Articles in Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
1. Justice HL Dattu appointed as Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission Former Chief Justice of India Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India. Dattu is the seventh Chairperson of the Commission and has replaced Justice Cyriac Joseph, who was the acting Chairperson of […]
1. Armaan Ebrahim wins FMSCI Motorsports Man of the Year trophy Car racer Armaan Ebrahim has bagged the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India’s (FMSCI) Motorsports Man-of-the-Year trophy. The award was given for his performance in the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia Series. Additionally, B.I. Chandhok received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution […]
1. Hashim Thaci elected President of Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci has been elected as President of Kosovo after winning the required simple majority in the elections held in Pristina. He will succeed Atifete Jahjaga. Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008. Kosovo and Serbia reached a landmark agreement to normalise their relations in […]
1. Railway budget 2016-17 tabled in Parliament (i) On February 25th, the Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu tabled the Railway Budget, 2016-17 in the Parliament. In his address Prabhu said, this Budget owes inspiration to the vision of PM Narendra Modi — to make railways backbone of India’s progress & economic development’. (ii) There was […]
On 26th February, the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Economic Survey 2016 -17 for the current fiscal year in the Parliament. Prepared by the Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian, it is a key government survey released before the Union Budget. The survey has projected India’s growth to be in the range of 7.0% […]
The British Prime Minister David Cameron recently announced that the referendum (vote) on Britain’s membership of the European Union (EU) will take place on 23rd June, 2016 to decide on whether the nation should remain a part of the European Union or exit the bloc (hence the term Brexit). Understanding Britain’s referendum on its EU […]
Recently, Nepal’s Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli ended his six-day maiden visit to India, during which the two nations discussed issues of mutual concern and signed agreements to improve partnership in several areas of significance. These developments can be important for your upcoming competitive exams. Therefore, in this article, let us take a look […]
Dear Readers, First of all, we congratulate all the candidates who have successfully cleared the SSC-CGL 2015 Mains exam. The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has already started issuing call letters to the shortlisted candidates for the third and final phase of the exam i.e. the Personal Interview (Personality Test). In this article, we will discuss […]
1. Beijing becomes new billionaire capital of the World (i) Beijing became the new,’billionaire capital’ as the city recorded highest number of billionaires living in it for the first time, surpassing New York. (ii) A total of 100 billionaires are now living in Chinese capital compared with 95 in New York. The data was released […]
1. Pakistan’s Parliament – World’s first to run entirely on solar power (i) In a recent development, Pakistan’s parliament became the first in the world to run entirely on Solar power. (ii) Pakistan’s solar power venture is supported by its close ally China with a hefty funding of $55 million. (iii) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif […]