Current Affairs and Essay/Short note topics for Competitive Exams

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud a gold-plated replica of the Cheraman Juma Masjid of Kerala.Situated in Thrissur district, the mosque is believed to be the first mosque built in India by Arab traders around 629 AD.
2. All-women IT centre set up by India's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - "glory of Saudi Arabia".
3. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's meeting with Modi.
4. Stand up India scheme
5. Science Express - a unique science exhibition mounted on a 16-coach AC train was flagged-off on October 30, 2007 by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
6. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will undertake a crucial visit to China this week amid controversies over Chinese investments in Sri Lanka, including the ambitious USD 1.5 billion Port City project.
7. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved fixation of Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) rates.
8. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for extension of time period of the Scheme "Special Industry Initiative for J&K" (SII J&K) Udaan till 2019-20.
9. The Institute of Plasma Research scientists  are working on LIGO project.
10. NITI Aayog : The Planning Commission, which was established in 1950 was on 1st January 2015 replaced by a new body, NITI Aayog or National Institution for Transforming India, which will serve as a policy think-tank for the central as well as state governments and have Prime Minister as its chairperson. NITI Aayog will have a CEO and a vice chairperson, to be appointed by the Prime Minister, in addition to some full-time members and two part-time members, while four union ministers would serve as ex-officio.