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Marks of English Language skills will not be counted for gradation: UPSC

The UPSC has informed that marks of questions on English Language Comprehension Skills, asked in second paper of civil services (preliminary) examination, will not be included for gradation....

August 18, 2014

Govt re-launches Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana

The Central Government has re-launched the Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana, for the benefit of citizens aged 60 years and above. The scheme will provide financial security to almost...

August 18, 2014

Surya Kiran-VII: Indo-Nepal combined military training exercise

The militaries of India and Nepal will jointly conduct a Combined Training Exercise, Surya Kiran-VII, from August 18 to August 31, 2014. The combined training will be conducted in the mountain...

August 17, 2014

Singapore to help India in 100 'Smart Cities' project

India has join hands with Singapore to get its expertise in building ‘Smart Cities’ even as the two nations decided to ramp up economic engagement besides defence and...

August 17, 2014

Haryana Government increases age of retirement from 58 to 60 years

The Haryana government announced a windfall for the state government’s employees which includes raising the retirement age from 58 to 60 years, 25% per cent increment in Dearness...

August 17, 2014

‘IBM Simon’: World’s first smartphone turns 20

World’s first smartphone to come into existence— a $900 klutzy IBM Simon mobile phone —turned 20. The phone was developed by IBM and the American cellular company BelSelf...

August 17, 2014

Rajni Razdan: New UPSC chief

Rajni Razdan (64) assumed charge as new chairman of Union Public Service Commission, which conducts the prestigious civil services examination to select IAS, IFS and IPS officers among...

August 17, 2014

India’s IISc gets a place among World’s top 500 Universities

As per an annual ranking of global educational institutions released by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is the only Indian institution...

August 17, 2014

PM Modi commissions INS Kolkata into Indian Navy

Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, commissioned INS Kolkata into the Indian Navy at a scintillating ceremony held at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. Key points about INS Kolkata:...

August 16, 2014

RBI board approves radical changes, introduces COO post as proposed by Raghuram Rajan

In a bid to introduce radical changes in the functioning of the Reserve Bank of India, the RBI board has approved Governor Raghuram Rajan’s proposal of shrinking organizational...

August 16, 2014

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