Page-24 of South Asia Current Affairs, GK & News
Jammu & Kashmir: Jhiri Mela
Famous Jhiri Mela commenced near village Kalyanpur in the Kanhachak area in Jammu on occasion of Gurupurab, the birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The fair is held to commemorate the martyrdom of the Baba Jitto, who fought against exploitation of the feudal Lord or Jagirdar Bir Singh and died fighting for the rights of ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Topics: Guru Nanak • Jammu Division • Political geography • Punjab • Punjabi people • Regions • Sikhism • South Asia
Seventeenth SAARC Summit & Addu Declaration
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 dedicated to economic, technological, social, and cultural development emphasising collective self-reliance. The 7 founding members ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Summits and Conferences
Topics: 17th SAARC summit • Countries • Declaration of 18th SAARC Summit • Economy • Foreign relations • South Asia • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation • South Asian Free Trade Area • South Asian University
Current Affairs : 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 third Sunday in November each year, making it a major advocacy day for road traffic ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Bangladesh • Bengal • Bengali Hindus • Bengali Muslims • Bengali people • Delhi • Geography of Asia • Politicians • Pranab • Pranab Mukherjee • Sheikh Hasina • South Asia
Current Affairs : 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 will be first implemented in Dhenkanal, Angul and Keonjar elephant corridors. Under the plan, the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Topics: Commonwealth republics • Comprehensive economic partnership agreement • Countries • Federal republics • India • International Organizations • Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations • Member states of the United Nations • Most favoured nation • South Asia • World • World Trade Organization
Only Bengal campaign
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; there language is Bangla not “West Bangla”; Bengal continues to drag along the prefix ‘West’ ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Topics: Asia • Banga • Bangla • Bengal • Ethnic groups in Bangladesh • Ethnic groups in India • Geography of Asia • Names of Bengal • Paschimbanga • Royal Bengal Tigers • South Asia • West Bengal