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Mr. Vinod Kumar Duggal appointed as the Governor of Manipur

Mr. Vinod Kumar Duggal, the former Home Secretary has been appointed the new Governor of Manipur. About Vinod Kumar Duggal An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the...

December 27, 2013

Mr. Sidharth Birla took charge as President of FICCI

Mr. Sidharth Birla, Chairman of Xpro India Limited took the charge as the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on December 21, 2013....

December 27, 2013

e-Inclusion: IT Training for Rural Sc/St/Women Beneficiaries’ Project Launched

The Government of India launched e-inclusion project to make people e-literate. On this occasion, Minister of Communication & IT, Mr. Kabil Sibal released the handbook titled ‘e-Literacy: Towards Empowering...

December 27, 2013

General Knowledge and Current Affairs Quiz: December 21-22, 2013

1. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), which is the most polluted city in the world? [A]Lucknow, Indian [B]Beijing, China [C]Mexico City, Mexico [D]Tokyo, Japan Mexico City, Mexico...

December 27, 2013

Defense Ministry clears procurement proposals worth over Rs 16000 cr

The Defense Ministry cleared procurement proposals worth over Rs.16, 000 crore including that of Israeli Barak missiles. The Ministry had put on hold procurement of Barak-I missiles because...

December 27, 2013

Michiaki Takahasi: Developer of chickenpox vaccine passed away

Dr. Michiaki Takahashi (85),  a Japanese virologist, who developed a vaccine for the chicken pox virus passed away. Dr. Takahashi developed his vaccine by growing live but weakened versions of...

December 27, 2013

Mock Test Series and Current Affairs for UPSC 2014 – Target 2014 Programme

The One year Target 2014 Programme of GKToday for UPSC Civil Services Examination 2014 begins from January 1, 2014 and comes to at an end in December 2014. This...

December 26, 2013

General Knowledge and Current Affairs Quiz: December 19-20, 2013

1. Who among the following has won the women’s title at Senior National Badminton Championships? [A]Saina Nehwal [B]P V Sindhu [C]Ashwini Ponnappa [D]Maneesha K P V Sindhu P...

December 26, 2013

General Knowledge and Current Affairs Quiz: December 18, 2013

1. Recently, Mary T Barra was named the first woman chief executive of which auto major company? [A]Ford [B]General Motors [C]Toyota [D]Chrysler General Motors General Motors named Mary...

December 26, 2013

e-Pramaan would make SMSs a valid documentary proof

Soon, SMSs will be acceptable as “documentary proof” for a variety of citizen-services ranging from making payments to registrations. The Department of electronics and information technologY (DeitY), a...

December 26, 2013

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