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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...

December 29, 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...

December 28, 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...

December 28, 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...

December 28, 2011

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...

December 28, 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...

December 28, 2011

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...

December 28, 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...

December 28, 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...

December 19, 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...

December 10, 2011

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