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Page-11 of Current Affairs - April, 2017

Gururaja Bhat Award conferred on historian A.V. Narasimha Murthi

Dr. Paduru Gururaja Bhat Award 2017 has been conferred upon Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Mysuru and former Head, Department of Ancient History and...

April 18, 2017

PM inaugurates phase-I of the Link-2 pipeline canal of SAUNI project

Prime Minister has inaugurated phase-I (Link-2) pipeline canal of the ambitious Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) Yojana in Botad district of Gujarat. He laid foundation stone for the...

April 18, 2017

INS Chennai dedicated to Chennai

Naval Ship ‘INS Chennai’, a ‘P15A Guided Missile Destroyer’, was dedicated to Chennai in the presence of the chief minister of Tamil Nadu and the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief,...

April 18, 2017

Government launches programme for capacity building of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) of Panchayats

The Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Panchayati Raj has launched a nationwide programme for capacity building of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs)...

April 17, 2017

Prime Minister felicitates family members of Paika rebellion

Prime Minister felicitated the descendants of 16 families associated with Paika Rebellion of 1817 and other freedom struggles of Odisha in Bhubaneswar. In this year’s budget speech, Finance...

April 17, 2017

Andhra Pradesh Government formulates market intervention for red chilli farmers

The Andhra Pradesh state government has formulated guidelines for a market intervention exercise to help red chilli farmers in the state who are in a great distress due...

April 17, 2017

India’s GDP to grow 7.2% in 2017-18: World Bank Report

In a new World Bank report titled Globalization Backlash, the agency expects India’s gross domestic product to spike to 7.2% in the financial year 2017-18 from 6.8% the...

April 17, 2017

Government covers 14 SC, ST, OBC and DNT scholarship schemes under Digital Payments

The Government has stated that 14 scholarship schemes for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) / Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-nomadic Tribes (DNTs) students come under Digital Payments...

April 17, 2017

Turkey Referendum: President Erdogan wins sweeping powers

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the referendum on granting him sweeping new powers by a clear majority. The “Yes” vote garnered by Erdogan was 51.36% and “No”...

April 17, 2017

Vastu Shashtra to be introduced in IIT Kharagpur

IIT Kharagpur plans to introduce Vastu Shashtra to the architecture students from this year August. While the rudiments of Vastu Shastra will be introduced to the first and...

April 17, 2017

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