24-25.11.18 West Bengal (WBPSC) Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL     ·        India slips 2 places on ‘Global Talent Ranking’; Switzerland on top   India has slipped two places to rank 53rdon a global annual talent ranking released by IMD Business School Switzerland. While Switzerland has topped the global ranking for the fifth year in a row, it is followed by Denmark, Norway, Austria and the Netherlands in the top-five. … Read more 24-25.11.18 West Bengal (WBPSC) Current Affairs

23.11.18 West Bengal (WBPSC) Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL   ·        WCCB won Asia Environment Enforcement Awards for combating transboundary environmental crime   The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) was selected for the Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2018, for its outstanding contributions in combating the trans-boundary environmental crime by United Nations Environment program. WCCB is a statutory multi-disciplinary body established by the government under … Read more 23.11.18 West Bengal (WBPSC) Current Affairs

22.11.18 West Bengal (WBPSC) Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL     ·        Global education monitoring report 2019 released by UNESCO   The report shows that the number of migrant and refugeeschool-age children around the world today has grown by 26% since 2000 and could fill half a million classrooms. The literacy levels in rural households of India dip with seasonal migration. About 80% of seasonal migrant children in seven … Read more 22.11.18 West Bengal (WBPSC) Current Affairs

21.11.18 West Bengal (WBPSC) Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL       Vajra Prahar: India-USA joint military exercise commences in Jaipur   India, US Joint Special Forces Exercise 2018 named Vajra Prahar commenced at Mahajan Field Firing Range (MFFR), Bikaner in Rajasthan. The exercise was called between Special Forces of both countries to deal with operations for counter-terrorism and is being done … Read more 21.11.18 West Bengal (WBPSC) Current Affairs

20.11.18 West Bengal (WBPSC) Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL   ·        Definition of kilogram changed after 130 years   The world’s standard definition of the kilogram, the ampere, the kelvin and the mole has been changed, after representatives from 60 countries voted to redefine the International System of Units (SI) for weight, current, temperature and amount of chemical substance. The new definition of Kilogram will be replaced by the Planck It will … Read more 20.11.18 West Bengal (WBPSC) Current Affairs