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Sushma Swaraj -The first woman to head MEA
In yet another first for BJP leader Sushma Swaraj (62), she has become the first woman External Affairs Minister of India. She is the country’s first woman to be appointed as a full-time Cabinet minister with the external affairs portfolio. Indira Gandhi ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Justice MB Shah Committtee: SIT to probe black money
In its first major step after assuming charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has ordered the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate black money, mostly hoarded abroad. Composition of SIT The SIT will be headed by retired ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Malavath Purna- Girl from Andhra becomes youngest woman to climb Everest
In a historic achievement, Malavath Purna (13) became the youngest female mountaineer to scale the Mount Everest. Purna was accompanied by Sadhanapalli Anand Kumar (16), a Class IX student from the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. Anand and Purna are ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
T.R Zeliang take oath as Nagaland CM
T.R. Zeliang, leader of Naga Peoples Front (NPF), was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland following the resignation of Neiphio Rio, who has been elected to Lok Sabha. The NDF-led ruling Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN-III) government was ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2014
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
ONGC starts drilling in Palar basin in Tamil Nadu
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has begun drilling its first-ever well in the Palar basin at Chinnapuliyur village near Gummidipoondi, about 55 km from Chennai. ONGC had already started exploration in six out of seven sedimentary basins in ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2014
India’s OVL and Russia’s Rosneft ink pact to explore hydrocarbons
The overseas subsidiary of the state-owned explorer ONGC- ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), has struck a deal with Russia’s largest oil and gas producer Rosneft to jointly explore hydrocarbons in the offshore Arctic. The agreement will facilitate the OVL’s cooperation in ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2014