Category: 9 PM Brief

PM-KISAN Scheme extension to include all eligible farmer families irrespective of the size of land holdings The Union Cabinet has approved to extend the ambit of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. This scheme can now be availed by all land holding eligible farmer families (subject to the prevalent exclusion criteria) under the scheme irrespective… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – June 3, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here Forbidden planet discovered in Neptunian Desert Astronomers have used the Next-Generation Transit Survey telescope in the Atacama Desert of Chile to identify an exoplanet in the Neptunian Desert. The exoplanet has been described in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – May 31, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here India has 20 health workers for 10,000 people, study finds A study based on National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) data has revealed that India has 20.6 health workers per 10,000 people. The study has been published in BMJ Open. The number of health workers is… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – May 30, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here India elected to Executive Board of first UN-Habitat Assembly India has been elected to the Executive Board of the first UN-Habitat Assembly. This had happened at the Plenary Session of the UN Habitat Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya.The special theme for the UN-Habitat Assembly is… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – May 29, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here BIMSTEC heads invited to PM’s swearing-in India has invited leaders of BIMSTEC member countries to attend the swearing-in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his council of ministers. This is in line with the India’s focus on its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy. Further, the president… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – May 28, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here ICMR head Balram Bhargava wins Dr. Lee Jong-wook Prize for Public Health Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) Professor Balram Bhargava has been awarded the 2019 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health at the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva. He bagged the… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – May 27, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here Avoid tit-for-tat in trade war, cut duties: Panel A high-level advisory group constituted by the union commerce ministry on Foreign trade policy has submitted its report to government. The panel has recommended the centre to cut down corporate tax rate and set a target… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – May 25, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here India votes in favour of UNGA resolution demanding UK withdraw from Chagos Archipelago India was among 116 nations to vote in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution on “Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – May 24, 2019

Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here Oman author Jokha Al Harthi wins Booker International Prize Omani author Jokha Al Harthi has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for his book Celestial Bodies. Celestial Bodies is the story of three sisters of a desert country confronting its slave-owning past and… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – May 23, 2019