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GK & Current Affairs Quiz: April 11, 2017

1. Which city police has launched “Pink Hoyslas” police petrol vehicles for women safety? [A] Bengaluru [B] Chennai[C] Kochi[D] Guwahati Show Answer Correct Answer: A [Bengaluru ] Notes:Bengaluru...

April 11, 2017

Other Schemes of Ministry of Agriculture

Other Government schemes under Ministry of Agriculture are as follows: Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (Traditional Framing Improvemnet Programme) Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (Traditional Farming...

April 11, 2017

Survey of India launches web portal Nakshe  

The Survey of India (SOI) has launched new web portal called Nakshe to make open series maps available to Indians for free. The portal was launched by Union...

April 11, 2017

India, Australia sign six agreements

India and Australia have singed six agreements in various fields such as terrorism, sports, health, environment, aviation sector to boost bilateral cooperation. These agreements were signed in presence...

April 11, 2017

Align pay in PSBs to that in CPSEs: BBB

The Bank Board Bureau (BBB) has recommended that Government should bring in reforms in the compensation process in public sector banks (PSBs) on the lines of Central Public...

April 11, 2017

Malala Yousafzai made youngest UN Messenger of Peace

United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has bestowed the highest honour UN Messenger of Peace upon Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai. She was described as a...

April 11, 2017

Colson Whitehead wins 2017 Pulitzer Prize for 'Underground Railroad'

Colson Whitehead’s celebrated novel The Underground Railroad has won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The novel is about an escaped slave that combined liberating imagination and brutal...

April 11, 2017

Key Facts: National Agriculture Market (NAM)

National Agriculture Market (NAM) through Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund (ATIF) also known as e-NAM scheme was approved in July 2015 and was launched on April 14 2016 as a...

April 11, 2017

UPSC Prelims Mini Mock Test: 70

123451. Which among the following acts provided for a High Commissioner who resided in London, representing India in Great Britain?Government of India Act 1858Government of India Act 1909Government...

April 11, 2017

Constitution 123rd Amendment Bill, 2017 passed in Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha has passed Constitution 123rd Amendment Bill, 2017 which seeks to give constitutional status to National Commission for Backward Classes. The bill was passed by the house...

April 10, 2017

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