Page-2 of GKToday Archives: August, 2011
Current Affairs: August 26, 2011
Government emphasizes to prohibit corporal punishment in Schools Government has emphasized that corporal punishment in schools is prohibited Expressing concern over the rising cases of corporal punishment by teachers in schools, the HRD minister Kapil Sibal expressed that the CBSE ..
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Current Affairs : August 25, 2011
Supreme Court: Compensation for land acquisitions to be based on market value The Supreme Court held that compensation given by the Govt to farmers when acquiring their land should be decided on the basis of its market value The court ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011
Quiz 558: GK Questions for All Examinations
1. Which among the following are the features of Exchange Earners’ Foreign Currency Accounts: They are opened with RBI They Earn interests on deposits They need a minimum balance to be maintained by the account holder Choose the correct options: ..
Current Affairs: August 24, 2011
60 Crore Aadhaar cards to be issued by 2014 Target set by the Government to issue 60 Crore UID Cards, Aadhaar by the year 2014 The Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Nandan Nilekani stated that nearly 2.87 ..
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Current Affairs : August 23, 2011
World’s longest periscope A 10 m long indigenously developed periscope for a nuclear reactor at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Researc (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam near Chennai was dedicated to the nation The periscope is the longest in the world ..
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Current Affairs : August 22, 2011
India slips to No: 3 Position in Test Rankings England under the captaincy of Andrew Strauss defeated India 4-0 in the test series that concluded in Oval England bowler Stuart Broad was named man of the series for his side ..