Page-24 of Current Affairs - May, 2012
Manu Raju, Indo-American wins White House Journalism award
Manu Raju an Indian-American journalist was among the journalists, who have won the White House Correspondents Journalism award for 2012. Manu Raju was honoured with the Merriman Smith Award for Excellence in Presidential Coverage under pressure, in the print category, ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Northern Railway launches ticket vending machines
The Northern Railway has introduced Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) for buying platform and second class journey tickets with smart card. The ATVMs will be unmanned and operated by the passengers themselves. Insert your smart card into an Automatic Ticket ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
India, Japan to launch dialogue mechanisms on cyber, maritime security
India and Japan have agreed to launch dialogue mechanisms on cyber and maritime security. The dialogue b/w the two nations will be held at the level of foreign Ministry officials. External Affairs Minister Mr S M Krishna expressed satisfaction over ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Need to curb paid news syndrome: CEC
Addressing the 3rd Conference of Heads of Election Management Bodies of the SAARC nations in New Delhi, the Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi held that practices like ‘paid news’ syndrome and use of money power have emerged as new challenges ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
India, Seychelles ink pacts on security cooperation, Sports & Youth Affairs
India and Seychelles have inked 2 agreements in the fields of:- Security cooperation Sports and Youth Affairs Both nations inked an MOU on co-operation on training of police personnel of Sychelles. India also extended $50 million line of credit and ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012
Govt allows fresh cotton exports
The Group of Ministers (GoM), meeting chaired by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, which reviewed the cotton exports situation has settled to allow fresh exports of cotton. It has also declared that a ban on suspension of fresh registrations be ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2012