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SBI becomes first domestic bank to open branch in Yangon, Myanmar
India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the opening up its foreign branch in Yangon, the capital city of Myanmar. With this, SBI became the first domestic bank of India to open a branch in Myanmar. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Yoshinori Ohsumi (71) of Japan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on autophagy. With this he becomes the 23rd Japanese national to win a Nobel prize and overall the sixth Japanese medicine ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Urban areas of Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh declared open defecation free
The Union Urban Development Ministry has declared urban areas of Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh open defecation free (ODF). These are the first states to become open defecation free in urban areas. It was announced on the occasion of second anniversary of ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Jharkhand becomes first state to implement DBT in Kerosene
Jharkhand has become the first state in the country to implement Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Kerosene Scheme. The scheme is being implemented in four identified districts of the state from 1st of October 2017. These districts are Chatra, Hazaribagh, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Reliance, Dassault Aviation ink deal to set up joint venture
Anil Ambani led Reliance Group and French aerospace giant Dassault Aviation have signed deal to set up a joint venture called Dassault Reliance Aerospace. The Dassault Reliance Aerospace will execute offsets for the recently concluded India-France deal for 36 Rafale ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Elephant researcher Prajna Chowta conferred with knighthood by France
Film-maker and elephant researcher Prajna Chowta (46) has been appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite (Knight in the National Order of Merit) by the French government. She has been conferred with the France’s one of the highest civilian recognitions ..