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October 27: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAH) is observed every year on October 27 to raise of awareness of significance of and preservation risks recorded sound and audiovisual...

October 27, 2017

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: October 26, 2017

1. Which Indian origin couple has won the 2017 IHV Lifetime Achievement Award for AIDS research? [A] Shikha Chawla and Nitin Chawla[B] Saba Karim and Anna Karim[C] Naren...

October 26, 2017

Ichthyosaur fossil discovered for first time in India

Geologists for the first time have discovered 152 million-year-old fossil of Ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile in in Kutch desert region of Gujarat. The specimen belongs to Ophthalmosauridae...

October 26, 2017

India is hosting 2017 global conference on consumer protection

The global conference on consumer protection has inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on October 26, 2017 with theme “Empowering Consumers in New Markets”. This...

October 26, 2017

Girija Devi (88), veteran Indian classical singer passes away

Girija Devi (88), the veteran Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas, has passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal on October 24, 2017. She was known...

October 26, 2017

Ministries of Power and Textiles have jointly launched a new scheme “SAATHI”

Ministries of Power and Textiles have jointly launched a new scheme SAATHI under which Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) will provide energy efficient power loom equipment to small...

October 26, 2017

India’s passport ranked 75th out of 94 countries

India’s passport has been ranked 75th out of 94 countries with a visa-free score of 51, according to the ‘Global Passport Power Rank 2017’ by global financial advisory...

October 26, 2017

Odisha to be ‘Focus State’ at World Food India (WFI) 2017

Odisha will be the ‘Focus State’ in the mega international food event “World Food India (WFI) 2017”, which is scheduled to be held at New Delhi on November...

October 26, 2017

2017 Vigilance Awareness Week (VAW)

The 2017 Vigilance Awareness Week (VAW) will be observed by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) from 30th October to 4thNovember, 2017 with theme “My Vision-Corruption Free India”. The...

October 26, 2017

India hosted first-ever meeting of BIMSTEC Task Force on Traditional Medicine

The Union Ministry of AYUSH hosted the first-ever meeting of BIMSTEC Task Force on Traditional Medicine (BITFM) on October 24-25, 2017 at Parvasi Bhartiya Kendra in New Delhi....

October 26, 2017

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