Page-13 of GKToday Archives: August, 2018
Fouaad Mirza clinchs silver 2018 Jakarta Asian Games on August 26
Fouaad Mirza from Bangaluru clinched silver in the equestrian event with a score of 26.40 at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games on August 26. With this, he became the first Indian to win an Asian Games individual medal in the ..
National Jute Board Recruitment 2018 for Joint Director, Deputy Director and Other Posts
National Jute Board has invited online applications from qualified candidates for Joint Director, Deputy Director and Other posts in the organisation. The candidates will be selected on the basis of performance in written test and/or interview. The total number of vacancies ..
Hindustan Copper Ltd Recruitment 2018 for Trade Apprentice Posts
Hindustan Copper Ltd has invited online applications from qualified candidates for Trade Apprentice posts in the organisation. The candidates will be selected on the basis of performance in written test and/or interview. The total number of vacancies is 52. The applications have ..
UCIL Recruitment 2018 for Superintendent Posts
Uranium Corporation Of India Limited (UCIL), Department of Atomic Energy has invited applications from eligible and qualified candidates for recruitment to the posts of Superintendent. This is a good news for the candidates seeking job in Uranium Corporation Of India Limited. ..
River Ganga drying up in summers due to groundwater depletion: Study
According to recent study conducted by IIT-Kharagpur, River Ganga has witnessed unprecedented low levels of water in several lower reaches in last few summer seasons. The study was carried out under IIT-KGP Science and Heritage Initiative (SANDHI) Initiative, which focuses ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
India's first biofuel flight to fly from Dehradun to Delhi
India’s first flight using biofuel will fly from Dehradun (capital of Uttarakhand) to Delhi. The first ever biofuel test flight was conducted by SpiceJet on its turborporp Q-400 plane. With this India will join elite club of nations who have ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Quiz 936: GK Questions for Maharashtra Police Recruitment Exams
This quiz has 10 General Knowledge / GK Questions for Maharashtra Police Recruitment Exams based on syllabus of GK of Competition examinations and previous years question papers. 12345678910 1. Abhidhamma pitaka deals in which of the following? members of great ..
INS Vikramaditya for first time to be fitted with marine hydraulic system
India’s only aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya for the first time will be fitted with marine hydraulic system to boost the air operations of the ship. It will be fitted with two marine hydraulic systems whose technical terms go by “GS-1MF” ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
3rd Indian Ocean Conference held in Hanoi, Vietnam
The third edition of Indian Ocean Conference was held in Hanoi, capital city of Vietnam from 27-28 August 2018. It was inaugurated by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Min, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
BNHS to open its first regional centre near Chilika Lake
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), one of India’s premier avian research institutes, will start operating its first regional centre or avifauna observatory on the campus of Wetland Research and Training Centre near Chilika Lake (Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon), ..