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Kerala: First Nokkukooli-Free’ place→Trivandrum
Nokku kooli refers to an unofficial labor norm in Kerala under which wages are paid to trade union activists for allowing investors/builders to unload materials using machines or their own labor. The unhealthy practice of demanding money for allowing others ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
BATL set to make BrahMos engines
BATL (BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Limited) has commenced its 2nd phase of development to put in place a full-fledged missile integration complex. BATL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BrahMos Aerospace that caters to product requirements in the India’s defence, aerospace and nuclear ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Delhi: Isa Khan’s Tomb to be restored
Isa Khan Niyazi was a noble in the courts of Sher Shah Suri and his son Islam Shah. His tomb built in 1546-47AD predates Humayun’s Tomb by over two decades. This splendid tomb was a culmination of the octagonal tomb ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
NEET by Medical Council of India for MBBS from 2012
Students aspiring for MBBS admissions will not take the EAMCET route but write the National Entrance and Eligibility Test by Medical Council of India (MCI) from 2012. The test will be conducted at the national level by the Central Board ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Cabinet approves Restructuring of Geological Survey of India
The Union Cabinet approved the restructuring of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), which includes rightsizing its strength by filling up posts over a 10-year period. Geological Survey of India (GSI), established in 1851 is a government organization in India ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Universal Health Insurance Scheme India
At present India has Health Insurance scheme Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY), for people living below poverty line. The RSBM is restricted to the poor and for certain select groups. Now, India may get a universal health insurance scheme, to ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
India Human Development Report, 2011
India Human Development Report is prepared annually by the Institute of Applied Manpower Research. The latest report was released on October 21 by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia in the presence of Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Sam Pitroda: Head of Expert Panel on Modernization of Railways
Government has constituted an expert committee headed by Sam Pitroda to recommend ways and means to modernize Indian Railways. The focus of the panel, which is to submit its interim report in December, will be on modernization of tracks, signalling, ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Current Affairs : December 19, 2011
M P Mishra to be mela officer of Kumbh in UP The Uttar Pradesh government appointed Mani Prasad Mishra as the new Mela Officer of the world famous religious fair of Kumbh to be organised in Allahabad at the banks ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Current Affairs: December 10, 2011
‘Oldest’ Indian man dies in Madhya Pradesh Parasram Gurjar (125 Years), who claimed to be oldest man alive passed away in Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh Government had conferred him with the Shatayu Samman on October 1, 2011 on the occasion of ..