25.12.19 West Bengal (WBPSC) Daily Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL Google searches for Operation Twist surge in India   Google searches for Operation Twist surge in India. The announcement came after the central bank announced its version of the U.S. Federal Reserve unconventional monetary policy. The searches for the term came from Delhi, Maharashtra.   The central bank buys long-term bonds while simultaneously selling short-term government securities to … Read more 25.12.19 West Bengal (WBPSC) Daily Current Affairs

22-23.12.19 West Bengal (WBPSC) Daily Current Affairs

    INTERNATIONAL Portugal to launch a Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize   Portugal is to launch a Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize with an aim to promote Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals. The announcement was made by the Portuguese Prime Minister, Antonio Costa. at the second meeting of the National Committee for Commemoration of the 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at New … Read more 22-23.12.19 West Bengal (WBPSC) Daily Current Affairs

20.12.19 West Bengal (WBPSC) Daily Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL WHO approved a biosimilar medicine for breast cancer   The World Health Organization (WHO) has now approved a biosimilar medicine that is derived from living sources instead of the chemicals. The aim is to make breast cancer treatment affordable to women globally. This approval from WHO is first of such kind.   The Trastuzumab drug has proved high efficacy in … Read more 20.12.19 West Bengal (WBPSC) Daily Current Affairs

19.12.19 West Bengal (WBPSC) Daily Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL UNESCO removes Racist, a Belgian carnival, from the heritage list   The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) removed ‘Racist’ the Belgian carnival from the heritage list. It was removed over the recurring repetition of racist and antisemitic representations as the carnival mocks Jews.   The carnival is celebrated in the Belgian city of Aalst every … Read more 19.12.19 West Bengal (WBPSC) Daily Current Affairs

17.12.19 West Bengal (WBPSC) Daily Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL NASA select site Nightingale for observation   NASA has finally selected a sample collection site on asteroid Bennu after the arrival of OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in December 2018. The OSIRIS-Rex mission team has selected the site designated Nightingale, which is located in a crater high in Bennu’s northern hemisphere. The team has also selected site Osprey of Bennu as a backup sample collection site.   OSIRIS-REx spacecraft mapped … Read more 17.12.19 West Bengal (WBPSC) Daily Current Affairs

15-16.12.19 West Bengal (WBPSC) Daily Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL International Tea Day 2019 The United Nations (UN) has declared May 21 as International Tea Day on the recommendations of India, however, this day is celebrated on December 15 Every Year. The proposal was made by India at the International Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Intergovernmental Group meeting held in Milan 4 years ago. … Read more 15-16.12.19 West Bengal (WBPSC) Daily Current Affairs