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GK & Current Affairs Quiz: October 30, 2013

1. As per the World Bank’s ease of doing business index the best place within India to do business is___? [A]Hyderabad [B]Mumbai [C]New Delhi [D]Bangalore New Delhi The...

October 31, 2013

Sushmita Sen conferred with Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice 2013

NGO the Harmony Foundation honored former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen with the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award 2013 for her efforts towards achieving social justice in Mumbai. Along with...

October 30, 2013

Air Marshal Arup Raha to be next Chief of Indian Air Force

Air Marshal Arup Raha who is presently the Vice Chief of Air Staff will be the next Chief of the Air Staff of Indian Air Force. He will...

October 30, 2013

Government of India appoints P.S. Raghavan as the next Russian Ambassador

Government of India appointed P.S. Raghvan as the next Ambassador of India to Russia. Raghvan, who is an IFS officer of 1979 batch, is presently serving as the...

October 30, 2013

GoI launches Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana for Indian workers in Dubai

The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affair launched a scheme named Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana in Dubai. The scheme is a pension and life insurance fund scheme for blue-collar...

October 30, 2013

RBI hiked Repo Rate by 25 basis points to 7.75 %

As per the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14 released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Repo rate has been increased by 25 basis points...

October 30, 2013

Sebastian Vettel bags Indian Grand Prix

The Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the Indian Grand Prix organized at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida, India. Registering his third successive victory in the Indian...

October 30, 2013

Researchers discover ‘mini-neural computer’ in the brain

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that dendrites, the branch-like projections of neurons, act as mini-neural computers by actively processing information to...

October 30, 2013

Election Commission clarifies NOTA option

Providing clarification over the recently included NOTA (None Of The Above) option in EVM/ Ballot paper in the upcoming polls as directed by the apex court, the Election...

October 30, 2013

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: October 29, 2013

1. The year 2013 marks the 50th years of Establishment of Diplomatic Ties between India and Peru. Which among the following is the capital of Peru? [A]Bogotá‎ [B]Lima...

October 30, 2013

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