Current Affairs - May, 2010
Current Affairs : May 5, 2010
National:Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill 2010Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill 2010 is passed in Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Thus, the parliament has approved the enhancing of gratuity limit for employees from Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh as also the exemption threshold from income tax on it. The bill also provides that ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2010
Topics: Amar Ujala • Bhopal • Current Affairs 2010 • Dainik Bhaskar • Dainik Jagran • India • Jagran Prakashan Limited • Kanpur • Media in Bihar • States and union territories of India • Uttar Pradesh
Current Affairs : May 4, 2010
Election Commission recommends to the president that former minister P.C. Thomas be barred from contesting any election for the next three years as he had violated the model code of conduct during the 2004 Lok Sabha polls. India lifts the ban on grant of emigration clearance for Indians wishing to travel to Iraq. However, added ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2010
Topics: Beni Prasad Verma • Current Affairs 2010 • Law by country • Manmohan Singh • Politics by country • Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Current Affairs : May 3, 2010
Events, Happenings & Observances:World Press Freedom Day 20103 May has been declared by the United Nations General Assembly as World Press Freedom Day. Read Here National Updates:New Education Bills moved in Lok SabhaTo regulate the education system and pave the way for foreign universities, 4 bills have been moved in the Lok Sabha. Foreign Education ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2010
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Current Affairs 2010 • Education in India
Current Affairs : May 2, 2010
Events / Happenings & Observances:World Laughter DayWorld Laughter Day is celebrated on the first Sunday in May all over the world since 1998 when the first celebration was held on January 11, 1998, in Mumbai. The event was launched by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga movement. Laughter Yoga movement has over ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2010
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Balakrishna • Current Affairs 2010 • Gupta • K. G. Balakrishnan • Laughter yoga • Left-wing politics • Naga nationalism • National Human Rights Commission of India • National Socialist Council of Nagaland • Political ideologies • Political spectrum • Somdal
Current Affairs May 1, 2010
Appointments:Yale World Fellow 2010: Subhashini ChandranSubhashini Chandran,CEO of the Woodbriar Group and the Managing Director of the Tea Estates India Ltd, has been named of one the 15 Yale World Fellows for 2010. UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations – Atul KhareAtul Khare a former IFS officer has been appointed by UN Secretary General Ban ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2010
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Assam • Ban Ki-moon • Bodo nationalism • Bodoland • Countries • Current Affairs 2010 • Gujarat • India • National Democratic Front of Boroland • Politics of Assam • States and union territories of India • Subdivisions of India • Terrorism in Assam
Memorable Points: Archive 12
Idea of East Asia Summit:The idea was mooted in 1991 by then Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad. It provides India the forum to carve out for itself a larger East Asian strategic presence and taking forward our vision for the future. Thrust areas of EAS include (i)energy, Environment, Climate Change & Sustainable Development, (ii) ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2010
Topics: Arunachal Pradesh • Countries • Current Affairs 2010 • Haryana • Himachal Pradesh • India • Madhya Pradesh • Rajya Sabha • Shimla • States and union territories of India