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Indian Army conducts surgical strikes on terror camps across LoC
Indian Army has carried out surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC)in Jammu and Kashmir to prevent Pakistani terrorists who had "positioned themselves at launch pads with the aim to carry out strikes in Jammu and Kashmir and other metros," said the army today. There were no Indian casualties in the strikes which took place last night in...
Sushma Swaraj addresses 71st session of UN General Assembly
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addressed the 71st session of United Nations General Assembly. Targeting Pakistan, she said that every country which sponsor terror and do not act against terrorism should be isolated globally. Responding to Pak PM Nawaz Sharif speech...
ISRO's PSLV-C35 places SCATSAT-1 into Orbit
Indian Space Research Organisation successfully put into orbit its own weather satellite SCATSAT-1 this morning at 9.12am. In the second phase of its mission, the rocket launched seven other satellites - five foreign and two Indian - between 11.25 to 11.28 am, in a different orbit. This was the first mission of PSLV in which it launched...
Arun Goyal appointed Additional Secretary GST Council
Senior IAS officer Arun Goyal has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council. The Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is mandated to decide on tax rate, exempted goods and the threshold limit.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved Goyal’s appointment against the newly created...
Google Launches Messaging App Allo
Allo is Google’s new messaging app to compete WhatsApp. Google on 21st Sept 2016 emerged in the mobile messaging market with new AI powered messaging app called Allo. App’s reliance on predictive software created a warning that it could open up user data to law enforcement. Allo’s key differentiator from most other messaging apps is that it’s backed...
Tamil film 'Visaranai' is India's Oscar Awards entry for 2017
National Award-winning Tamil film Visaaranai, directed by filmmaker Vetrimaaran, will be India’s official entry to the Oscars in 2017. The film will feature in the Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars. Visaranai beat competition from films like Bajirao Mastani and...
Alka Sirohi appointed UPSC chairman
Former IAS officer Alka Sirohi has been appointed as New chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), in place of Deepak Gupta who demits office on 20th September 2016. President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Sirohi to perform the duties of the post of the chairman,...
Result of Civil Services (Pre) Exam 2016
Result of Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2016 held on 07.08.2016, the candidates with the following Roll Numbers have qualified for admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2016. The candidature of these candidates is provisional. In accordance with the Rules of the Examination, all these candidates have to apply again in the...
Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia wins gold at Paralympics
Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia became the first Indian to clinch two gold medals at the Paralympics after he broke his own world record to clinch the top honours at the Rio Games. Devendra, who won his previous gold in the 2004 Athens Games, bettered his own world record...
