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Typhoon Phanfone slams into Japan  

Typhoon Phanfone made landfall near the city of Hamamatsu in Japan. Many parts of Japan faced torrential rain, with some areas receiving a month’s worth of rainfall  in...

October 8, 2014

Government to establish virology diagnostic labs in 120 districts

Central Government has recently announced that State-of-the-art virology diagnostic laboratories will be operational in 120 districts by 2015. Need for virology labs The outbreak of the swine flu...

October 8, 2014

Nobel Prize Medicine winners 2014

John O’Keefe and Norwegian couple May-Britt and Edvard Moser have won the 2014 Nobel Prize for medicine for their work which has led to discovering the brain’s internal...

October 8, 2014

22nd anniversary of Rapid Action Force (RAF) celebrated

The 22nd Formation Day of RAF was celebrated on 7 October with all the senior CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) dignitaries present. It was announced at the Formation...

October 8, 2014

CISF launches Operation Kali in Delhi Metro for better protection of women commuters

The paramilitary CISF which has the responsibility of securing the Delhi Metro Network has launched ‘Operation Kali’ to better protect women using the metro especially in the ladies...

October 8, 2014

CISF

The Central Industrial Security Force or CISF is a central armed police force under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It was initially established under the Central Industrial Security...

October 8, 2014

GK & Current Affairs: September 25, 26, 2014

1. What is the current (September 2014) Sovereign Rating as per the rating agency Standard & Poor’s? [A]BBB+ [B]BBB- [C]BB+ [D]BB- BBB- Recently, the global rating firm Standard...

October 7, 2014

Deepak Parekh committee on Infrastructure submits report

The High-level government committee on infrastructure headed by Deepak Parekh submits the last part of its report in October. The Committee consisted of Uday Kotak, G.M.R Rao, Sanjay...

October 7, 2014

Shahrukh Khan awarded with Global Diversity Award 2014

Indian actor Shahrukh Khan was awarded the Global Diversity Award 2014 for his outstanding achievements in the field of cinema and his involvement in philanthropic endeavors in UK....

October 7, 2014

China test fires long range missile Dongfeng-31B

China test fired a new variant in its Dongfeng-31 missile range on September 25 Dongfeng-31A It is a 10,000 km long range missile that is capable of targeting...

October 6, 2014

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