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May 3: World Press Freedom Day observed

This year UNESCO is celebrating World Press Freedom Day. One of its themes is “Difficulty in the Access to Quality Information Undermines Media Freedom.” The United Nations General...

May 5, 2012

U.S.-Japan deal to withdraw 9,000 Marines from Okinawa

US and Japan have settled that about half the U.S. Marines on the Japanese island of Okinawa will in a short time depart. Almost 5,000 will go to...

May 4, 2012

UPSC Declares Final Result of Civil Services Examination 2011

Union Public Service Commission has declared the Final Result of Civil Services Examination 2012 Use this link to check the result Shena Aggarwal, an MBBS from the All...

May 4, 2012

Quiz 617: Latest GK Questions for All Examinations

123456789101. Which among the following site has given an evidence that the people of Indus Valley Civilization were aware of tides ?SuktagendorSurkotdaLothalKalibangan2. In which of the following geographical regions live...

May 4, 2012

Soumitra Chatterjee conferred Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Soumitra Chatterjee , veteran actor of Bengali cinema honoured with the esteemed Dadasaheb Phalke Award by Vice-President Hamid Ansari at the 59th National Awards for 2011 for his...

May 3, 2012

Indian-American Vikram Singh appointed to a key Pentagon position

Indian-American Vikram Singh has been appointed to a key Pentagon position to look after entire South and Southeast Asia. Vikram J Singh has been appointed to the Senior...

May 2, 2012

Govt plans to set up Film Commission in a year’s time

The government is planning to set up a Film Commission in a year’s time which will be a single window mechanism to facilitate film making by both Indian...

May 2, 2012

SC allows release of Italian ship ‘Enrica Lexie’

Supreme Court allowed Italian ship Enrica Lexie to leave Indian waters but the owner of the vessel has to execute a bond of 3 crore rupees before Registrar...

May 2, 2012

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Literacy Award for 2005 presented to 3 educational societies

The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Literacy Award for the year 2005 was awarded to 3 educational societies. The winners are: 1. Hamdard Education Society, New Delhi 2. Muslim...

May 2, 2012

India’s foreign tourist arrivals up by 8.9 % in 2011

India is emerging as a major tourist destination. The percentage of foreign tourist arrivals in India went up by 8.9% in 2011 over the previous year as compared...

May 2, 2012

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