Afghanistan permits SAIL to develop Hajigak assets in phases

Afghanistan conveyed the SAIL-led team that it did not have any objections to the $10.8 billion iron ore and steel plant project being developed in phases in Hajigak Mine. Where is Hajigak mine? Hajigak Mine is the best known and largest ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013

Asian currencies slide down on Fed signals

With the indication by the Federal Reserve Bank of the US that the central bank could start scaling back its stimulus as early as September 2013 various Asian currencies fell as a response to this. The rupee continued to depreciate ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013

Category: International / World Current Affairs

Robert Mugabe takes oath as the President of Zimbabwe

Veteran leader Robert Mugabe took oath as Zimbabwe’s President for another 5 year term. The presidential elections in Zimbabwe were marred by controversy with the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai alleging that the election was flawed, with registration problems that may ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013

Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News

GK & Current Affairs : August 25, 26, 2013

1. The following sport personalities who have been chosen for Dronacharya Award 2013: 1. Poornima Mahato 2. Mahavir Singh 3. Narinder Singh Saini 4. Raj Singh From which of the following disciplines they have been chosen for award respectively: [A]Archery, ..

GK & Current Affairs: August 24, 2013

1. World’s largest solar park is coming up in which one of the following states? [A]Maharastra [B]Gujarat [C]Rajasthan [D]Tamil Nadu Rajasthan State government of Rajasthan laid the foundation stone for the world’s biggest solar park at Bhandla of Jodhpur district. ..

Top tech cos join hands to launch 'Internet.Org'

Seven of the world’s tech giants (Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung) collaborated to launch Internet.org with an aim to make Internet access affordable for people across the globe. The initiative will be headed by Facebook Founder and CEO, Mark ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs