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Current Affairs - May, 2016

Indian Railways conduct trial run of High-Speed Spanish Talgo Train

Indian Railways has conducted the first ever trial run for high-speed Talgo trains of Spain on the 90-km Bareilly-to-Moradabad stretch in Uttar Pradesh. It was the first phase...

May 30, 2016

Indian Railways, PEC sign MoU to set up Kalpana Chawla Chair on geospatial technology

Union Ministry of Railways and PEC University of Technology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up of Kalpana Chawla Chair on Geospatial Technology for Indian...

May 30, 2016

India’s own submarine assembly workshop inaugurated at Mazgaon

Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar a state-of-the-art submarine assembly workshop at the Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The inauguration is considered as a major step...

May 30, 2016

NASA successfully deploys BEAM, first inflatable room attached to International Space Station

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully deployed the first experimental inflatable room attached to the International Space Station (ISS). The experimental inflatable room dubbed as...

May 30, 2016

Sunrisers Hyderabad win 2016 Indian Premier League title

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) has won the ninth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). It is their maiden IPL title. In the final match played at Chinnaswamy stadium...

May 30, 2016

Vice Admiral AR Karve takes charge of Southern Naval Command

Vice-Admiral A R Karve took charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command (SNC).  Prior to this appointment, he was serving as the Chief of...

May 30, 2016

29 May: International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was observed on 29 May 2016 to honour the work of UN peacekeepers. Significance of Day Honour the memory of the...

May 30, 2016

Discus thrower Seema Punia qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics

Discus thrower Seema Punia has qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics scheduled to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August 2016. She is the 19th Indian...

May 30, 2016

India’s first integrated web portal to promote Net Zero Energy Buildings launched

The Union Ministry of Power and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched India’s first integrated web portal designed to promote and mainstream Net Zero Energy...

May 28, 2016

Lakshadweep becomes first UT to sign 24×7 'Power for All' document

Lakshadweep became first Union Territory (UT) in the counry to sign 24×7 Power for All document. The document was signed by representative of Union Government and administration of...

May 28, 2016

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