GK & Current Affairs

India and the World UN Projected India’s Growth At 10.1% In 2022 The growth of Indian economy is projected at 10.1% in the calendar year 2022 by the UN. The growth outlook of 2021 was ‘highly fragile’ as India was the ‘new hotbed of the pandemic.’ The mid-year update said Read more…

Technology 3 cost-effective ventilators & oxygen concentrator developed by ISRO ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), has developed three different types of ventilators and an oxygen concentrator. This is done at a time when a shortage of this critical medical equipment has resulted in the deaths of many Covid-19 patients Read more…

National News Assam’s new chief minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma Himanta Biswa Sarma was named as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam replacing the existing CM, Sarbananda Sonowal.  He will take the charge of the office with effect from May 10, 2021. The BJP party won a second straight term in Read more…

National News New Chief Minister of Puducherry: N Rangaswamy The AINRC founder, N Rangaswamy has been sworn in as the CM of the Union Territory of Puducherry for the fourth time. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Lieutenant governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. It is the first time Read more…

National news New CM of Tamil Nadu appointed: DMK chief Stalin Tamil Nadu governor appointed Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin as the CM of Tamil Nadu.  He is the son of the former five-term Tamil Nadu chief minister, the late M Karunanidhi.  The DMK party alone won 133 Read more…