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Anonymous Funding of Political Parties

In his budget speech on February 2, 2017 the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed to bring down the amount of anonymous contributions by individuals to political parties from...

February 22, 2017

How the Sykes-picot agreement and the Berlin conference were similar or different from each other?

The Berlin Conference was a series of meetings held in 1884 and 1885. It is also known as the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference and regulated European colonization and trade...

February 22, 2017

Government launches Bharat QR code

The Union Government has launched Bharat QR code, a quick response (QR) code to enable digital payments without card swiping machines. It is world’s first interoperable payment acceptance...

February 22, 2017

Government launches Cyber Swachhta Kendra in New Delhi

The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched Cyber Swachhta Kendra in New Delhi for Botnet cleaning and Malware analysis. It was launched by Union...

February 22, 2017

Scientists discover four new miniature frog species in Western Ghats

Scientists have discovered four new species of miniature night frogs no bigger than a human thumbnail in Western Ghats, a global biodiversity hotspot. These species were discovered among...

February 22, 2017

Shurhozelie Liezitsu sworn-in as Chief Minister of Nagaland

Shurhozelie Liezitsu (81) was sworn-in as the 17th Chief Minister of Nagaland. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor PB Acharya at a ceremony...

February 22, 2017

National Biodiversity Congress 2017 held in Kerala

The National Biodiversity Congress (NBC) 2017 was held in Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala. The event is hosted by the Kerala State Biodiversity Board. NBC is one of the...

February 22, 2017

February 21: International Mother Language Day

The International Mother Language Day (IMLD) was observed across the world on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic, multilingualism and cultural diversity. This year it is the...

February 22, 2017

Government approves Phase II of coastal surveillance project

The Union Defence Ministry has given its nod to the Phase II of coastal surveillance project to expand the coastal radar surveillance network. It will strengthen surveillance of...

February 22, 2017

UPSC Prelims Mini Mock Test: 22

123451. The so called "Horse Latitudes" are characterised by __? High atmospheric Pressure Violent air High Precipitation Choose the correct option from the codes given below:Only 1Only 1...

February 22, 2017

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