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Cyber Coalition 2013: NATO’s largest-ever cyber-security exercise held in Estonia
NATO held Cyber Coalition 2013: Largest-ever cyber-exercises to practise averting large-scale, simultaneous cyber attacks on member states and their allies. The drill was hosted by National Defence College training center in Tartu, Estonia. Objective: Cyber Coalition an exercise with technical components ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Swedish envoy unviels ‘Nobel Memorial Wall’ in Kolkata
Commemorating the centenary of legendary polymath Rabindranath Tagore (Gurudev) receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature, Swedish Ambassador Harald Sandberg inaugurated the Nobel Memorial Wall, a permanent structure set up in the Kolkata’s Esplanade Metro Railway station, where portraits of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
WEF ranks India 101st on global gender gap index
The Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) placed India at a low 101st rank on a Global Gender Gap Index which ranked 136 nations on how well resources and opportunities are divided between men and women in four broad areas of economy, politics, education and ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
U.N. peacekeeping forces to take over from French troops in Mali
United Nations peacekeeping force will take over from African troops in conflict-scarred Mali. A 12,600-strong force will take over security duties from French troops who entered Mali in January 2013. France had sent troops to the country to recapture two ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Facebook unveils first data centre outside U.S. in Sweden
Social networking website Facebook opened its first data centre outside the United States, in Luleaa, a coastal Swedish town near the Arctic Circle. With this, Facebook joins Google and other tech companies attracted by chilly temperatures that seldom exceed levels that ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
Better Life Index: Australia is World's Happiest Developed Nation
As per the Better Life Index released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Australia was ranked as the world’s happiest nation among developed economies for the third consecutive year. The index ranked over 30 nations on criteria ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2013
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs