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General Prayuth Chan-ocha is new PM of Thailand
Thailand’s military’s top official, General Prayuth Chan-ocha (60), has been named the new Prime Minister of the country. Gen Prayuth was nominated in a legislature chosen by the junta and consisting mostly military and police figures. The general was the head ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
All about Richard Attenborough
A well known actor-cum-director Richard Samuel Attenborough died at the age of 90 on August 24, 2014. Career He had served in Royal Air Force during WWII before taking on acting as a lifetime career. Acting started for him in ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
SC declares all coal allocations between 1993-2010 illegal
The Supreme Court of India, has given a new turn to the infamous coalgate scam which surfaced during the UPA tenure and involved some of the ministers of the then ruling government too. The Court has declared all coal block ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
What is happening in France?
French PM Manuel Valls has submitted his resignation after President Francois Hollande asked him to form a new government in compliance with the President’s vision for the country, without the rebellious ministers who had gone public criticizing government’s austerity measures. ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Category: International / World Current Affairs
President inaugurates India's first IIEST
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) of the country in Shibpur located in the city of Howrah, West Bengal. IIEST are a group of academic institutions in India for research and education ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
MoU inked between Ministry of Textiles and Flipkart: "ABHIYAAN Flipkart – Kaarigar Ke Dwar" to provide an online marketing platform to handloom weavers
With a view to provide online marketing platform to handloom weavers to boost the handloom sector, empower the weavers and boost manufacturing in the country, Ministry of Textiles, through DC (Handlooms), has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with online ..