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UP Govt junks reservation-based promotion for SC & ST in State Govt departments

UP government scrapped the reservation-based promotion for the socially backward classes – SC and ST in the State government departments. This reservation system was brought in by former...

May 9, 2012

Government to infuse Rs 30,000 crore in Air India over 9 yrs

Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh held that over the next 9 years, the government will instill around Rs 30,000 crore in cash-strapped Air India as part of a...

May 9, 2012

Govt disallows $1.24 bn RIL cost recovery

The Petroleum Ministry disallowed the RIL’s (Reliance Industries Ltd) $1.24 billion cost recovery from its investment in the KG-D6 field, in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin. RIL has already...

May 7, 2012

Person in News: ‘Alex Paul Menon’

The then District Collector of Sukma District (Chhattisgarh) who was abducted by the Moists. The 32 year old 2006-batch IAS Officer was abducted by Naxalites on April 21,...

May 7, 2012

India sees 20% rise in students taking Cambridge qualifications

2011 saw a 20% rise in the number of schools entering students for Cambridge qualifications in India. In India, Schools made over 27,000 entries for Cambridge IGCSE and...

May 7, 2012

Supermoon: Moon to be closest to Earth

On the May 6, 2012, the moon will be closest to the earth than it will be on any other night in 2012 and will appear significantly larger....

May 6, 2012

May 5, 2012: World Hand Hygiene Day being observed

The World Hand Hygiene Day observed on May 5, 2012. Objective: – To create awareness among the general public about the importance of hand hygiene. – To improve...

May 6, 2012

India promoting PILF scheme for workers abroad

A new Pension and Life Insurance Fund (PILF) scheme is being promoted by GoI in a bid to provide financial security to poor Indians working abroad. Indian embassies...

May 6, 2012

60% of rural India lives on less than Rs 35 a day: National Sample Survey

As per 66th round of National Sample Survey (NSS) carried out b/w July 2009-June 2010 on income and expenditure: Nearly 60% of India’s rural population lives on less...

May 6, 2012

Court awards life sentence to 9 people in 2002 Gujarat’s Ode massacre

In Anand, Gujarat a special court awarded life imprisonment to 9 people in the 2002 Ode village riots case. 3 persons of minority community were burnt alive in...

May 6, 2012

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