NEWS HEADLINES
International
Oman to host Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain for a T20I series at Oman Cricket Academy grounds in Al Amera
National
Union Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution & Textiles, Minister Piyush Goyal to Inaugurate India International Trade Fair (IITF) in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Who is the present minister of Food and PDS?
Ans : Mr Piyush Goyal
2. Who is the present Chief justice of Karnataka High court?
Ans : Abhay Shreeniwas Oka
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
WORD OF THE DAY
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY
- The East India Company announced the formation of a separate princely state of Bengal in 1681.
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) started radio service in Britain in 1922. It became the first organization to broadcast radio in Britain.
- Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, was born in 1889.
- India’s famous Hindi poet Balveer Singh Rang was born in 1919.
- Adam Gilchrist, the Australian cricketer, was born in 1971.