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MoEFCC launches online system for green nod

The Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched a “system for online submission of applications for environment clearance”. It is expected that the new user-friendly...

June 1, 2014

Salvador Sanchez is the new president of El Salvador

Salvador Sanchez Ceren (69) of the FMLN party has become the first former guerrilla to sworn-in as the President of the Central American country following his March win....

June 1, 2014

IAF mountaineering squad explores unclimbed peaks in Arunachal Pradesh

Indian Air Force launched a mountaineering expedition to Gorichen area of Arunachal Pradesh with an aim to explore and climb unclimbed peaks. The 15-member team of IAF personnel...

June 1, 2014

Huge coronal mass ejection on Sun observed through IRIS

NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph captured rare footage of a huge Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) erupting from the Sun. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) was launched in June 2013...

June 1, 2014

GK & Current Affairs: May 28-31, 2014

1. Who among the following appoints Pro-tem speaker in Lok Sabha? [A]Prime Minister [B]President [C]Outgoing speaker of Lok Sabha [D]Lok Sabha secretary President 2. The MINUSMA is a...

June 1, 2014

SBI’s Arundhati Bhattacharya amongst Forbes’ most powerful women

SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya is amongst the 5 Indian women who featured in this year’s Forbes’ 100 most powerful women in the world list. The list was topped...

June 1, 2014

UN posthumously honors 8 Indian soldiers among 106 UN peacekeepers

The UN honored 106 peacekeepers, including 8 Indian soldiers, who lost their lives in various UN peacekeeping operations on the occasion of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on...

June 1, 2014

Government eliminates all GoMs and EGoMs for better accountability and empowerment

In a key move to authorize the Ministries and Departments, the PM Narendra Modi decided to eliminate all the prevailing 9 Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoMs) and 21...

June 1, 2014

KKR wins IPL 7 trophy

Sharukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) chased down a huge 200-run target to beat Preity Zinta’s Kings XI Punjab in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL)...

June 1, 2014

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