GK Practice Questions – Current Affairs from gktdoay
1. The 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards function was held in a) Malaysia b) The USA c) Germany d) Australia Ans. (b) The USA 2. Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on 14 July 2017 dedicated country’s first solar powered DEMU (Diesel Electric Multiple Unit) train to the nation. Travel More...
Badminton World C’ships: Carolina Marin Beats PV Sindhu in Final
Carolina Marin has beaten PV Sindhu 21-19, 21-10 in the women’s singles final at the Badminton World Championships Marin is the first women’s player to win three World Championship golds This is Sindhu’s More...
Dutch law makes every adult an organ donor unless they opt out
According to the new law approved by the Dutch senators, every adult citizen of Netherlands becomes a potential organ donor unless they decide to opt out. The new policy is meant to help fix the shortage in organ More...
Transgender persons for Hajj volunteers
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, the nation is set to send people from the transgender community as Hajj volunteers for the 2018 Hajj pilgrimage. The community members will be part of a team of more More...
Jenny Kim,South Korean Model wins Miss Supranational 2017 Crown
Poland: Jenny Kim, a South Korean beauty pageant titleholder, has been crowned Miss Supranational 2017 in Krynica-Zdroj, Poland on December 1, 2017. She was crowned by the very beautiful Miss Supranational 2016 More...
Japan elects Shinzo Abe as the Prime Minister for the third time in a row
Japan’s ruling coalition has won an overwhelming victory in Sunday’s general election.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has scored a major victory in national elections that returned his ruling coalition More...
SLINEX 2017-The biennial Joint Indo-Lanka Maritime Fleet Exercise
The biennial Joint Indo-Lanka Maritime Fleet Exercise – SLINEX 2017 is scheduled to be conducted from September 7-to-14. The focus of SLINEX 2017 will be on fleet work, seamanship, communication, replenishment More...
World Badminton Champion 2017 – Nozomi Okuhara of Japan
Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu had to settle for silver after losing 19-21, 22-20, 20-22 to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a hard-fought final of the World Badminton Championships at Glasgow in Scotland on Sunday. Rio More...
ANUGA 2017-The world’s biggest and most important trade fair for food and beverage trade
The world’s biggest and most important trade fair for food and beverage trade “ANUGA 2017” will be held in Cologne, Germany on October 7, 2017. The acronym of ANUGA is Allgemeine Nahrungs- und Genussmittel-Ausstellung More...
Vision Jet’ the world’s smallest and cheapest private jet
Cirrus Aircraft, the US-based aviation company, has launched the world’s smallest and cheapest private jet ‘Vision Jet’ at Rs.12.6 Crore. The Jet can haul five adults up to 1,150 miles at 28,000 feet. It More...