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China irked by India-Japan-US meet

Strategic Analyst and media outlets of China have expressed chariness at the India, Japan and the U.S. trilateral meet held in New Delhi describing it as aimed at...

November 2, 2012

“Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters” French honor to Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was conferred the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans  l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres). The coveted honor was given in...

November 2, 2012

Gulzar honored with Indira Gandhi National Integration award

Famous lyricist, poet and film director, Gulzar has been conferred with the Indira Gandhi National Integration Award. The award was given to mark the 28th death anniversary of...

November 2, 2012

Quiz – Current Affairs October 28, 2012

November 2, 2012

Apex court asks CMC to address issues raised by TN and Karnataka

The Supreme Court asked the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) to examine all the issues b/w Tamil Nadu and Karnataka regarding Cauvery water sharing dispute b/w the two states....

November 2, 2012

Basics of SARS Virus

SARS corona virus, sometimes shortened to SARS-CoV, is the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). It is a positive and single stranded RNA virus belonging to...

November 2, 2012

Mega Power Policy 1995

Mega Power Policy was introduced in November, 1995 for providing impetus to development of large size power projects In the country and derive benefit from economies of scale....

November 2, 2012

Indian Women Cricket Team lifts ACC T20 Asia Cup 2012

The Indian women’s cricket team is the winner of first Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) Twenty20 Asia Cup 2012. They beat Pakistan in the final match held in Guangzhou...

November 1, 2012

“European Golden Boot” to Lionel Messi

Star footballer of Barcelona, Lionel Messi, bagged  European Golden Boot Award. The award has been given to him in recognition to his record 50 goals scored in the...

November 1, 2012

Uttarakhand tops in “Environmental Performance Index (EPI)”

Uttarakhand (scored 0.8123) topped the list of best-performing States and Union territories in terms of environmental performance. As per the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) released by Planning Commission:...

November 1, 2012

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