Page-15 of Archives: August, 2013

Foreign Telecom vendors’ refusal to share design details delays TTSCC

Foreign telecom equipment vendors have refused to share their design details with the India’s telecom equipment testing lab- Telecom Testing and Security Certification Centre (TTSCC) for it may conflict with...

August 12, 2013

GK & Current Affairs: August 11, 2013

1. Recently (August, 2013), US International Trade Commission has imposed ban on importing and selling of which mobiles in the US market? [A]Apple [B]Samsung [C]Nokia [D]Blackberry Samsung The...

August 12, 2013

India may get lesson from China’s plans to curtail brain drain

The government of China has taken an initiative to get back some of the country’s best and brightest minds. The brain drain problem was taking away top scientific...

August 11, 2013

Recognized NABL labs to test mid day meals

Recognized laboratories under the National Accreditation Board for Laboratories (NABL) will collect the samples to test the microbiological presence/absence of e-coli, chemical parameters such as moisture content, fats, proteins and...

August 11, 2013

GK & Current Affairs: August 10, 2013

1. Which one of the following Islands is a source of dispute between Spain and Britain? [A]Cayman Islands [B]Falkland Islands [C]Gibraltar Islands [D]Diego Garcia Islands Gibraltar Islands Gibraltar...

August 11, 2013

GK & Current Affairs: August 9, 2013

1. With which of the following countries, India has signed civil nuclear cooperation agreement? 1.France 2.USA 3.Canada 4.Japan 5.Australia Choose the correct option from the codes given below:...

August 10, 2013

August 9: International Day of the World's Indigenous People observed

The world observed the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on August 9, 2013. The theme selected was “Indigenous Peoples Building Alliances”. The theme was aimed at...

August 9, 2013

GK & Current Affairs: August 8, 2013

1. The proposed “National Urban Livelihoods Mission”, would replace which of the following existing schemes? [A]Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozagar Yojana [B]Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission [C]Urban Infrastructure Development...

August 9, 2013

Izumo, Japan’s biggest warship unveiled

Japan has unveiled its biggest warship since World War II called Izumo. About Izumo: Flat top destroyer resembling a conventional aircraft carrier. Nearly 250 metres (820 feet) long flight...

August 8, 2013

Tension escalates between U.K.-Spain over Gibraltar

There is a sudden spike in the Anglo-Spanish conflict over Gibraltar as Spain has threatened to impose border charges and close airspace which can turn into a form...

August 8, 2013