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Page-14 of Current Affairs - December, 2011

India assumes the Chairmanship of UN South Asian Regional Commission for Tourism

Chairmanship of UN South Asian Regional Commission for Tourism was assumed by India. It was declared at the current UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) conference at Gyeongju in...

December 7, 2011

ECI raises Minimum Vote Limit from 6% to 8% for state party

ECI (Election Commission of India) has recently increased the cap of min. votes a political party must get in Election in order to obtain the position of a...

December 7, 2011

Government launches “Come and Play” Scheme

Government launched the Countrywide “Come and Play” scheme. The objective of the scheme is to promote bulk involvement in sports and optimum utilization of sports infrastructure. The target...

December 7, 2011

New Up-linking & down-linking policy for TV channels

There are several types of information transmission paths provided by communication satellites to connect two points on earth for the purpose of telecommunication. The Uplink part is used...

December 7, 2011

Draft National Policy on Information Technology 2011

Info on IT Industry in India Information Technology is a key driver of an increasingly knowledge based global economy, and given its current global position in the IT...

December 7, 2011

Famous Punjabi playwright & artist Gursharan Singh passes away

Famous Punjabi playwright and theatre personality Gursharan Singh popularly known as Bhaji / Bhai Manna Singh (82), passed away recently. He s best known for starting the tradition...

December 7, 2011

Dalai Lama to be awarded ‘Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace’

Dalai Lama to receive the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace . Ela Gandhi, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi declared the Award in Johannesburg on the occasion of Gandhi...

December 7, 2011

IGNOU confers Rajiv Gandhi International Prize on the Azim Premji Foundation

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has conferred the Rajiv Gandhi International Prize for Technology in Education and Development on the Azim Premji Foundation. The award was established...

December 7, 2011

Indian Recipients of National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology & Innovation

Three notable Indian Americans, two inventors and a researcher were named by US President Barack Obama as recipients of National Medal of Science, and National Medal of Technology...

December 7, 2011

Lata Mangeshkar honoured with the First Hridaynath Award

Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary playback singerwas honoured with the first Hridaynath award for her contribution to Indian music . The award was presented to her on September 28,...

December 7, 2011

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