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UGC-NTA NET Political Science – Jaya Prakash Narayan

Jaya Prakash Narayan, commonly known as JP, was a prominent Indian political leader and social reformer. He played a vital role in India’s struggle for independence and was...

November 27, 2015

Who is the new President of ASSOCHAM?

Who is the new President of ASSOCHAM? [A]Deepak Mahajan [B]Ved Jain [C]Sunil Kanoria [D]Sandeep Jajodia Show Answer Sunil Kanoria Sunil Kanoria, Vice-chairman of SERI Infrastructure Finance Ltd., has...

November 27, 2015

IMPRINT India

IMPacting Research INnovation and Technology (IMPRINT)-India has been launched in India to boost original scientific and technological research in the country. Notable points for Prelims are as follows:...

November 27, 2015

Hybrid Annuity Model

The Union Transport Ministry is planning to complete all the stalled highway projects under a new model called Hybrid Annuity Model. This model was proposed last year and...

November 27, 2015

India’s Competitiveness and Current Paradigms

Although India has comprehensively turned around five years of decline and climbed 16 places in one year, the Global Competitiveness Index 2015 report still places India among the...

November 27, 2015

What is Ketoprofen?

Several state governments are banning veterinary use of Ketoprofen drug to save vultures. Which drugs led to collapse of vulture population? There are three Non-Steroid Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID)...

November 27, 2015

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar. The scientists have opened a new frontier in medicine by unveiling...

November 27, 2015

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was divided, one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura  “for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against...

November 27, 2015

Important Trivia About Nobel Prize

Alfred Nobel (1833 –1896) was a lonely millionaire who, despite his enormous wealth, was unhappy, deeply melancholic and left some heart touching love stories behind him. In 1847,...

November 27, 2015

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2015

The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2015 was awarded to Angus Deaton of Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, “for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare”. Angus Deaton...

November 27, 2015

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