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Indian-American Gitanjali Rao wins 2017 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge

Indian-American Gitanjali Rao (11) won the 2017 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge for inventing a quick, low-cost test to detect lead-contaminated water. She was selected from 10...

October 19, 2017

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber wins 2017 Blue Planet Prize

Prof Hans Joachim Schellnhuber from Germany won 2017 Blue Planet Prize, world’s most prestigious award for pioneers in environmental science. He was awarded for establishing new field of...

October 19, 2017

Quiz 714: GK Questions for Chhattisgarh High Court Judicial Services Exams

This quiz has 10 General Knowledge / GK Questions for Chhattisgarh High Court Judicial Services Exams based on syllabus of GK of Competition examinations and previous years question...

October 19, 2017

ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco Village wins Green Platinum Award

The Govardhan Eco Village, set up by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Wada taluka of Palghar district, Maharashtra has won the Green Platinum Award. The...

October 19, 2017

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: October 18, 2017

1. Which union minister has signed pact with Japan for a Technical Intern Training Program (TITP)? [A] Narendra Modi[B] D V Sadananda Gowda[C] Alphons Kannanthanam[D] Dharmendra Pradhan Show...

October 18, 2017

India’s first swimmer Shamsher Khan passes away

Shamsher Khan (86), India’s first swimmer who had participated in the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, has passed away at his native village Repalle in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh...

October 18, 2017

Kavita Devi become India’s first-ever woman wrestler to sign for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Kavita Devi from Haryana has become the first ever woman wrestler from India to sign up for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). She also has the distinction of...

October 18, 2017

Prabha Varma chosen for 2017 Padma Prabha Puraskaram

Prabha Varma, the well-known poet, lyricist and journalist, has been chosen for the 2017 Padma Prabha Puraskaram for his contribution to Malayalam literature. Varma’s major works include ‘Chandananaazhi’,’Kalaprayaaga’,...

October 18, 2017

Myntra tied up with Union Ministry of Textile to promote handloom industry

E-commerce major Myntra has launched its CSR initiative in association with the Union Ministry of Textile to work directly with weavers and promote the handloom industry. It will...

October 18, 2017

The 2017 International Day for Eradication of Poverty (IDEP)

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) is observed every year on October 17 to raise people’s awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution...

October 18, 2017

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