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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 : 29 Oct 2018

Roger Federer wins 2018 Swiss Indoors Men's Tournament

Roger Federer wins 2018 Swiss Indoors Men's Tournament

Swiss professional tennis player Roger Federer (37-years-old) won his 9th Swiss Indoors Men's Tennis Tournament after beating 28-years-old Marius Copil [7-6 (7-5) 6-4] in the final at Basel, Switzerland.

  • The capital of Switzerland:- Bern,
  • The currency of Switzerland:- Swiss Franc,
  • President of Switzerland:- Alain Berset,
  • Vice President of Switzerland:- Ueli Maurer.
Asian Men's Hockey Champions; India, Pakistan declared joint winners

Asian Men's Hockey Champions; India, Pakistan declared joint winners

India and Pakistan were declared joint winners of the Asian Champions Trophy at Muscat in Oman last night. The tournament director declared both teams as winners after the summit clash was c....

Published On : 29 Oct 2018

Abraham Kiptum (29-year-old) wins Valencia race today

Abraham Kiptum (29-year-old) wins Valencia race today

Kenyan distance runner Abraham Kiptum won the Valencia race today, setting a new world best time of 58mins 18sec for the half-marathon. The previous best time was set eight years a....

Published On : 29 Oct 2018

Khalin Joshi clinches 2018 Panasonic Open India title

Khalin Joshi clinches 2018 Panasonic Open India title

Indian golfer Khalin Joshi clinched the Panasonic Open India title at the Delhi Golf Club today. Joshi became the 7th Indian to win the Panasonic Open India title in the last 8th e....

Published On : 29 Oct 2018

Vigilance Awareness Week observed on 29 October

Vigilance Awareness Week observed on 29 October

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will observe the Vigilance Awareness Week from 29th October to 3rd November 2018 as per the directions of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).....

Published On : 29 Oct 2018

Shri Nitin Gadkari Inaugurated India’s largest Dry Dock at Cochin Shipyard

Shri Nitin Gadkari Inaugurated India’s largest Dry Dock at Cochin Shipyard

The Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister of Kerala Shri Pinarayi Vijayan will lay the foundation for India’s largest Dry Dock at Cochin Shipyard in Kerala. Th....

Published On : 29 Oct 2018

Sourav Kothari clinch 2018 World Billiards C’ship at Leeds

Sourav Kothari clinch 2018 World Billiards C’ship at Leeds

India's Sourav Kothari defeated Peter Gilchrist of Singapore 1134-944 to clinch the 2018 World Billiards Championship title at Leeds in the UK. The former national and Asian Billia....

Published On : 27 Oct 2018

Union HRD Minister launches the Web Portal of ‘IMPRESS’ scheme in New Delhi

Union HRD Minister launches the Web Portal of ‘IMPRESS’ scheme in New Delhi

The Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar launched the web portal of the Scheme “Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC)” in ....

Published On : 27 Oct 2018

President R.N. Kovind unveil International Arya Mahasammelan 2018

President R.N. Kovind unveil International Arya Mahasammelan 2018

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the International Arya Mahasammelan – 2018 today in Delhi. The President said that Swami Dayanand Saraswati showed u....

Published On : 27 Oct 2018

Dr. Jitendra Singh Unveil 10th Nuclear Energy Conclave

Dr. Jitendra Singh Unveil 10th Nuclear Energy Conclave

The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Dr. Jitendra Singh said that India has vindicated the vision of the founding father of countr....

Published On : 27 Oct 2018

Benyamin’s book 'Jasmine Days' wins JCB Prize for literature

Benyamin’s book 'Jasmine Days' wins JCB Prize for literature

Malayalam author Benyamin wins first JCB Prize for literature for his book 'Jasmine Days', which explores the lives of South Asians in the Middle East. Benyamin was awarded a troph....

Published On : 27 Oct 2018

Asma Jahangir Honored with UN Human Rights Prize

Asma Jahangir Honored with UN Human Rights Prize

Pakistan's human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir has been posthumously awarded the UN Prize along with three other winners on Friday. Rebeca Gyumi of Tanzania, Brazil's fi....

Published On : 27 Oct 2018

S.K. Mishra appointed as new Enforcement Directorate chief

S.K. Mishra appointed as new Enforcement Directorate chief

The government has appointed Indian Revenue Service officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra as Enforcement Directorate chief. In an official order, 1984 batch officer Mr. Mishra has been appoi....

Published On : 27 Oct 2018

Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; New PM of Sri Lanka 2018

Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; New PM of Sri Lanka 2018

Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa (72-years-old), popular name Mahinda Rajapaksa becomes new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 2018 Previously, Rajapaksa served as the 6th President of Sri Lanka ....

Published On : 27 Oct 2018

Sahle-Work Zewde; Ethiopia's First Female President

Sahle-Work Zewde; Ethiopia's First Female President

Sahle-Work Zewde (68-years-old) is an Ethiopian, and the first female to becomes 4th president of Ethiopia. She was born on 21 February 1950 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Sah....

Published On : 27 Oct 2018

BEML earned Top Challengers & Best Mining Equipment Seller Award 2018

BEML earned Top Challengers & Best Mining Equipment Seller Award 2018

Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) received the prestigious ‘Top Challengers Award 2018’ for the excellent performance during the financial year 2017-18 and Best Seller in Crawle....

Published On : 26 Oct 2018

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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