Defense
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired an indigenously-developed 500 kg inertially-guided bomb at - Pokhran test firing range
Economy
- Jaitley gives a 2-month extension to CBDT task force on - Direct Tax Code
- Public sector banks in India recover ................ from bad loans in 2018-19 - Rs 1.2 lakh cr
- liquid assets that can be readily sold or immediately converted into cash at little or no loss of value or used as collateral to obtain funds in a range of stress scenarios- High-Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA)
Environment
- United Nation (UN) Environment India and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) of India initiated an awareness campaign - 'Not all animals migrate by choice'
- The Vice President of India calls for protection of - Ongole cattle
International
- Kids Right Index: India ranks - 117th
- Kids Right Index: topper country –Iceland
- Kids Rights Index is prepared on the basis of - Right to Life, Right to Education, Right to Health, Right to Protection
National
- The strength of Supreme Court judges – 31
- Parliament had increased SC’s sanctioned strength of judges from ……… to 31 in 2008 – 26
- The establishment and constitution of Supreme Court of India is provided by - Article 124
- The Chief Justice and other judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by - President of India
Persons in News
- India’s 1st Woman IAF Pilot to qualify for Combat Missions - Bhawana Kanth
State Current Affairs
- Chief Minister of Odisha and Biju Janata Dal chief secured a fifth straight term - Naveen Patnaik
General Knowledge
- Indian Air Force officially established on - 8 October 1932
- Bhawana Kanth completed her day operational syllabus on - MiG-21 Bison aircraft
- The highest judicial court and the final court of appeal under the Constitution of India - The Supreme Court of India
- Supreme Court of India Established on - 1 October 1935
- WCCB - Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
- MoEFCC - Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- Ongole cattle an indigenous cattle breed originates from - Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh
