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Current Affairs : June 12, 2011

India clinches five-match ODI series against West Indies Jyoti Dey: A senior journalist working with an English tabloid “Mid-Day” in Mumbai was shot dead. He extensively covered underworld...

June 17, 2011

Pitt’s India Act of 1784

Pitt’s India Act 1784 or the East India Company Act 1784 was passed in the British Parliament to rectify the defects of the Regulating Act 1773. It resulted...

June 1, 2011

Successful Test Launch of Nishant

Nishant is India’s indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). It has recently completed the series of confirmatory trials carried out by the army at the Chandan ranges in Pokhran,...

February 28, 2011

Current Affairs June 7 & 8, 2010

Q+A: Global Peace Index 2010The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) is a global non-profit research organization headquartered in Sydney, Australia with a branch in Washington, D.C.India ranks...

June 21, 2010

Current Affairs : June 3, 2010

Awards:Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar 2008 – Isha FoundationIsha Foundation is an NGO, founded by Sadhguru J Vasudev, whose “Project Green Hands” is a movement to raise the green...

June 6, 2010

What was the difference between ideology of Satya Shodhak Samaj and Prarthana Samaj?

What was the difference between ideology of Satya Shodhak Samaj and Prarthana Samaj?Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded by Mahatma Jyotiba Phule on 24 September 1873 with an objective...

May 18, 2010

Current Affairs : May 5, 2010

National:Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill 2010Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill 2010 is passed in Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Thus, the parliament has approved the enhancing of...

May 17, 2010

Current Affairs May 1, 2010

Appointments:Yale World Fellow 2010: Subhashini ChandranSubhashini Chandran,CEO of the Woodbriar Group and the Managing Director of the Tea Estates India Ltd, has been named of one the 15...

May 7, 2010

Memorable Points: Archive 12

Idea of East Asia Summit:The idea was mooted in 1991 by then Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad. It provides India the forum to carve out for itself...

May 4, 2010

Current Affairs April 14, 2010

Awards & Honors:Wisden Cricketer of the Year – Virender SehwagVirender Sehwag has been named ‘Wisden Cricketer of the Year’ for the second successive time for scoring ”more quickly...

April 19, 2010

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