National- The president of The Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), a New Delhi based Indian think-tank - Vice President of India
- The Archaeological Survey of India, an organisation under - the Ministry of Culture, Government of India
- Under the ‘Beautification of Railway Stations with Local Artists’ competition the railway stations got the First Rank - Maharashtra’s Ballarshah and Chandrapur railway
International
- The Buddha seated in a meditative posture in SWAT valley of Pakistan, considered one of the largest rock sculptures in South Asia was restored with the help of – France
- The Pakistan Army launched an operation, Rah-e-Rast, to flush out militants from the tribal region in - 2010
Sports
- The first Indian track athlete to have won a medal in the history of the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships - Hima Das
Person In News
- Spiritual leader Dada J.P. Vaswani passes away recently was a receipient of - U Thant Peace Award
Economy
· Report State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2017-18 and 2018-19 is published by – Reserve Bank of India
· According to R.B.I. the revised estimates of Gross Fiscal Defecit to Gross Domestic Ratio is - 3.1%
· The difference between the government's expenditures and its revenues- Fiscal deficit
· Total expenditure – total receipts – Budget Defecit
· Revenue expenditure – revenue receipts – Revenue Defecit
· Total expenditure – total receipts except borrowings - Fiscal Deficit
General Awareness
- Aadhaar (English: Foundation) is a unique identity number of – 12 Digits
- A total of how many states are located at the International Border – 17
- Sikkim share border with - China,Nepal,Bhutan
- West Bengal share border with - Bhutan,Nepal,Bangladesh
- Arunachal Pradesh share border with - China, Bhutan, Myanmar
- Jammu & Kashmir share border with - Pakistan, China, Afghanistan[POK]
