Articles in Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
1. Hanan Al Hroub wins Global Teacher’s Prize 2016 (i) Hanan Al Hroub, the Palestinian teacher who teaches refugee children, recently won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize 2016. (ii) As she grew up in a refugee camp near Bethlehem, she took up the onus of teaching refugee children, especially those torn up by war. […]
1. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu launches Clean My Coach initiative (i) On March 11, Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu launched “Clean My Coach” Service keeping in line with the Indian Railways Cleanliness drive ‘Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat.’ (ii) This ‘Clean My Coach’ service was announced by the Railway Minister in his Rail Budget […]
1.Rest of India team bags Irani Cup i) Rest of India team defeated Mumbai by four wickets to lift the Irani Cup. ii) The team chased a target of 480 runs set by Mumbai on the fifth and final day of the match. This run-chase is the best in the history of Irani Cup and […]
1. India extends biggest ever overseas credit line worth $2 billion to Bangladesh i. In a landmark development, India extended the biggest ever overseas credit line worth $2 billion to Bangladesh. ii. The agreement was signed between chairman and managing director of Exim Bank Yaduvendra Mathur with senior secretary in Bangladesh’s economic relations division Mohammad […]
Dear PaGaLGuY Readers, We are pleased to present you the February 2016 General Knowledge (GK) Bullet – an exclusive, complete and comprehensive summary of important news, National and International that took place in the month of February. This Bullet is relevant for Banking, SSC, Insurance and UPSC Exams. We will keep posting similar GK bullets so that you […]
1. Russia tops ranking of countries in terms of highest percentage of women in senior business roles (i) According to, “Women in Business” survey by the U.S. based audit and tax firm Grant Thornton, Russia once again topped the international ranking of countries with the highest percentage of women in senior business roles. (ii) With […]
1. Andrew Holness sworn in as Jamaica’s PM (i) Recently, Andrew Holness was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the Jamaica. Holness, a former education minister and member of the Jamaican Labour Party has promised to create jobs, boost the economy and improve education and healthcare. (ii) In the election that concluded recently […]
1. National Safety Day observed on March 4 National Safety Day was observed across the country on 4 March 2016. The day is annually observed by the National Safety Council to commemorate its establishment and enhance the safety awareness among people. The aim is to prevent and lessen the loss of life including various human […]
1. Jerry Pinto chosen for the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize Columnist and author Jerry Pinto has been chosen for the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize. He is among the nine recipients of the annual prize, which is awarded to English-language writers “for their literary achievements or their potential”. Pinto won the award for his first novel ‘Em and […]
1. Poet Bhagwati Lal Vyas selected for 2015 Bihari Puraskar Eminent poet Dr Bhagwati Lal Vyas has been chosen for the 2015 Bihari Puraskar for his anthology of Rajasthani poems ‘Katha Sun Aawe Hai Sabad’. In his poetry, Vyas talks about the disagreeable changes in human relations, social disparity and loss of human values. However, […]