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“Road Traffic Act” to replace Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
A new Road Traffic Act will be brought in the winter session of Parliament this year, which will be at par with international Acts in the Road Sector, this was held by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Global Competitiveness List 2014-15: India slides down to 71st rank
Challenging economic environment for most of the last year has pushed India down to 71st position in an yearly Global Competitiveness List 2014-15, released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF). India has the lowest position amongst the 5 BRICS ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Facts about National Day Rally 2014
The National Day Rally, 2014 at Singapore was smoothly carried out with its set of some remarkable features. The PM makes it pleasurable enough for all to watch and ensures to add some new twitch to the speech every year. ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Singapore to help India in 100 'Smart Cities' project
India has join hands with Singapore to get its expertise in building ‘Smart Cities’ even as the two nations decided to ramp up economic engagement besides defence and security cooperation. Recently, India allocated over Rs 7,000 crore in its Budget 2014-15 ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
OECD introduces ‘single global standard’ for automatic exchange of financial info
Taking a significant step towards combating the black money menace, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) unveiled ‘single global standard’ for automatic exchange of financial account information between jurisdictions. To enable automatic exchange of financial account information ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2014
Category: International / World Current Affairs
India successfully launched PSLV C-23 with 5 satellites
India’s ANTRIX (ISRO’s commercial arm) successfully launched 5 foreign satellites from four countries on board PSLV-C23 rocket which placed them in orbit. The rocket was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota and was also witnessed by PM Narendra ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2014
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs