Page-5 of Current Affairs - October, 2011
Highest Mobile Density in India is in Himachal Pradesh
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) says that wireless tele-density in urban India s 21 circles is 150 per cent. It is 430.5% in urban Himachal Pradesh, while the number for Delhi is 209%. In rural areas too, Himachal leads ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
First state to announce Special Agricultural Zones is Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand has recently become the first state to set up Special Agricultural Zones (SAZs) to promote integrated farming approach. The objective is to turn the hill state into a leading seed and organic state. The Special Agricultural Zones (SAZs) will ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
India to get Nerpa by 2011 End
As per a recent statement of Russian Naval Chief Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky, Russia will transfer the Akula-II class Nerpa nuclear attack submarine to India on a 10-year lease by the end of 2011. India had funded the completion of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Only Bengal campaign
Only Bengal campaign has been recently launched by Times Of India to catalyse the process of dropping the “West” from the name of the state. They point out – Residents of West Bengal are called Bengalis and not West Bengalis; ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Phaseout of MiG-21
The Flying Coffins MiG-21s, which have been in news for frequent crashes, will be phased out by the Indian Air Force by 2017 and replaced by modern fighter aircraft such as Su-30MKI and indigenous LCA. The phase-out will begin from ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Should Tea be the National Drink of India?
India is world’s second largest tea producer after China. In 2007-08, India’s estimated tea production was 8 Lakh metric tons. In 2007, in India, there was an area of 578568 hectares under tea cultivation. Out of this 458718 hectares was ..