National
- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) is under ministry - Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
- A Project for expansion of green cover under in Nagaur, Jhalawar, Chittorgarh, Kishangarh and Sajangarh is under the
Mission - Amrut Mission
- The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is organising a two-day International Round Table Conference at - New-Delhi
- The Union Government has declared the area around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) as an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ). The MTR is located in - Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu.
International
- Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the 17th World Sanskrit Conference at - Vancouver, Canada
Person in News
- New Chairperson of National Green Tribunal July 2018 - Adarsh Kumar Goel
- The head of the Committee created to draft new education Policy - K Kasturirangan
- New Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court for the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh - Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan
- J N Sadhu, the Veteran journalist has passed away. He was associated with newspaper - The Indian Express
Sports
- The Indian Men T-20 vice-captain of Cricket team - Rohit Sharma
General Knowledge
- Elections to one-third of the seats of the upper house of the Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, are conducted every - Two years.
- First time NOTA was introduced in five state elections in - November 2013
- The minimum age for becoming a candidate for Lok Sabha or Assembly election – 25 Years
- The maximum number of members of Rajya Sabha – 250
- The present strength of Rajya Sabha – 245
- Rajya Sabha is a Permanent House and is not subject to dissolution as per - Article 83 (1)
Economy
- Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 enacted in – January 2003
- Financial Intelligence Unit – India (FIU-IND) was set by the Government of India on- 18 November 2004
- The current account deficit is a measurement of a country’s trade where the value of the goods and services it imports exceeds the value of the goods and services it exports – Current Account Deficit
- A trade deficit is an economic measure of international trade in which a country's imports exceeds its exports - Trade Deficit
- A deficit is the opposite of a surplus. It is the amount by which a resource falls short of a mark – Deficit
