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GK & Current Affairs Quiz: October 24, 2013

1. There are only three countries in the world at present where Polio still exists. These three countries are__: [A]Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria [B]Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sudan [C]Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar...

October 25, 2013

Govt monitoring top 30 NPA accounts of banks: Finance Minister

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram held that the government was keeping a close watch on the top 30 Non-Performing Assets (NPA) accounts of big borrowers (with loans of over...

October 24, 2013

More transparency expected from China with Trans-border River Agreement in place

In another major confidence building measure between India and China, both nations inked Trans-Border River Agreement (TBRA). The pact extends a previous MoU to provide hydrological date in...

October 24, 2013

Finally Suu Kyi receives 1990 Sakharov prize

Myanmar’s pro-democracy activist and parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi finally collected the EU democracy prize that had been awarded 23 years ago while she was under house arrest....

October 24, 2013

ONGC Videsh Ltd bags two oil blocks in Myanmar

ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, won two oil blocks in Myanmar in Onshore Blocks Second Bidding Round-2013. As per...

October 24, 2013

First known tilted planetary system discovered by NASA

The US space agency NASA’s Kepler space telescope discovered the first known tilted planetary system in the Space which is angled 45 degrees to the line of sight...

October 24, 2013

'State Govts can’t order suspension of films': Justice Mukul Mudgal on draft Cinematograph Bill 2013

The Empowered Committee on film certification chaired by Justice Mukul Mudgal has mandated that no State government can order the suspension of a film. As per the draft...

October 24, 2013

First Genesis Prize "Jewish Nobel Prize" to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg

New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has been selected for the inaugural Genesis Prize – an award popularly dubbed the Jewish Nobel Prize given by the Government...

October 24, 2013

India, China ink Border Defense Co-operation Agreement

In a significant international development, India and China inked a BDCA (Border Defence Co-operation Agreement) which stipulates among a set of confidence building measures that in any face-off on...

October 24, 2013

S&P BSE Sensex crosses 21,000 for first time since November 2010

S&P BSE Sensex crossed 21,000 level for first time since November 2010. The benchmark is also Asia’s best performing index.  Marking it highest intra-day level since November 2010, the S&P...

October 24, 2013

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