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Miss Venezuela, Alyz Henrich crowned Miss Earth 2013
Miss Venezuela, Alyz Henrich was crowned Miss Earth 2013 title at a pageant organized at Versailles Palace, Philippines. It is the second beauty pageant title for Venezuela this year. In November 2013, Gabriela Isler, of the same nation was crowned ..
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Cyber Coalition 2013: NATO’s largest-ever cyber-security exercise held in Estonia
NATO held Cyber Coalition 2013: Largest-ever cyber-exercises to practise averting large-scale, simultaneous cyber attacks on member states and their allies. The drill was hosted by National Defence College training center in Tartu, Estonia. Objective: Cyber Coalition an exercise with technical components ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Melbourne tops the list of livable cities in world
According to a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the Australian city of Melbourne is the most liveable city in the world while conflict battered Syria‘s capital Damascus is the least liveable city. The survey also lists Karachi and Dhaka among the least liveable cities. Top ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2013
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
India rejects Snowden's request seeking political asylum
India turned down USA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s request seeking political asylum. The Indian Embassy in Moscow had received a communication containing a request for asylum. Earlier, Snowden, currently sheltered in the transit zone of Moscow airport, has sought asylum in 20 countries, ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
India, Austria ink Social Security Agreement
India signed a Social Security pact with Austria. As per the pact, the Indian professionals working in Austria would be exempted from paying the social security contribution of the country, if such payments are already made in India. This agreement ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Five New Non-Permanent Member Countries on UNSC
The UN General Assembly elected five new non-permanent members to the Security Council. The New Members are: 1. South Korea 2. Luxembourg 3. Argentina 4. Australia 5. Rwanda The newly elected member countries will have 2-year term in UN body ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2012
Category: International / World Current Affairs