N Korea named ‘worst human trafficking country’ The US State Department has categorised North Korea as as one of the “worst human trafficking nation” for the 16th straight year, citing the use of forced labour. According to the annual ‘2018 Trafficking in Persons Report’, North Korea has been included in …

India Ranked Fourth as Cyber Attacks on The Rise Globally: Report India ranked fourth in the list of top 10 target countries for Web Application Attacks as bot-driven abuse and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continued to rise from November 2017 till April this year, Cloud delivery network provider …

  NSG plenary meeting held in Jurmala, Latvia The 28th Plenary Meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was held in Jurmala, Latvia On 14th and 15th June 2018. The NSG plenary meeting was chaired by Ambassador Jānis Zlamets of Latvia. The NSG reviewed the developments since the last meeting in Bern in 2017. Ashwini Kumar …

CSIR lab to give technology for India’s first indigenous Lithium Ion Battery project Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu under Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Agreement for transfer of technology for India’s first Lithium …

Cabinet approves Repositioning of North Eastern Council The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) for the nomination of the Union Home Minister as ex-officio Chairman of North Eastern Council (NEC) – a statutory body with Governors …

Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Kalpakkam – 603102 invites online applications from eligible willing candidates for recruitment positions of Technical Officer/C, Scientific Assistant/C, Stipendiary Trainee Category- I, Technician/C, Stipendiary Trainee Category- II, Upper Division Clerk (UDC) and Stenographer Grade – …

31 May 2018 Current Affairs     International Conference on the TRIPS CBD Linkage 7-8 June 2018 in Geneva India has taken the lead in seeking to revive WTO discussions on issues related to preventing theft of traditional knowledge. Government of India, along with the Centre for WTO Studies, Indian …

  Hamburg to host 2018 Global Wind Summit The first edition of the Global Wind Summit will be held in Hamburg from September 25-28, 2018. The organisers of the four-day event are expecting speakers from about 100 countries, including India, China, the US, Spain and Denmark. The conference on wind …

26th BASIC Ministerial meeting of Environment Ministers in Durban The 26th BASIC Ministerial Meeting of Environment Ministers was held in Durban, South Africa for co-operation to protect the climate for present and future generations. The BASIC grouping is a bloc of four countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and China – …

25 May 2018 Current Affairs India moves one notch up to 44th rank in IMD’s competitiveness rankings India has moved one notch higher, to the 44th place in terms of competitiveness, in the annual rankings compiled by International Institute for Management Development (IMD) which placed the US in the top …