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Google doodle celebrated Sarojini Naidu's 135th birthday or National Women's Day of India

The search giant, Google marked the 135th birth anniversary of freedom fighter and poet Sarojini Naidu with a doodle. The doodle on the search giant’s homepage displayed a...

February 13, 2014

RBI released draft Report on Enabling PKI in Payment System Applications

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released draft report on enabling Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in payment system applications. Public Key Infrastructure enabled electronic payment systems that has...

February 12, 2014

Cabinet cleared Telangana Bill, no UT status for Hyderabad

The Union Cabinet cleared the Bill for the creation of Telangana with minimum changes in it. The bill stated that Hyderabad will not get the status of UnionTerritory....

February 12, 2014

DRDO developing UAVs to track down Maoists

The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is developing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to track down maoists in naxal hit states...

February 12, 2014

National Green Tribunal (NGT) bans on burning tyres in Public Places

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned the burning of tyres at public places viz. roads, areas surrounded by residential buildings and also during protests by political and religious groups, as...

February 12, 2014

GK & Current Affairs: February 9, 2014

1. Which of the following countries will host 2018 Winter Olympics? [A]South Korea [B]Japan [C]Singapore [D]Netherland South Korea The 2018 Winter Olympics is scheduled to take place in...

February 10, 2014

GK & Current Affairs: February 6-8, 2014

1. The Singhbhum Elephant Reserve, where government approved an iron ore mining project recently, is located in __? [A]Jharkhand [B]Odisha [C]West Bengal [D]Bihar JharkhandThe Singhbhum Elephant Reserve, the...

February 9, 2014

Chip-and-PIN cards

With an aim to minimize frauds, RBI has mandated that Banks must adopt Aadhaar as additional authentication or move to EMV (Euro pay MasterCard Visa) chip and pin...

February 9, 2014

World Children’s Prize (Children's Nobel Prize) Nominees 2014: Malala, John Wood and Indira Ranamagar

For the 2014 World’s Children’s Prize, Pakistani teenage rights activist Malala Yousafzai, John Wood from the USA and Nepalese child rights worker Indira Ranamagar are nominated for an...

February 9, 2014

India and Germany inked pacts on financial and tech co-operation

India and Germany signed two umbrella agreements for financial and technical co-operation, under Indo German bilateral Development Cooperation framework. The Umbrella Agreements were signed by Finance Minister P...

February 9, 2014

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