobile App CHC Farm Machinery is for farmers to hire tractors and other farm machineries. About ‘CHC Farm Machinery’ ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
What is Private Security Agency Licensing Portal?
Emphasising the need to increase the number of licensed private security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the ‘Private Security Agency Licensing Portal’ in New Delhi. It is a web portal to help private security agencies get licenses. About Private ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
PM Modi receives Global Goalkeepers Award
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the 2019 ‘Global Goalkeeper Award’ by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at a ceremony held on the sidelines of United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in New York City, US. PM Modi was honoured ..