News:Department of Animal Husbandry released two diagnostic kits developed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) under the Indian Veterinary Research Institute. Facts: About the diagnostic kits: The diagnostic kits …
Read MoreNews:The three Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer are considered to be instrumental in using randomised controlled trials to test the effectiveness of various policy interventions to …
Read MoreNews:The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided to keep Pakistan on its grey list till February 2020. Facts: Pakistan and FATF: In June 2018,Financial Action Task Force(FATF) had greylisted …
Read MoreNews:The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a Hong Kong Democracy Act. Facts: Why was the bill passed? Hong Kong has been experiencing protests against a proposed law to allow …
Read MoreNews: Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched Van Dhan Internship Programme. Facts: About Van Dhan Internship Programme It is being organised by TRIFED under Ministry of Tribal Affairs. 18 interns …
Read MoreNews: The 20th Livestock Census has been released. Facts: Key takeaways: The total Livestock population is 535.78 million in the country showing an increase of 4.6% over Livestock Census-2012 Total …
Read MoreNews: The World Bank said that India has halved its poverty rate since the 1990s and achieved a seven plus growth rate over the last 15 years. Facts: Key observations …
Read MoreNews: United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said in a booklet that people globally should eat healthy diets for a zero hunger world. The booklet has been …
Read MoreNews:The International Monetary Fund(IMF) has released the World Economic Outlook(WEO) Report. Facts: Key takeaways from the report: The report has downgraded India’s growth projections to 6.1% in 2019 and 7% …
Read MoreNews:The World Giving Index 2019 has been released. Facts: About World Giving index: The World Giving Index(WGI) is an annual report published by the Charities Aid Foundation.It is an international …
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