Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 24th September 2016

Dear Readers, we are presenting Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 24th September 2016.

Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 24th September 2016

1. India and Russia joint military exercise Indra 2016 begins

1. The eighth edition of joint military exercise ‘Indra-2016’ between India and Russia has begun in Russian city of Vladivostok. The main focus of this edition of bilateral military exercise is on Counter-Terrorism Operations in semi mountainous and jungle terrain under United Nations Mandate.

2. The eleven days bilateral military exercise seeks to achieve interoperability in joint operations. Troops from both sides would acquaint themselves with the respective approach to such counter-Terrorism operations.

Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 23rd September 2016

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Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 23rd September 2016

1. India, US, Afghanistan reaffirm shared interest in combating terrorism

1. India, United States and Afghanistan have reaffirmed their shared interests in combating terrorism and advancing peace and security in the region. In this regard, a trilateral statement was issued after meeting of their delegates in New York on the sidelines of the 71st session of UN General Assembly.

2. Three countries reaffirm their shared interests in advancing peace and security in the region, as well as countering terrorism. They have exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan and on regional issues of mutual interest.

Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 22nd September 2016

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Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 22nd September 2016

Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 21th September 2016

Dear Readers, we are presenting Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 21st September 2016.

Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 21th September 2016

1. Cabinet approves merger of Union, Railway Budgets

1. In a complete overhaul of the Central Government’s Budgetary process, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved three crucial proposals --- to merge the Railway and General Budgets, scrap the distinction between the Plan and Non-Plan Expenditure and advance the date for the presentation of the General Budget to ensure it is completed by March 31.

2. Jaitley also said that the Cabinet had taken an in-principle decision to advance the Budgetary process but the exact dates for presentation of the Budget will be taken based on the calendar for State assembly elections.

3. Regarding the merger of the Railway and General Budget, the Finance Minister said that the distinct identity of the Railways and its functional autonomy will continue.

Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 20th September 2016

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Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 20th September 2016.

1. HRD Minister inaugurates Super Computer PARAM-ISHAN at IIT Guwahati

1. Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the super computer PARAM ISHAN at IIT Guwahati campus.

2. Students and faculty members of IIT Guwahati are expected to derive huge benefit from the facility.

3. It has been jointly developed by IIT Guwahati and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, C -DAC.

4. PARAM ISHAN has the power of 250 Teraflops and 300 terabyte capacity and can be used in the application areas like computational chemistry, computational fluid dynamics, computational electromagnetic, civil engineering structures, nana-block self assemble, optimization and others.

Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 19th September 2016

Dear Readers, we are presenting Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 19th September 2016.

Daily Current Affairs for All Exams- 19th September 2016.

1. Alka Sirohi appointed as UPSC chairman
1. President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed former IAS officer Alka Sirohi as chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) as per Article 316 of Constitution. She will replace Deepak Gupta who demits office on 20th September 2016. She will be in office till completion of her term as member on January 3, 2017.
2. Before joining the UPSC as a member in January 2012, she was Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)