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Cordial Welcome to Jobrefresher Current Affairs 2018. To remain updated with current affairs is prime need in case you want to pass any competitive exam. Even if one is not preparing for Govt Exams one should also be aware about national and international affairs. Intellectual abilities of a candidate are mostly judged through his general knowledge. This is the main page where you can grasp important updates and alerts on national and international events, news related to sports, business, banking, arts, science, defence and world scenarios etc.

Published On : 12 Jul 2019

IAF Plans To Adopt AMRAAM Missiles For Its Fighter Jet

IAF Plans To Adopt AMRAAM Missiles For Its Fighter Jet

  • The Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to adopt Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) across its fighter fleet.
  • The Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), also known by its United States identifier AIM-132, is an imaging infrared homing (Heat Seeking) air-to-air missile, produced by MBDA.
  • ASRAAM is widely used as a Within Visual Range (WVR) air dominance missile with a range of over 25km.

    About Indian Air Force
    IAF is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks 4th amongst the air forces of the world.
    i) Founded on 8th October 1932
    ii) Commander-in-Chief - President Ram Nath Kovind
    iii) Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa
    iv) Vice Chief of the Air Staff - Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
20-Year-Old Isha Kanth Selected For ICJ Internship Programme

20-Year-Old Isha Kanth Selected For ICJ Internship Programme

20-year-old Isha Kanth selected for a 2-month internship at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) established in 1945. Only 2-law students around the world get ....

Published On : 12 Jul 2019

Vikas Swarup Elected As Secretary of Overseas Indian Affairs

Vikas Swarup Elected As Secretary of Overseas Indian Affairs

Indian writer and diplomat Vikas Swarup (age 56 years) appointed as Secretary, (consular, passport, visa and Overseas Indian affairs) in the External Affairs Ministry, with ....

Published On : 12 Jul 2019

PAN Will Become Invalid If Not Linked With Aadhaar Card By 1st September 2019

PAN Will Become Invalid If Not Linked With Aadhaar Card By 1st September 2019

The Central Government has notified the date i.e 1st September 2019 after which all PAN Card will invalid that are not linked to Aadhaar Card. To ....

Published On : 12 Jul 2019

Indian Weightlifters Win 4-Gold Medal In Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

Indian Weightlifters Win 4-Gold Medal In Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

On the 3rd day of Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Apia, Samoa, Jeremy Lalrinnunga (age 16 years) smashed 3-records in a power-packed performance but failed to reg....

Published On : 12 Jul 2019

Lok Sabha Passes Central Universities Bill 2019

Lok Sabha Passes Central Universities Bill 2019

The Lok Sabha passes the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2019 by voice vote. The Bill seeks to establish 2 new universities- Central Universities, an....

Published On : 12 Jul 2019

Garuda-VI: Successful End to joint Airforce excercise

Garuda-VI: Successful End to joint Airforce excercise

Garuda-VI; the successful conclusion of the 6th edition of the 2-weeks of joint India-France Airforce Exercise. The 2-weeks saw 400-flights of Ind....

Published On : 12 Jul 2019

Best Innovation Award won by Northeast Frontier Railway

Best Innovation Award won by Northeast Frontier Railway

Northeast Frontier Railway (NEFR) won the Best Innovation Award for unique strategy adopted to keep elephants away from the train tracks. The Innovation Promotion....

Published On : 11 Jul 2019

According To CBRE Report; Connaught Place Is The 9th Most Expensive Office Location In The World

According To CBRE Report; Connaught Place Is The 9th Most Expensive Office Location In The World

According to the annual CBRE report titled, “Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs Survey,” Connaught Place in New Delhi is the 9th most expensive office....

Published On : 11 Jul 2019

Saudi Arabia Adopts Digital India Technology and Equality of Women

Saudi Arabia Adopts Digital India Technology and Equality of Women

The Indian Haj Mission in Saudi Arabia has adopted Digital India Technology to reach out to a large number of pilgrims. The Haj App developed by the consulate of I....

Published On : 11 Jul 2019

BCC Signed An Agreement With BRICS To Promote Trade

BCC Signed An Agreement With BRICS To Promote Trade

BCC signed an agreement with BRICS of Commerce and Industry to promoting trade and investments between BRICS countries and the eastern part of India. ....

Published On : 11 Jul 2019

Arun Kumar Takes Charge As DGCA Chief

Arun Kumar Takes Charge As DGCA Chief

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet appoints Arun Kumar (1989 IAS Batch Officer: Haryana Cadre) as a Head of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Be....

Published On : 11 Jul 2019

World Population Day Celebrated On 11th July

World Population Day Celebrated On 11th July

World Population Day is celebrated on 11th July around the world every year to increase the awareness of the people towards the worldwide population issues.....

