President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed new governors for Manipur, Assam, Punjab and Andaman & Nicobar Najma Heptulla has been appointed Manipur Governor of Manipur. Previously, she was part of Narenda Modi’s cabinet as Union Minority affairs minister but she resigned in July 2016. Banwarilal Purohit has been appointed Governor of Assam. He is a three-time …
Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav has been banned from all competitive sporting events for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The CAS panel did not accept the argument of the athlete that he was the victim of sabotage and noted that there was no evidence that he bore no fault, nor that the …
India Post Payments Bank has received the certificate of incorporation from the Registrar of Companies, Ministry of Corporate Affairs under the Companies Act 2013, paving the way for the postal department’s bank to begin operations in 2017 as announced. IPPBL would be the first PSU under the Department of Posts (DoP). Facts about India Post Payments Bank …
Rajras Current Affairs August 18 NEWS: India has its first Medal at Rio Wrestler Sakshi Malik defeated Kyrgyzstan wrestler Tynybekova in Repechage chance to win Bronze medal. Sakshi Malik created history by becoming the first woman wrestler from India to bag an Olympic medal. Sakshi had lost 2-9 in the quarter-finals to Russia’s Valeriia Koblova …
Rajras Current Affairs August 17 NEWS: Food causes WPI inflation to rise to 23-month high WPI inflation rose to 23 month high of 3.6% WPI- Wholesale Price Index Importance: Captures increase in price of products at wholesale level. Who releases WPI: Office of the Economic Adviser in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry …
