Page-2 of Current Affairs - May, 2015

Veena Jain appointed as Director General (news) of Doordarshan

May 30, 2015

Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry has appointed Veena Jain as director general (news) in Doordarshan (DD). She succeeds senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Akshay Rout. Along with this appointment Jain will also hold the charge as Officer on ..

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Indian-origin teacher Gurnimrat Nimmy Sidhu receives Oxford University teacher award

May 30, 2015

Gurnimrat ‘Nimmy’ Sidhu, an Indian-origin teacher has been honoured with ‘University of Oxford Inspirational Teacher Award’. She received her trophy in Oxford along with 11 other teachers for helping their students get into the world-famous varsity. Sidhu who is head ..

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US removes Cuba from list of State Sponsor of Terrorism

May 30, 2015

United States (US) in a landmark decision has removed Cuba from its list of State Sponsor of Terrorism. In this regard US secretary of state John Kerry has signed an order removing Cuba from the terrorism blacklist. This decision will pave ..

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Renowned scientist Selvin Christopher appointed as DG of DRDO

May 29, 2015

Eminent scientist Dr. Selvin Christopher has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with the rank of a secretary. As a DG of DRDO, he will also severe as Secretary at Department ..

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India tops in World Hunger List with 194 Million People: UN Report

May 29, 2015

According to recently released United Nations (UN) annual hunger report titled The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015, India was placed at top in the World Hunger list. The report has mentioned that India is home to the ..

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90 % of global chemical weapons stockpile destroyed: OPCW

May 29, 2015

Nobel peace prize winning organisation OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) has achieved major milestone of destroying 90 per cent of the global chemical weapons stockpile. OPCW has mentioned that around 65,000 metric tonnes of declared chemical weapons, ..

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