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Jharkhand celebrates anniversary of Birsa Munda and 17th State Formation Day

On November 15th, Jharkhand celebrated the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Birsa Munda and 17th state formation day. Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on November 15, 2000...

November 15, 2016

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank receives final license from RBI

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd, a subsidiary of Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd has received the final licence from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to commence its banking operations....

November 15, 2016

India’s first Cherry Blossom Festival to be Celebrated in Shillong

Meghalaya became the first state in the country to start a Cherry Blossom Festival, which is widely celebrated in Japan. The four day festival in Meghalaya will be...

November 15, 2016

Class X Board Exams to be reintroduced for CBSE schools from 2017-18

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has announced that the government will re-introduce compulsory class X board examination for Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools from the academic...

November 15, 2016

272 products registered as geographical indication so far

As many as 272 products have been registered as geographical indications since September 2003, according to data of Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks....

November 15, 2016

2016 will be hottest year on record

According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the year 2016 was the warmest year on record globally. It was mentioned in the WMO’s preliminary assessment provided in its...

November 15, 2016

Facebook sets wireless world record by transmitting data at 20 Gbps

Facebook’s Connectivity Lab has set a world record transmitting at nearly 20 Gbps for 13.2 kilometers using Milli Meter Wave (MMW) technology. The Connectivity Lab achieved a data...

November 15, 2016

Special Task Force led by SS Mundra formed to recalibrate ATMs

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has formed Special Task Force to speed up the process of recalibration of automated teller machines (ATM) to dispense the new denomination...

November 15, 2016

Demonetisation and Its Implications for India

Demonetisation is a radical monetary step in which a currency unit is declared as an invalid legal tender. This is usually done whenever there is a change in...

November 15, 2016

Biggest and brightest Supermoon observed

The Supermoon was observed after the moon was closest to the Earth at 356,509 km. This is for the first time moon came closest to Earth since 1948....

November 15, 2016

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