1. Recently (September, 2013), which state government has proposed to launch a pension scheme for workers under MGNREGS scheme? [A]Kerala [B]Karnataka [C]Punjab [D]Haryana Kerala Kerala government proposes to...
Hyderabad Hotshots clinch IBL ‘Hyderabad Hotshots’ defeated Awadhe Warriors in the final of the $1 million inaugural Vodafone-Indian Badminton League (IBL) played in Mumbai. The event witnessed six teams...
1. The government of India is implementing the Catalytic Development Programme (CDP) for which among the following sectors? [A]Plantation Crops [B]Sericulture [C]Animal Husbandry [D]Horticulture Sericulture The Central Silk...
1. Noble laureate Seamus Heaney, who died recently, was a famous poet of which country? [A]Switzerland [B]Norway [C]Ireland [D]Canada Ireland Seamus Heaney, Ireland’s foremost poet who won the...
The Lok Sabha passed the long-awaited Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill which seeks to replace the archaic land acquisition law dating back to 1894. The government cleared...
Rating agency Moody’s has given a thumbs down to the Food Security Bill saying the measure is credit negative as it would wane government finances and make an...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave nod for the implementation and continuation of Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) during the 12th Plan period with a focus...
An 8.2-billion-year-old twin of the Sun has been discovered by the astronomers. Astronomers in Brazil used ESO’s Very Large Telescope to locate the star HIP 102152 located 250...
Curiosity to take pictures of solar eclipse Mars rover Curiosity took pictures of the planet’s moon, Phobos, eclipsing the sun. NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on the red planet in...
According to a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the Australian city of Melbourne is the most liveable city in the world while conflict battered Syria‘s capital Damascus is the least liveable city. The...
