Who will be the first woman Secretary-General of the Commonwealth?

Who will be the first woman Secretary-General of the Commonwealth? [A]Gareth Peirce [B]Justline Thornton [C]Baroness Patricia [D]Cherie Blair Show Answer Baroness Patricia Dominica-born British lawyer Patricia Scotland (60) has been elected as the new Secretary General of the Commonwealth. She ..

Union Government to roll out BS V norms from April 1, 2019

Union Government has decided to advance the date for implementation of Bharat Stage (BS) V and BS VI emission norms for four-wheelers in order to reduce vehicular air pollution from road transport sector. As per advance dates,  BS V norms ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015

Compendium -4

Oxybenzone Oxybenzone, a common UV-filtering compound found in sunscreen killing coral reefs around the world. The chemical not only kills the coral, it causes DNA damage in adults and deforms the DNA in coral in the larval stage, making it ..

Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project

In October 2015, the Union Cabinet has approved the Revised Cost Estimate (RCE) of Rs.2904 Crores for Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport  project. The completion of KMTT project will play a major role in economic development of the North-East India ..

Indian Council of Historical Research

ICHR was established by the Indira Gandhi Government in 1972 to encourage ‘objective and scientific historical research on India’. The idea was to expect the historians to give vision to the masses. It’s a registered society. In recent times, it ..

India US Totalization agreement

Totalization agreements are international social security agreements that eliminate dual social security taxation, both in the home country and the country where an employee works. Once it is signed it would benefit workers of both the countries. What is a ..