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Union Government shortlist 20 cities under Smart Cities Mission

The Union Ministry of Urban Development has shortlisted 20 cities from 11 States and Delhi Union Territory in the list of first batch of Smart Cities Mission. These...

January 29, 2016

Union Government forms expert panel to review Specific Relief Act, 1963

Union Law Ministry’s Legislative Department has constituted an expert committee to review the Specific Relief Act, 1963. It will have chairman and 5 members and submit its report...

January 29, 2016

Gurdeep Singh appointed as CMD of NTPC

Gurdeep Singh has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited. His appointment was confirmed by Appointments Committee of the...

January 29, 2016

Leslie Berland appointed as CMO of Twitter Inc

Micro blogging site Twitter has appointed Leslie Berland as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the company. Prior to this appointment, she was working at American Express (AmEx)...

January 29, 2016

Fundamental Units and Derived Units

The units which are independent of each other are known as Fundamental Units. Derived Units are derived from Fundamental Units. For example, meter is a fundamental unit of...

January 29, 2016

GK & Current Affairs – January 28, 2016

1. D.B. Kulkarni, who passed away recently, was a writer in which language? [A]Telugu [B]Sanskrit [C]Kannada [D]Marathi Answer: MarathiNotes: The veteran Marathi writer, critic and former President of...

January 29, 2016

Justice Sanjay Mishra appointed as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh

Justice Sanjay Mishra has been appointed as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh after his appointment was approved by the Supreme Court. In this regard, the apex court recalled its...

January 29, 2016

CCEA approves Hybrid Annuity Model for implementing Highway Projects

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its in principle approval for the Hybrid Annuity Model for implementing the National Highway Projects. The main objective of...

January 28, 2016

Akash missile successfully test fired at Chandipuri in Odisha

Indigenously-built surface-to-air Akash missile was successfully test fired from complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipuri in Odisha. Test: It was as part of a user...

January 28, 2016

Isotopes and Allotropes

Elements are pure chemical substances consisting of one type of atom. Elements can be metals, metalloids or non-metals. Examples: carbon, oxygen (non-metals), silicon, arsenic (metalloids), aluminium, iron, copper,...

January 28, 2016

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