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New Spider species named after David Attenborough

A new species of spider was named after the British naturalist and famous TV Broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. The species prethopalpus attenboroughi is found only on Horn island...

August 11, 2012

Various Systems in Chess Tournaments

Vishvanathan Anand has won the titles five times in four different formats, an achievement likely to remain unsurpassed. They are as follows: Fide KO: beat Shirov in final...

August 11, 2012

Daily Current Affairs 2012 Quiz : August 7-10, 2012

1. Who among the following has recently taken charge as the new Chief Economic Advisor after the working period of Kaushik Basu concluded on 31st July, 2012 ?...

August 11, 2012

Daily Current Affairs 2012 Quiz : August 4-6, 2012

1. Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) is a semi-autonomous administrative body for the Darjeeling hills in West Bengal. In this context, consider the following Statements: 1.GTA presently has three...

August 11, 2012

Sir Creek Dispute

Sir Creek {local name Baan Ganga} is a 96 kilometres long estuary in the marshes of the Rann of Katch where Arabian Sea joins the land mass. It’s...

August 10, 2012

Daily Current Affairs 2012 Quiz : August 3, 2012

1. Who among the following has won the Gold medal in the Men’s 100 m Sprint in London Olympics-2012? [A]Yohan Blake [B]Justin Gatlin [C]Usain Bolt [D]Tyson Gay Usain...

August 10, 2012

Raghuram Rajan to be new CEA

Raghuram Rajan will take the place of Kaushik basu as the Chief Economic Adviser.  The selection was made by Prime Minister’s Economic advisory council headed by C.Rangarajan. Mr....

August 9, 2012

India growth forecast slashed: CRISIL

Rating agency CRISIL has slashed India’s growth forecast to 5.5%. It is the second cut for fiscal 2013 estimate. Earlier, the agency had cut GDP growth to 6.5%....

August 9, 2012

Hamid Ansari re-elected as Vice-President

Hamid Ansari, who was nominated by the UPA for the Vice Presidential election, has emerged a winner again. He defeated BJP candidate Jaswant Singh.

August 9, 2012

Sudan, South Sudan ink pact over Oil Payments

Sudan signed a deal with South Sudan over oil payments. South Sudan agreed to pay Sudan just over $ 9 per barrel to transport oil to its ports....

August 9, 2012

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