Current Affairs

GK MCQs Section

Page-18 of Topic: Goa

India rolls out its First indigenous LCA – Tejas

Tejas, India’s first indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), which is all set to replace the MiG-21 series, developed by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) with Hindustan...

December 21, 2013

Law forbids foreign companies from making political donations

The two major political parties the Congress and the BJP have filed affidavits claiming that a political donation is allowed if the majority shareholding in the foreign company...

November 2, 2013

Rajan Committee’s new methodology to replace ‘special category’ status for devolution of funds to States

The panel set up by the government under the chairmanship of the then Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan (now RBI governor) has suggested ending the ‘special category’ criteria...

September 29, 2013

DBT scheme for LPG to be extended to 35 more districts

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has decided to extend LPG Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme to 35 more districts from September 1, 2013 after observing a good...

August 19, 2013

Bhim Sain Bassi is the new Delhi Police Commissioner

Bhim Sain Bassi, the 1977-batch IPS officer of AGMU (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories) cadre has taken over the charge as the 20th Delhi Police Commissioner as he succeeded Neeraj Kumar,...

August 3, 2013

India test-fires BrahMos successfully from INS Tarkash

India has successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy’s latest guided missile frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa as part...

May 23, 2013

Goa Govt launched 'Krishi Card' for farmers

Goa Govt launched a ‘Krishi Card’, a digital card which would be gateway for farmers to avail benefits like subsidies and loans given by the state government. An attempt...

April 30, 2013

Fact Box: K. Kasturirangan High-Level Working Group

K. Kasturirangan-led 10-member panel High-Level Working Group (HLWG) Presented its report on Western Ghats to MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) K. Kasturirangan-led 10-member panel High-Level Working Group...

April 18, 2013

RBI chief rules out a revision in inflation goal

The RBI Governor D. Subbarao has ruled out any revision in its inflation goal while addressing a meeting over the subject “Is there a new normal for inflation?”...

March 11, 2013

Uttarakhand tops in “Environmental Performance Index (EPI)”

Uttarakhand (scored 0.8123) topped the list of best-performing States and Union territories in terms of environmental performance. As per the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) released by Planning Commission:...

November 1, 2012

Archives

E-Books

States PSC General Studies

Latest in Hindi