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World Bank sanctions Rs 32 Crore for Rural Electrification at Sagar Island in Sunderbans of West Bengal

April 24, 2012

Rs 32 Crore sanctioned by the World Bank for Rural Electrification at Sagar Island in Sunderbans of West Bengal. The project for house to house power connection will be inaugurated at Rudra Nagar in Sagar Island. Under the scheme 42 ..

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Mobile euthanasia programme by “Right to Die” group in Netherlands

March 4, 2012

A mobile euthanasia programme launched in the Netherlands has become recent point of controversy. In Netherlands a specialized team is sent out house-to-house to aid patients finish their lives. The project has elicited acute critique from doctors. The project is ..

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A 1.7% decrease in the Unemployment rate of India

March 3, 2012

India’s Unemployment rate fell by 1.7% in 5 years. The point of notice is that this  occurred in spite of global slowdown. The Unemployment Rate in India was 8.3% in 2004-05 and it went down to 6.6% in 2009-10. The ..

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Rural Ministry plans to extend Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan

March 2, 2012

Union Rural Development Minister Mr Jairam Ramesh says that new Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan will ensure the extension of the sanitation scheme to both Above Poverty Line and Below Poverty Line families. Subsidy amount for the sanitation scheme is also being ..

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Current Affairs : February 6, 2012

February 16, 2012

Conforming to India’s steady stand on the Syria issue, support for UNSC draft resolution on Syria India gave its support for a UNSC draft resolution on Syria thus backing an AL (Arab League) peace plan for a Syrian-led political resolution. ..

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Current Affairs: February 2, 2012

February 8, 2012

122 2-G licenses cancelled by SC The Supreme Court cancels 122 2-G licenses allocated to telecom companies in 2008. The court mandated that the licenses were granted in arbitrary and unconstitutional manner. The Supreme Court asks the Telecom Regulatory Authority ..

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Current Affairs : February 1, 2012

February 3, 2012

Dassault Aviation bags India’s biggest ever military contract for supplying combat aircrafts to Indian Air Force French firm Dassault Aviation bagged India’s biggest-ever military contract. This contract is for supplying 126 Rafale combat aircraft for the Air Force. Dassault Aviation ..

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Current Affairs : January 27-28, 2012

February 1, 2012

IGNOU bags best teaching practices award The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has received an award for the best teaching practices at the India Today Aspire Education Summit 2012. India, Canada take vow to fasttrack CEPA On the sidelines ..

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Current Affairs: January 26, 2012

February 1, 2012

Kartar Singh Duggal passes away Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expresses deep grief at the death of his friend and eminent writer Kartar Singh Duggal. Mr Duggal was not only a versatile writer who wrote in four languages–Hindi, Punjabi, English and ..

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Schemes for the Capacity Building of the Panchayats

January 31, 2012

Some important points on Schemes for the empowerment of Panchayats:- Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF): Under this scheme the Central Government furnishes funds to the State Governments to even out regional imbalances in growth of 250 backward districts in India. ..

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