Current Affairs – April 5, 2010

Awards & Honors: Haryana : Government Literary Awards:Haryana Sahitya Rattan Samman for 2008-09 goes to Dr Harish Chander Verma and for 2009-10 to Rajya Kavi Uday Bhanu Hans. Some more award winners of Haryana Sahitya Academy Awards are hereKarnataka: Film ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2010

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Current GK Current Affairs : January 21, 2010

Abbreviations:DAVP : Directorate of Advertising & Visual PublicityELISA: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assayIED: Improvised Explosive DeviceWCAR: World Conference against Racism Appointments:Shiv Shankar Menon: National Security AdvisorFormer Foreign Secretary of India , Shiv Shankar Menon is the new National Security Adviser (NSA). He ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2010

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Current Affairs : January 9, 2010

Events & Happenings:2nd Global Marathi Literary Meet:Second Global Marathi meet will be held in Dubai from March 2-6, 2010. Veteran Marathi litterateur Mangesh Padgaonkar has been selected as president of this meet. Sixth International Children’s Film Festival, BangaloreSixth International Children’s ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2010

Current Affairs Current Affairs : National

20 Uttar Pradesh districts declared drought-hitTUEP Programme Launched by Tripura50 New Hydel Projects by Himachal PradeshAndolan ExpressWorld’s largest solar steam system is at ShirdiNew nuclear plants approved for Gujarat, Rajasthan, one eachRs 5500 cr outlay for Jammu & KashmirA Postal ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2009

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

History Compendium-3

First Modern OlympicsThe 1896 Summer Olympics are known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first Olympic Games held ..