GKToday Archives: August, 2013
GK & Current Affairs: August 30, 2013
1. The loan taken for purchase of essential electrical goods it is called? [A]Consumer durable loan [B]Proprietary loan [C]White goods loan [D]Consumption loan White goods loan Show Answer 2. Brigalia Bam who has recently received Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize is ..
Current Affairs: Top Headlines for August 31, 2013
Pakistan and Russia initiate Strategic Dialogue Pakistan and the Russia held their first ever Foreign Secretary level interaction on the Strategic Dialogue in Moscow. Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Jalil Abbas Jilani and First Deputy Minister Vladimir Gennadievich Titov of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
India considers Iran for its oil import to slash import bill, CAD
With rupee declining to record lows impacting the import bill and Current Account Deficit (CAD) severely, the Oil Ministry has formulated a plan to save $22 billion in the oil import bill from Iran thus helping slash the CAD. Due to sanctions ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Researchers grow tiny brain cells in test tubes
In a latest development in the field of Bioscience, scientists have grown mini human brains in test tubes, which will serve as a tool for them watch the development of brain in embryonic stage. They are hopeful that it will ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
India overtakes Japan to become world’s 3rd largest Internet user
As per a report by global digital measurement and analytics firm comScore, India has left Japan behind to become the world’s third largest Internet user after China and the United States. The report says that India now has nearly 74 ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
NASA uses Chandrayan’s data to detect water on Moon
Scientists from the US space agency NASA have detected magmatic water under the Moon’s surface. They used the data collected by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, to remotely detect magmatic water, or ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs