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Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (राष्ट्रीय कृषि विकास योजना) is a special Additional Central Assistance Scheme which was launched in August 2007 to orient agricultural development strategies, to reaffirm...

April 21, 2013

Russia launches 'Noah's Ark' satellite for space biology research

Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos launched an orbital Noah’s Ark to examine the consequences of spaceflight on animals to set up for human interplanetary flights. Bion-M1 is the...

April 21, 2013

Cabinet approves 8% DA hike for Central Govt employees

The Union Cabinet sanctioned an 8% increment in DA (Dearness Allowance) for Central Government employees and dearness relief to pensioners from 72% to 80% effective January 1, 2013....

April 21, 2013

Government approves Rs 1,083 crore revival plan for HMT

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved Rs 1,083-crore revival package for watch and tractor maker HMT. Objective: To modernize the company and turning the loss making...

April 21, 2013

Aruna Bahuguna – First women special DG CRPF

Aruna Bahuguna, Senior IPS Officer (1979-batch Andhra Pradesh cadre officer) appointed Special Director General of CRPF, India’s largest paramilitary force. She became the first women officer to be...

April 20, 2013

GK & Current Affairs: April 19, 20, 2013

April 20, 2013

Are hospital authorities held responsible for the negligence of its staff?

Consistent with the control test which was earlier followed, a hospital authority was not held liable for the negligence of its staff in matters requiring professional skill but...

April 20, 2013

Are the members of hospital considered as staff servants of the hospital authorities?

Answer – In Santa Garg v. Director National Heart Institute, the Supreme Court quoted with approval the  proposition  from Denning L. J.’s judgment in Cassidy v. Ministry of...

April 20, 2013

What test was laid down in the Lee Ting Sang v. Chung Chi-Keung case in regard to control.

– In Lee Ting Sang v. Chung Chi-Keung, the Privy Council held a casual worker on a building site to be an employee of the sub-contractor for whom...

April 20, 2013

Why a control test is no longer regarded as a conclusive test? Which test is mostly applied in modern days to determine liability?

The control test as traditionally formulated was based upon the social conditions of an earlier age and “was well suited to govern relationships like those between a farmer...

April 20, 2013

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