In the recently concluded Bahrain Junior and Cadet Open tournament in Manama, India-A team won the gold, India-B - Silver and India-C – Bronze while Indian team of Manushree Patil and Swastika Ghosh won silver in Junior girls' competition
Table Tennis terms: Stroke, Topspin, Twiddle, backhand etc.
Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change approved the dedicated Asiatic Lion Conservation Project with an estimated budget of around Rs 98 crores to strengthen the conservation initiative for financial years 2018-2019, 2019- 2020 and 2020-2021
Asiatic Lion is endemic to Gir, Gujarat
Arunachal Pradesh’s Nyishi tribe celebrated a fortnight-long Boori Boot Yollo festival. Boori Boot Yollo is observed in the month of February every year to welcome spring and a successful harvest
Arunachal Pradesh Governor: Dr BD Mishra
All eligible unorganised sector workers who subscribe to PMSYM scheme up to 40 years of age would be entitled to a minimum monthly pension of ₹3,000. The scheme is slated to benefit 10 crore workers over the next 5 years
MOS for Ministry of Labour and Employment: Santosh Gangwar
150 years ago, Mendeleev presented iconic Periodic Table, arranging elements according to their atomic weights, exhibiting periodicity of properties. UNESCO recently decided to celebrate 2019 as “International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Element
Element 101 of periodic table: Mendelevium (Md)
PM Modi recently launched DD Arunprabha, a dedicated 24x7 Satellite channel for Arunachal Pradesh which would act as an ambassador of the culture of the state and familiarize people across India with the beauty & culture of the State
AP Capital: Itanagar, CM: Pema Khandu
According to a recent report, India accounted for more than 10% of the global smartphone market with a total of 137 mn smartphones shipped in 2018. China and USA accounted for a majority of the market shipments of over 350 mn & 150 mn units, respectively
Minister of Communications: Manoj Sinha
According to Commerce Ministry, India's exports to China reached $12.7 billion during April-December 2018 with growth in shipments of marine products, chemicals, plastics, petroleum products, grapes and rice & is poised to achieve its highest ever this fis
Minister for Commerce & Industry: Suresh Prabhu
US cargo spacecraft Cygnus was recently released from the International Space Station (ISS) with the purpose to take out space trash and debris. It is destined to burn up while entering earth’s atmosphere on completion of its job.
Sputnik I, 1st artificial satellite was launched in 1957
Assasinated Editor of Rising Kashmir Shujaat Bukhaari’s reports from the Kashmir Valley was recently compiled into a book- The Dirty War in Kashmir- Frontline Reports. He was an earlier correspondent for Frontline and The Hindu for 15 years
Ladakh granted 3rd division of J & K state