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Mars nerve centre moves to ISTRAC

After putting the India’s maiden spacecraft to Mars into space from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, the nerve centre of the ongoing Mars...

November 6, 2013

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014 to be held in New Delhi

As per the announcement by Ministry for Overseas Indian Affairs, New Delhi will host the 12th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas to be held from January 7 to January 9, 2014. The theme of the...

November 6, 2013

Nature of CSR spending rests with company’s board: Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Union Minister for Corporate Affairs Sachin Pilot clarified that, while the new Companies Act, 2013, stipulates the portion of profits that companies must spend on Corporate Social Responsibility...

November 6, 2013

Airport Privatization in India

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) was formed on 1st April 1995 by merging the International Airports Authority of India and the National Airports Authority with a view...

November 6, 2013

Current Affairs: November 5, 2013

1. As per the latest report by Central Statistics Office (CSO), which state recorded highest sex ratio in 110 years? [A]West Bengal [B]Odisha [C]Bihar [D]Uttar Pradesh West Bengal...

November 6, 2013

Bangladesh allows commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal

The Government of Bangladesh has given nod to the commercial cultivation of transgenic Bt brinjal, making it the first South Asian country to cultivate the genetically modified food...

November 5, 2013

Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) gets nod from CCEA

The new Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) aimed at addressing the environmental concerns faced by textiles units has been given approval by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). What...

November 5, 2013

Exercise caution while accepting PIL challenging public appointments: Supreme Court to HCs

The Supreme Court clarified that the jurisdiction of the High Court while issuing a writ of quo warranto  is a limited one and can be issued only when the...

November 5, 2013

India’s Mangalyaan blasts off for 300-day odyssey to Red Planet

India’s ambitious Mars mission, orbiter Mangalyaan lifted off into space from Sriharikota spaceport, starting its 300-day voyage to study the Red Planet’s atmosphere. The 350-tonne rocket carrying the...

November 5, 2013

Current Affairs : November 3-4, 2013

1. The Genevea-1 and Geneva-2 conferences were recently in the news in context with the crisis in ___? [A]Egypt [B]Syria [C]European Union [D]Tunisia Syria Show Answer 2. “Malabar”...

November 5, 2013

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