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Current Affairs: August 3, 2011
Brahmasree Malliyoor Sankaran Namboothiri passed away Eminent Sanskrit scholar and Bhagavatham proponent Malliyoor Sankaran Namboothiri passed away in Kuruppanthara, near Kottayam ‘Bhagavata-Hamsam’ Brahmasree Malliyoor Shankaran Namboothiri (91) was a well known proponent of ritual narration of Bhagavatam-stories Obama Signs Bill ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs: August 1, 2011
August 1, 2011: Monsoon Session of Parliament commences August 1, 2011: The monsoon session of the Parliament commences Government decided to introduce 32 new bills including the Lokpal Bill Other key bills to be introduced include Land Acquisition Bill, Food ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011
Current Affairs : July 23, 2011
Polio campaign: International experts exalts India International experts have praised India for having just one case of polio in the first 6 months of 2011 As per them, India has run very high quality vaccination campaigns They, however, added that ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2011
Current Affairs : July 22, 2011
‘Prahaar’ missile successfully test-fired India successfully conducted the first test-fire of its indigenously developed surface-to-surface guided short-range, solid fueled, quick-reaction, tactical missile, Prahaar (Sanskrit:प्रहार , Strike) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) of Chandipur, off Odisha coast The missile test fired ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs : July 9, 2011
South Sudan: An Independent Nation now South Sudan emerged as the an Independent Nation 54th nation of Africa 193rd country recognized by the UN and the 54th UN member state in Africa Born out of referendum in January, 2011 (Referendum: ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2011
Current Affairs – July 8, 2011
‘News of the World’ Shut down ‘News of the World’: A British tabloid The tabloid shuts after 168 years of print following bedlam over phone hacking First edition: October 1, 1843 News International: Umbrella Company of the News Corporation’s British ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2011
Current Affairs : July 2, 2011
Vodafone to pay $ 400 million more to Essar to buy 33% stake in the joint venture Vodafone-Essar Vodafone: UK-based Essar: Indian Partner for Vodafone Vodafone to pay $ 400 million more to Essar in order to buy 33% stake ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2011
Current Affairs : June 23, 2011
Ambubashi Mela commences at the Kamakhya temple in Assam The 4 day yearly Ambushi Mela started at the Shaktipeeth Kamakhya Dham in Guwahati The door of the temple closed for the visitors for next 3 days The temple complex is ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs : June 22, 2011
UN Secretary General: Ban Ki-moon re-elected Ban Ki-Moon was unanimously elected for a second term by the 192 Nations United Nations General Assembly The second 5 year term for Mr. Ban starts from January 1, 2012 Mr. Ban has termed ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2011
Current Affairs June 14 , 2011
S.M.Krishna in Kazakhstan for SCO S M Krishna (External Affairs Minister India) in Astana to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)-11th Summit. Kazakhstan’s capital : Astana SCO is expected to roll out the Memorandum of Obligations that the new aspirant ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs