The government has sanctioned one model school for every block across the country. Objective: To provide quality education, Under this programme, centre will bear 75 % expenditure of...
WADA or World Anti-Doping Agency launched a new weapon to tackle the menace of drug cheats in London Olympics. It is for the first time a high-end new...
Founder of the News Corporation, and ‘media mogul’ Rupert Murdoch has resigned. He gave resignation from Directorship from a number of companies- NI Group, the Times Newspaper Holdings,...
The Security Council has given its mandate to extend the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) for another year and urged all communities there to contribute in the...
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is offering e-passbook facility to its subscribers. Over 50 million of the subscribers can avail e-passbook along with details of their updated...
1. Recently ‘Kulandei Francis’ of India has been chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay Award for the year 2012 under which among the following categories? [A]Community leadership [B]Public Service...
Russia’s Soyuz-FG carrier rocket set off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz-FG carrier rocket will put the following 5 satellites into orbit:- 1) Russian satellite...
India received its first investment via the QFI (Qualified Framework Investor) route, thus ending speculations that the India’s efforts to get investors to buy shares directly will be...
The apex Court permitted Tamil Nadu government to execute a repair and maintenance work on the Mullaperiyar dam. All the same, the court also instructed that the repairing...
An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by home minister P Chidambaram finalized the rules for upcoming second generation (2G) spectrum auctions, recommending the fixing of minimum price...
Japanese Govt has adjudicated to honor Indian Environmental philosopher Vandana Shiva with Fukuoka Prize 2012 at an award ceremony in September 2012. Vandana Shiva is the 7th Indian...
Based on the recommendation of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board, the government approved 14 FDI proposals worth Rs 1584.11 crore. The FDI proposals which obtained government sanction included...
