“Youth to the EDGE”: A Pilot Program set in motion

“Youth to the Edge”, a pilot program set up at the function held at Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi, by Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar, Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region. Objective of This Programme: To encourage adventure activities ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012

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Current Affairs- January 2012

Click Here to View Current Affairs of 2011 Current Affairs : January 1, 2012 Welcome 2012 Important scheduled Events of 2012 Samoa and Tokelau are the first to toast in 2012 PM identifies 5 Key challenges for India in 2012 ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012

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Private sector investment in Inland Waterway Transport to speedup

The PM has pioneered a move to speedup the growth and usage of Inland Waterways Transport involving the private sector and Public Sector Undertakings. The go-ahead will harness potential of inland waterways in transporting bulk cargo like coal, fly ash, ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012

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Conflict b/w UIDAI and NPR resolved

To end the conflict b/w the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and National Population Register, a Cabinet Committee has worked out a halfway house which will lead in the Biometric Data of all residents of India being captured by ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012

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Current Affairs : January 24, 2012

Al-Qaeda takes over Yemen city In Yemen, Al-Qaeda militants have taken over the city of Rada in the Southeastern Al Bayda province. They have named Tareq al-Dahab, a brother-in-law of slain US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi, who was killed in a ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012

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Current Affairs: January 22-23, 2012

T.R. Ramachandran re-elected Press Club of India president The Press Club of India announced that veteran journalist T.R. Ramachandran of G-Files has been re-elected president and Anil Anand of Greater Kashmir is the new secretary general. Leshka project in Meghalaya ..

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Current Affairs : January 21, 2012

40th Manipur Day celebrated Manipur was a princely state under the suzerenity of British India and existed as such until 1947 as Kanglapak Kingdom. The Kanglapak King wilfully acceded to the newly independent Union of India. In 1956, Manipur was ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012

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Current Affairs : January 20, 2012

Jaipur Literature Festival, begins Fifth Jaipur Literature Festival begins in Jaipur on 19th January. About 250 writers from India and abroadparticipating in the 5-day long Jaipur Literature Festival. In a session on ‘Truth of Poetry and Truth of Politics’, Union ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012

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Current Affairs : January 18, 2012

Gujarat High Court upholds the appointment of Lokayukta The High Court of Gujarat, Ahmedabad dismisses the plea of the Gujarat Government and upholds the appointment of state Lokayukt by the Governor. Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal appointed Justice Mehta as the ..

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Current Affairs : January 12, 2012

National Youth Day observed On 12 January, National Youth Day was observed to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda was born on 12 January 1863 and died on 4 July 1902. He was born Narendranath Dutta and ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012

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