Published On : 11 Jul 2019

Gully Boy Honored With NETPAC Award

Gully Boy Honored With NETPAC Award

Indian musical drama film Gully Boy honored with NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the 23rd BIFAN in South Korea. The star cast of Gully Boy movie is - Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt,....

Published On : 10 Jul 2019

Rahul Dravid becomes New Head Of Indian National Cricket Academy

Rahul Dravid becomes New Head Of Indian National Cricket Academy

BCCI appoints Rahul Dravid (age 46 years) as the Head of National Cricket Academy. He was the former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national tea....

Published On : 10 Jul 2019

28-Years-Old Magnus Carlsen wins 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Title

28-Years-Old Magnus Carlsen wins 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Title

Magnus Carlsen (age 28 years) defeated French chess player Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in finals to win the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour. In this tournament, Indian ch....

Published On : 10 Jul 2019

How to Prepare For Current Affairs And General Awareness?

UPSC Exam Pattern now carries more focus on all round information on current affairs, besides knowledge of aspirants in other fields. The stalwarts or beginners appearing for the UPSC exam are mostly apprehensive about what will be in store for them during UPSC Exams. They are very unsure what to prepare and study relevant to the current pattern of exams. Here is how they should start their preparation.

The first thing regarding preparations that aspirants need to know for UPSC exams is referring to the previous year’s question papers. Those papers should include both the Prelims and Main stream exams. These papers will reveal the pattern they should follow.

They would know more by learning through these papers about how the questions papers are framed and what type of questions they will face in UPSC exams. They can also practice by solving the questions in those papers. This would be more of a skill development exercise, and this will help them to study on the similar lines and get through the UPSC exams.

How to prepare for current affairs section for UPSC exams?

The knowledge about the current affairs is the key for the aspirants to succeed in exams. However, they still might be confused about how to go for it. Here is a guideline how to perform well in the current affairs section of the UPSC Syllabus that most aspirants find a bit intriguing.

Read newspapers & magazines

The easiest source of current affairs information is the internet, newspapers, and magazines. You must read the leading newspapers religiously every day and follow current issues concerning regional, national, and international areas

You should read them carefully and discuss with your friends and seniors. You can get plenty of topics covering developments in medical science, technology, economics, sports, political developments, environmental studies, and a variety of other topics.

Study government planning

Never miss on the different plans and schemes of government to benefit different sections of societies. Those may include schemes to provide skills to unskilled people, old-aged people, young girls for their education, housing schemes, and plans for farmers etc.

Focus on information from some organizations

There are few organizations like ministry of finance, HRD, and RBI that offer some news updates relevant to the question papers in exam. Focus on them and try to read all about them. You must understand all about the important information that may affect the lives of people and country.

Stay updated and analyze

Do in-depth study on various achievements and analyze them. These include political decisions in Kashmir, India’s expedition in space and other developments in science & technology across the world. Try to reach out to the core of all of its aspects and find answers for ‘how, why, where, and what’ of different situations and achievements. Sometimes, aspirants choose to ignore most frequently appearing news items, although those normally are part of the UPSC exam papers.

Historical Aspects

Knowing about the history of the countries and cultures is a skill that you could adopt by indulging in it. Try to get acquainted with the historical events, modern & ancient history of India. Make note of game-changing historical events and try to understand their impact. Remembering dates is also a very important ritual of studying history.

Information on Geographical & International Affairs

International affair in geographical context has a prominent place in the question papers of UPSC exams. Prepare on the international affairs, keeping in mind the ever-changing political scenarios, especially across the country’s borders. Do not forget to refer world atlas to understand the geographical impact in relation to international affairs. This will help you to address real political & geographical issues of the regions.

Ways to hone your skills

When you come to know about the pattern of questions asked in UPSC exams, you must proceed to hone your skills in general knowledge related to current affairs. You can also enhance your GK through daily or weekly current affairs quiz programs available in different websites. You need to read regularly on sports and entertainment also.

If you follow the above referred guidelines on current affairs, you can get past UPSC exams easily.

Importance of Current Affairs

General Knowledge about current affairs help us analyze the pros and cons of a situation and with current affairs one can attain academic as well as personal growth. Jobrefresher is the best website for following current affairs. Randomness is the most important characteristics of competitive examinations. Nowadays, in most of competitive exams and interviews, there is a defined section for General Knowledge which plays central role in final merit list.

Current Affairs mainly has three parts:
1. Static Events like India launched Agni Missile.
2. Dynamic Events which has regular updates like- Nirav Modi case.
3. Periodical Events like- Elections, Annual Budget etc.
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