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Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here India gets $42-billion FDI inflows in 2018: UN report According to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2019,Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into India has increased by 6% to $42 billion in 2018. The sectors which received the strong inflows includes (a)manufacturing, (b)communication (c)financial services (d)cross-border… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – June 14, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here IRSDC enters into tripartite pact with French Railways, agency The Indian Railway Station Development Corp (IRSDC)has  entered into a tripartite agreement with French Railways and French Development Agency(AFD). Under this pact, AFD will provide in-kind grant of up to 7 lakh euros through… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – June 13, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here DU scientists discover frog in Assam, name it after Northeast A team of scientists from Delhi University and the Wildlife Institute of India, in collaboration with researchers from Indonesia and the US, have discovered a new species frog from Assam in Northeast India.… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – June 12, 2019

Download the compilation ofall summaries of all the news Articles here Centre compulsorily retires 12 senior I-T officers for corruption, extortion & misconduct The government has compulsorily retired 12 senior Indian Revenue Service (income tax) officers under Rule 56 (j) of Fundamental Rules. The decision has been taken in the backdrop of charges of corruption,… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – June 11, 2019

Download the compilation ofall summaries of all the news Articles here Explained: Government wish list for schools The Draft National Educational Policy 2019, has put forward a number of recommendations for strengthening the school education system in India. It has recommended to expand the ambit of the Right to Education Act to include early childhood… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – June 10, 2019

Download the compilation ofall summaries of all the news Articles here SEBI, MCA sign pact for more data scrutiny Ministry of Corporate Affairs(MCA) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for data exchange between the two regulatory organizations. The MoU comes in the backdrop of increasing need… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – June 8, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here Ecologists have 596 reasons to cheer In 2018, 596 new species of flora and fauna from India have been documented by scientists and taxonomists. The details have been published by Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in the… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – June 7, 2019

Telangana’s women farmers get their due The women sangams (groups) of the Deccan Development Society, an agro-based NGO  have been awarded the United Nation’s Equator Prize for 2019. They are one of the 20 recipients of the 2019 Equator Prize. They have been selected for standing as ‘an outstanding example of a local, nature-based solution… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – June 6, 2019

India at 95 on maiden Gender Index The first of a kind edition of SDG Gender Index 2019  has been released.India has been ranked at 95th among 129 countries on the Index. The SDG Gender Index has been developed by Equal Measures 2030 which is a joint effort of regional and global organisations. The index… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – June 5, 2019