Page-4 of GKToday Archives: April, 2014
State Bank of India launches a Twitter Handle
State Bank of India has now launched a Twitter Handle. Earlier, SBI had launched its accounts on Facebook and Youtube. The aim is to target a huge customer base as well as potential customers. There will be all day round ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2014
CBI sets up 'Sport Integrity Unit' to probe frauds in Sports
In order to control ‘fixing’ in sports, the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) has established a committed ‘Sport Integrity Unit’ to investigate into cases of fraud, fixing and illegal betting in any sporting event. Objectives of this Sport Integrity Unit include: Investigating into ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2014
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Portal ‘Railsaver’ to Improve Energy Efficiency in Indian Railways
Indian Railways launched a web based Electrical Energy Management System called “RAILSAVER”. [icon name=”icon-info-sign”]RAILSAVER A web based Portal developed by Centre of Railway Informatics System (CRIS). The portal will furnish a perfect IT based platform for energy consumption data. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2014
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
"Sandesh Pathak"- A Software application to aid farmers
C-DAC Mumbai, IIT-Madras, IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Kharagpur, and C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram have jointly developed the “Sandesh Pathak” software application. The application uses TTS (Text-To-Speech) software to help out farmers by reading out loud SMS messages and benefiting those who may have difficulty in reading. Thus, when a ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2014
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Asia-Pacific navies sign communication agreement at Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS)
India and 21 other countries adopted an agreement at ameliorating communication at sea to cut down the possibility of conflict amid developing friction between a progressively assertive China and its neighbours. Naval chiefs of these nations participated at the biennial conference ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2014
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
GK & Current Affairs: April 16, 17, 2014
1. The MESSENGER is a robotic NASA spacecraft orbiting which among the following planets? [A]Mars [B]Mercury [C]Earth [D]Jupiter Mercury Messenger is a robotic NASA spacecraft orbiting the planet Mercury, the first spacecraft ever to do so. On April 20, 2015, ..