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Mathematician Dr. Amalendu Krishna wins 2015 Ramanujan Prize

Mathematician Dr. Amalendu Krishna has won the Ramanujan Prize for year 2015. He has been bestowed with this award for his outstanding contributions in the area of algebraic...

August 5, 2015

Asia’s biggest telescope MAST inaugurated at Udaipur Solar Observatory in Rajasthan

Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST), Asia’s biggest telescope was inaugurated at the Udaipur Solar Observatory in Rajasthan. It was inaugurated by Professor U.R Rao, Chairman of Physical Research Laboratory,...

August 5, 2015

Ministry of Rural Development launches ‘SAMANVAY’ portal for Gram Panchayats

Union Ministry of Rural Development has launched ‘SAMANVAY’ web portal to monitor progress and implementation of the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) for development of Gram Panchayats. It...

August 5, 2015

Haryana Government launches Thari Pension, Thare Pass project

Haryana Government launched Thari Pension, Thare Pass project to directly transfer pension into the bank accounts of beneficiaries. The project was launched by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in...

August 5, 2015

Lok Sabha passes SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill

Lok Sabha passed The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014 by voice vote. The bill seeks to amend parent law i.e. the Scheduled...

August 5, 2015

Hindi litterateur Kashinath Singh chosen for Bharat Bharti literary award 2014

Noted Hindi litterateur Kashinath Singh has been chosen for the Bharat Bharti literary award for year 2014. Singh has penned many short stories and novels. His most famous...

August 5, 2015

Ex-Jalore EO Rajan Vishal chosen for Election Commission's award

Former Jalore Electoral Officer (EO) Rajan Vishal has been chosen for Election Commission’s Zonal award under the Best Electoral Practices Award-2014. Election Commission will present him this award...

August 5, 2015

Reliance MediaWorks completes sale of multiplex business to Carnival Group

Anil Ambani-led Reliance MediaWorks Ltd completed the sale of its multiplex business to Kochi based Carnival Cinemas that fetched approximately 700 crore rupees. Reliance MediaWorks operates under the...

August 4, 2015

NDDB wins special achievement in GIS Award

The Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award 2015 for exemplary work in Dairy Geographical Information System (GIS) has been awarded to the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) at...

August 4, 2015

GK & Current Affairs: August 1, 2, 2015

1. India’s first Harbour Defence System has been commissioned at which of the following places recently? [A]Ennore [B]Tuticorin [C]Paradip [D]Kochi Answer: KochiNotes: India’s first Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence...

August 4, 2015

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