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Mahesh Bhagwat conferred 2017 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Heroes Award

Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat, IPS officer from Telangana was conferred with the 2017 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Heroes Award by the Unites States Department of State. He is...

July 3, 2017

Reliance Jio launches world's longest 100Gbps submarine cable system

Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Jio Infocomm has launched the Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1) submarine cable system. It is claimed to be world’s longest 100Gbps technology-based submarine system. It stretches for...

July 3, 2017

Germany wins 2017 Confederation Cup Football title

Four-time FIFA World Cup winner Germany won maiden FIFA Confederation Cup Football title by defeating Copa America Champion Chile by 1-0 goals in the final match held at...

July 3, 2017

Carrie Lam sworn in as first female Chief Executive of Hong Kong

Carrie Lam was sworn in as the first female Chief Executive (CE) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), an autonomous territory of China on the Pearl...

July 3, 2017

Report by CAG on Western Ghats

Recently, a report titled “Administration of National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Karnataka” was released by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. The report is the result...

July 2, 2017

New Definition of Drought and issues around it

The centre in its recent manual for drought management in 2016 has changed the norms for assessing the severity of drought in a particular region along with the...

July 2, 2017

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: July 1, 2017

1. India has recently donated how much amount to UN Peace Building Fund (PBF)? [A] $4 Lakh[B] $5 Lakh[C] $6 Lakh[D] $8 Lakh Show Answer Correct Answer: B...

July 1, 2017

Fact Box: India-China Border Dispute

Indian and Chinese troops are facing off once again in Sikkim at Doko-La (or Donglong, as the Chinese call it), which lies at the tri-junction of India, China...

July 1, 2017

2 Indian-Americans to be honoured with Great Immigrants award

Two Indian-Americans, Adobe Chief Shantanu Narayen (54) and former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy (39) have been chosen for prestigious Great Immigrants: The Pride of America Award 2017....

July 1, 2017

Railways, NBCC ink MoU to redevelop 10 railway stations

Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) has inked MoU with National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) for redevelopment of 10 railway stations across the country on global standards. The identified...

July 1, 2017

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