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Seventeenth SAARC Summit & Addu Declaration

December 29, 2011

Recently, the Seventeenth SAARC Summit was concluded in Maldives with the release of the Addu Declaration. Here is a brief discussion: What is SAARC? South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was founded in December 1985 by Ziaur Rahman and ..

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Current Affairs : November 20, 2011

November 20, 2011

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims observed The International Road Federation (IRF) observed the World Day for Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The United Nations had endorsed it in 2005 as a global day to be observed every ..

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Current Affairs : November 2, 2011

November 2, 2011

Odisha Government prepares Rs 20 crore Plan to protect elephant from electrocution After some 100 elephants lost their lives, Orissa government has formulated a Rs 20 crore action plan to protect the wild elephants from electrocution in elephant corridors. It ..

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Only Bengal campaign

October 30, 2011

Only Bengal campaign has been recently launched by Times Of India to catalyse the process of dropping the “West” from the name of the state. They point out – Residents of West Bengal are called Bengalis and not West Bengalis; ..

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Current Affairs : October 15, 2011

October 15, 2011

RBI enhances per transaction limit to $ 3,000 for exporters RBI increased the limit for holding foreign currency abroad to $3,000 per transaction for exporters against the existing $ 500. As per the RBI, the RBI the verdict taken for ..

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Current Affairs : October 9, 2011

October 9, 2011

“Sampriti II” Indo-Bangladesh combined military exercise commences “Sampriti II” – fortnight long India-Bangladesh combined Military Exercise started in Sylhet. A 25 member team (led Major S.Y Mahadhik) of the Indian army is taking part in the combined exercise with a ..

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