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Japan's Maglev train makes new world speed record

Japan’s state-of-the-art Magnetic levitation technology (Maglev) train has clocked a new world speed record smashing through the 603 kilometre per hour mark in a test run near Mount...

April 22, 2015

Xi Jinping conferred with Nishan-e-Pakistan award

Pakistan Government on 21 April 2015 conferred Nishan-e-Pakistan, top civilian award on Chinese President Xi Jinping. He was bestowed with this award for his outstanding contribution in promotion...

April 22, 2015

Renowned historian Christopher Alan Bayly  passes away

Sir Christopher Alan Bayly, a renowned historian passed away on 20 April 2015 in Chicago, United States. He was 70. As a historian he was specialised in global,...

April 22, 2015

2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners

All the Light We Cannot See, a novel based on Second World War by author Anthony Doerr has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. While, The New York...

April 22, 2015

Earth Day is being observed on 22 April

Earth day is being observed on the 22nd April every year. This day seeks to build support for environmental protection around the world. This year’s theme for the...

April 22, 2015

Indian Railways launches E-Samiksha to monitor rail projects online

Indian Railways on 21 April 2015 launched E-Samiksha, an online monitoring mechanism. E-Samiksha aims at monitoring implementation of various ongoing projects of Indian Railways on real-time basis including...

April 21, 2015

ICICI Bank launches Tap-n-Pay, a near-field communications-enabled payment service

India’s largest private sector lender Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) Bank has launched a payment service Tap-n-Pay. It was launched by bank in collaboration with...

April 21, 2015

Former Odisha CM Janaki Ballabh Patnaik passes away

Former Chief Minister (CM) of Odisha and senior Congress leader Janaki Ballabh Patnaik passed away on 21 April 2015 in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh. He was 89....

April 21, 2015

GK & Current Affairs: April 15, 16, 2015

1. Recently, which country has agreed to hold first ever joint military exercise with Pakistan? [A]Russia [B]Japan [C]Bangladesh [D]Nepal Answer: RussiaNotes: Russia has agreed to hold first ever...

April 21, 2015

GK & Current Affairs: April 13, 14, 2015

1. Which space agency designed the Bed Rest research to study the effects of prolonged exposure to micro-gravity? [A]ISRO [B]NASA [C]ESA [D]NAOA Answer: NASANotes: The US space agency...

April 21, 2015

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