List of top Current Affairs Questions

The first Artificial Intelligence ship to study marine pollution, avoid collisions and detect marine animals is named as
According to Germanwatch’s Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), 2022, what is the rank of India ?
The National Commission for Backward Classes was accorded the constitutional status by
In which of the following States, the first Emergency Landing Facility on a National Highway was inaugurated ?
The Durand Line is the line demarcating the boundaries between
The 2021 AI Readiness Index, published by Oxford Insights, ranks 160 countries as to how prepared their governments are in the use of AI in public services. India is ranked at
Who was the first Indian to win an Olympic gold in athletics ?
Which country got its name changed in the United Nations in June 2022 ?
Which country won the Uber Cup Badminton International Championship held in 2022 ?
The Supreme Court of India declared the Act providing 10.5% internal reservations to the Vanniyar community in Tamil Nadu to be ‘unconstitutional’ because
Which of the following is not a member of the QUAD that met in the United States in 2021 just after the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan ?
Why did Canada recently decide to ban Huawei and ZTE from 5G network ?
Timor-Leste recently celebrated 20 years of independence. On 20 May 2002, the United Nations formally handed power to the new Timorese government. Who did they gain independence from ?
Savita Halappanavar was a dentist from Karnataka. In 2012, her death in Ireland resulted in a huge furore. What did Amnesty International term her death to be a consequence of ?
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is found at the intersection of which of the following States/ Union Territories ?
India recently won the Thomas Cup in Badminton for the very first time. Which of these nations have won the Thomas Cup for the maximum number of times ?
Why was UK-Iranian dual citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe detained and jailed in Iran from 2016 to 2022 ?
Desmond Tutu is credited with establishing and heading the Truth and Reconciliation processes in South Africa. Which of the following statements about him is not true ?
Nicknamed ‘Daughter of Palestine’, Shireen Abu Alekh was among the Arab world’s first female field reporters and was allegedly shot dead by Israeli forces while reporting for Al Jazeera from the occupied West Bank. Which of these countries partly owns Al Jazeera ?
What is the system of ‘six raised dots’ relevant for ?
The board of the Pulitzer Prizes has recently honored Ukrainian journalists for their “courage, endurance and commitment to truthful reporting” on the war between Russia and Ukraine. Which of the following is not true ?
Who was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of the United States ?
Why did the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) restrict Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine ?
On December 26, 2021, for the first time since the present government came to power in 2014, the Union Home Ministry constituted a panel led by its officers to review the withdrawal of the Armed areas. The Act was amended in 1972 and the powers to declare an area as "disturbed" were conferred concurrently upon the Central Government along with the States. Currently, the MHA issues periodic "disturbed area" notification to extend AFSPA only for Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, where it is applicable in the districts of Tirap, Changlang, Longding and areas falling under Namsai and Mahadevpur police stations bordering Assam. The notification for Manipur and Assam is issued by the State Governments. Tripura revoked the Act in 2015 and Meghalaya was under AFSPA for 27 years, until it was revoked by the MHA from April 1, 2018. The Act was implemented in a 20-km area along the border with Assam. Jammu and Kashmir has a separate J&K Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1990.
Maritime Strategy in 2007, titled "Freedom to use the Seas". They kept on upgrading their vision document on regular intervals with latest being declared in 2015. The Security And Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR) vision declared by the Government of India in May 2015 has been a massive game changer on multiple fronts. It integrates the geopolitical and geostrategic realities to domestic requirements. The security concerns and the blue economic opportunities are comprehensively addressed along with the diplomatic leverage and reviving the rich maritime heritage.
The SAGAR vision has been backed by aggressive push by the Government of India to drive mega projects with massive human resource requirements.