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Cabinet approves proposal to permit GAIL to sign agreement on TAPI Gas pipe line project

The Union Cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas to permit GAIL India Limited to ink the Gas Sale & Purchase Agreement (GSPA)...

May 23, 2012

Sitakant Mahapatra Report

The government is examining the Sitakant Mahapatra Report and a report given by Union Public Service Commission, UPSC in order to take a decision on the inclusion of...

May 23, 2012

Govt sets up committee to review NCERT’s textbooks

The Government has set up a committee in the wake of the cartoon row to review NCERT’s political science textbooks for schools. The committee, comprising 5 members from...

May 23, 2012

India largest importer of arms during 2007-11

As per a report published in March 2012 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, India has become the largest importer of arms, surpassing the Chinese share of...

May 23, 2012

Solution of the UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2012 – GS Paper 1

Dear Readers, Thanks for your continued support and faith in GKToday. Every year, we try our best to provide the reliable solution of the General Studies Paper of...

May 21, 2012

Some Persons in News :

Margaret Alva: Margaret Alva sworn in as the 19th Governor of Rajasthan. She is the 3rd woman Governor of the state after Ms. Pratibha Devisingh Patil and Ms....

May 17, 2012

Direct tax revenue doubled to Rs 4.46 lakh crore in 5 yrs to FY11

During 2010-11, the government’s revenue from direct tax collection rose by 94% to Rs 4,46,935 crore in from Rs 2,30,181 crore in 2006-07. During the same period, the...

May 17, 2012

IIM, IIT graduates to help Centre plan in Naxal-hit areas

Under the Centre’s Integrated Action Plan (IAP), the Union Rural Development Ministry has deputed a team of fresh IIM and IIT graduates in Jharkhand to support the senior...

May 17, 2012

TRAI limits advertisement duration on TV channels to 12 min/hr

As per TRAI’s Standards of Quality of Service Regulation 2012: Duration of advertisements limited on Television channels to 12 minutes per hour and any shortfall of advertisement duration...

May 17, 2012

‘Sharing a Cup of Tea Mission’

A pilot project launched by the department of trade and commerce in the Arunachal Pradesh. Objective: To encourage tea cultivation in the Arunachal Pradesh For small and marginal...

May 17, 2012

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