India ranked 6th in the global optimism index with business optimism tepid in the second quarter (Q2) of 2018. The report was released as a part of Grant Thronton's International Business Report, a quarterly business report. Indonesia topped in this index

HQ of ISA is located in Gurugram, India and it was launched in 2015

The report was published by Indian Think Tank Public Affairs Centre India. Kerela tops in the index

Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country (RBI in case of India) lends money to commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds.

Field Medal is also known as the Nobel Prize of mathematics. The award ceremony was held in Rio De Janerio, Brazil on 1st August 2018

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes and National Commission for Scheduled Castes are already constitutional bodies

Blockchain, is a growing record of lists or blocks using cryptocurrency. The technology is used in encrypted financial transaction.

WOW- Wellness of Women, the app was launched by women wing of the FICCI

The exercise started on 6th August and will last till 19th August 2018

Union govt has constituted four members GoM headed by Suresh Prabhu, other members of the GoM are Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Interm Finance & Power minister Piyush Goyal & Housing, and Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Puri

Union government has constituted this 21 member PM-STIAC under the leadership of the principal scientific advisor to the government K. Vijay Raghavan

Santali is a language in the Munda subfamily of Austroasiatic languages.

Although India is the sixth largest economy in the world, as per world bank survey 2012, 21.2% of the population still lives in below poverty line and as per Oxfam survey 2018, 1% of the richest Indian has cornered 73% of the wealth generated in the country last year.

The flight will fly from Dehradun to Delhi and the flight operator is SpiceJet

EESL was founed on 10th December, 2009

Assam Flying Club Limited was established in 1958 at Shillong, the capital of Assam at that time

President of India appointed Tathagata Roy as the governor of India on 22 August 2018 by exercising his authority under article 156.

Union Ministry of Earth Sciences has announced to set up Cyclone Warning Centre (CWC) of IMD at Thiruvananthapuram on 22 August 2018

This day is observed to raise awareness about conditions of elderly people across the globe.

In 2015, India became the world's biggest consumer of gold by overtaking China

She is a former Chelian president

Another operation named "Operation Sahyog" has been launched by the Indian Army

Iris scan is a biometric pattern recognition technique

The Central Statistics Office is a governmental agency in India under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation responsible for co-ordination of statistical activities in India

The bill establishes ACI as an independent body for promotion of arbitration, mediation, conciliation, and other alternative dispute redressal mechanism. The ACI will be headed by either judge from SC, HC or eminent person having knowledge in Arbitration. Appointment of arbitrators will be governed by SC or HC

This spacecraft has been launched by NASA on 12 August to study the Sun's atmosphere. This spacecraft will approach to within 8.86 solar radii from the "surface" of the Sun and will travel, at closest approach, as fast as 700,000 km/h

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has also approved the continuation of this scheme up to 2020

The scheme was launched on 21 January 2004. Kisan Knowledge Management System and experts in the field of agriculture is available in 22 local languages under this scheme

Protected area Network in Assam occupies 3925 sq-km and it consists of 5 National Parks, 17 Wildlife sanctuaries, 4 Tiger Reserves, 5 Elephant Reserves, 2 Biosphere Reserves, 2 World Natural Heritage Sites and three proposed wildlife sanctuaries

The Andes is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America.

It was developed by the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO) and the application is available in both Android and IOS platform.

Through this quote, he emphasized that democracy is not about leaders, it is about the people, and a successful democracy is when citizens are capable and decisive enough to participate in it.

PMKSY Stands for - Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana

Union govt has constituted four members GoM headed by Suresh Prabhu, other members of the GoM are Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Interm Finance & Power minister Piyush Goyal & Housing, and Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Puri

Foreigners visiting India require PAP for:- Parts of Sikkim, Arunachal, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, and J&K. RAP is required in parts of Sikkim & Andaman & Nicobar islands. Whereas, Inner Line Permit (ILP) is required for Indian citizen to visit certain areas

According to the report, only 43% women of India have mobile phones compared to almost 80% of male

It is owned by Bharat Energy Storage Technology Private Limited and the plant was launched on 6 August 2018