Current Affairs

A bill was passed in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly yesterday regarding the creation of three new districts in the state. The three districts are - Lepa Rada, Pakke-Kesang, and Shi Yomi. Lepa Rada would be created by dividing the Lower Siang district; Pakke-Kesang will be built out of East Kameng district; and  Shi Yomi will be formed by dividing the West Siang district.

A new wage agreement has been signed by the shipping ministry with the port officials and workers federation in order to benefit 1.5 lakh port and dock workers, and the pensioners. This agreement will result in a hike of 10.6 percent in the wage of the workers and pensioners.

Indira Nooyi, Pepsico CEO, will be stepping down from the position in October this year. She is one of the female business figures leading big companies today. She was associated with PepsiCo for the last 24 years taking the company to unimaginable heights. With her exit, only 24 women CEOs will be left to run Top 500 American companies.

Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian ventured into space, has approved Narendra Modi's 'Gaganyaan' program of having a national space mission by 2022. An Indian will be sent into space under this program. If this program becomes successful, India will be the fourth country after China, Russia, and US to send a person into space.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is considering to launch its own TV channel to promote a scientific attitude among people and school students. This initiative is being planned by ISRO to augment its outreach all over India.

Samsung has finally launched its Galaxy Note 9 at an event in Brooklyn, New York. The phone is loaded with some extraordinary features like a large display, bigger battery, 1TB internal storage, 512GB of built-in storage, and an upgraded S Pen with Bluetooth support. It is the top-end model in the galaxy Note series. 

India, the defending champion is going to take on Sri Lanka at South Asian Football Federation Cup(SAFF) in Dhaka today. India has earlier won the title of this regional title seven times out of eleven editions. Other than India Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan, Bhutan, and Bangladesh are the participating countries in the tournament.

India bagged a gold medal in Men’s Pair Bridge Event, in Asian Games 2018 when Pranab Bhardan and Shibhnath Sarkar after scoring 384 points in the Finals. With this India bagged their 15th Gold Medal in the Asian Games. The silver and bronze was taken by China and Indonesia.Bridge is introduced in the Asian Games this year, and it is a matter of extreme pride for the country for finishing as a topper in the Men’s Pair.

Swapna Barman made India proud by winning a gold medal at the Asian Games 2018 and becoming the first Indian heptathlete to achieve this success. Even though, she was suffering from severe tooth ache during her game, she left no stones unturned in producing the best performance of her career till now. 

Amitabh Bachchan declared today that he would be donating Rs. 1.5 crore to the farmers to waive off their loans and Rs. 1 crore to the families of the martyrs. 



India won the first match of the five-match One Day International Cricket Series against West Indies taking place in Guwahati. India won by 8 wickets chasing a target of 323 runs. India made 326 runs in 42.1 overs losing two wickets in all. Rohit Sharma delivered an outstanding performance by making 152 runs off 117 balls and remained not out. Captain Virat Kohli also performed really well scoring 140 runs off 107 balls and was declared Man of the Match. 

As per the forecast of Indian Meteorological Department (IDA), the air quality index of the capital city has dipped to a four -year low. The Air Quality Index (AQI) has dipped to 326 which comes under “very poor” category. As per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reading above 400 indicates severe levels of pollution. The air quality is expected to remain the same for the next few days.

The death toll in yesterday’s Punjab train accident rose to 61. According to media reports, 74 people have been injured in the accident. Following the accident, train services between Jalandhar and Amritsar were suspended.