Bihar legislative Assembly passed the Bihar Public Grievance Redressal Bill, 2015
The Bill is aimed at empowering the people to seek redressal of
their grievances by government servants in a time-bound manner.
Two films Masaan & Jaanisaar made tax free in UP
The films were made tax free in Uttar Pradesh under Section 11
(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Entertainment and Betting Tax Act, 197...
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Current Affairs - 4 August 2015
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Roland S Folger appointed as CEO and MD of Mercedes-Benz India
Currently, Roland S Folger is the President and CEO of
Mercedes-Benz Malaysia.
Bharti Airtel acquired YTS Solutions for mobile payment solutions
This acquisition will help Airtel to expand its footprint in the
payments sector by integrating business capabilities and unique service
delivery model of the YT...
Monday, 3 August 2015
All Important Defence and Security news - July 2015
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Indo-UK Bilateral Air
Exercise Indradhanush concluded
The 10-day exercise that started on 21 July 2015 was the fourth
edition which commenced in Britain
INS Astravahini
decommissioned after 31 years of service
The vessel had immensely contributed in the trials of indigenous
torpedoes developed by Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL...
All Important Obituaries News - July 2015
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Yakub Memon executed
as SC rejected his fresh plea in pre-dawn hearing
The State Government of Maharashtra has decided to hand over his
body to his relatives, after completion of formalities.
Eminent vocalist Vasundhara
Komkali died
She received training in Indian classical music by Pt. Kumar
Gandharva (her husband) and Dr. BR Deodha...
All Summit, Committees and Commissions - July 2015
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Summit and Conference
7th BRICS Summit held
in Ufa, Russia
While the 6th BRICS summit was held at Fortaleza in Brazil in
2014, New Delhi will be hosting the 8th summit in 2016.
&nb...
All Appointments and Resigns - July 2015
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Swati Maliwal took charge as
Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women
Maliwal had taken
charge as the DCW's Chief on 20 July 2015 itself, but her appointment was
struck down by the Lt Governor Najeeb Jung at that time.
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Ashish Bahuguna appointed as
Chairman of food safety regulator FSSAI
His tenure will be
three years and he succeeded K Chandramouli whose tenure ended in January 2015.
Since then the position was lying vacant and the Health Secretary Bhanu Pratap
Sharma was...
All Important Books and Authors - July 2015
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R.D. Burman: The
Prince of Music written by Khagesh Dev Burman
The author through the
book has tried to look into life of R.D. Burman and reveals the fact about
number of songs and tunes of Burman.
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Book titled Ghosts of Calcutta
authored by Sebastian Ortiz released
The book not only
tells about the Ghosts of Calcutta but also about other characters like
friends, associates, passer-bys, who were around hi...
All Awards and Honours - July 2015
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Ramon Magsaysay
Awardees for the year 2015 announced; Two Indians among the awardees
Among the five awardees who will be conferred with the so-called
Asia’s Nobel Prize, there are two
Indians, namely Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta.
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Helena Ndume, Jorge
Sampaio awarded with first-ever Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize
The award ceremony was a part of the annual commemoration of
Nelson Mandela International Day, which is observed on 18 July every yea...
Current Affairs - 2 & 3 August 2015
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Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children 2015 came into effect
The new Guidelines are intend to provide for more effective
regulation for adoption of orphan, abandoned and surrendered children and would
bring more transparency and efficiency in the adoption system.
NASA enhanced collision-avoidance system to avoid traffic jams between satellites orbitingMars
The step was taken after addition of two new spacecraft, namely
NASA's MAVEN and India's Mangalyaan, to orbit the Mars has gone up to fiv...
Current Affairs - 1 August 2015
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Victorian Open WSA: Joshna Chinappa won squash title
This was tenth WSA title for 28-year-old Joshna, the last being
the Richmond Open title win in April 2014.
First National Handloom Day to be observed on 7 August 2015
On this occasion a new India Handloom brand for
better market positioning of quality handloom products would be launche...
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
Currenr Affairs - 28 July 2015
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Bharti Realty tied-up with Eros Group to develop housing project
The Bharti Group has presence in telecom,
agri-business, financial services, retail and real estate among others.
Bangladesh part of Sundarbans witnessed rapid decline in tiger population between 2004 and 2015
Royal Bengal tigers live mainly in India with
smaller populations in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Myanmar. Out of
2226 Bengal tigers found in India, 74 live in Indian side of Sunderban...
Monday, 27 July 2015
IBPS Recruitment 2015 - Clerks CWE V
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Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
has released notification to conduct online examination for the next Common
Recruitment Process (CRP) for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts
in the Participating Organisations. Eligible candidates may apply online from
11-08-2015 to 01-09-2015. Other details like age limit, educational
qualification, application fee details,...
Current Affairs - 26 & 27 July 2015
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Union Government sanctioned 1000 crore rupees for Indo-Bangla Rail Link
Out of 15.06 km length connecting Agartala
with Akhaura railway junction in Bangladesh, 3.7 km would comprise of elevated
corridor.
World's largest flower Amorphophallus Titanum bloomed at Jindai Botanical Gardens in Tokyo
It is commonly called the corpse flower
because it smells like rotting meat that helps attract pollinators such as
beetles and flie...
Current Affairs - 25 July 2015
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Team Sky cyclist Chris Froome of Britain won 102nd Tour de France
With this, Froome became the first Briton to
win the Tour de France for the second time.
PR Chari, the nuclear disarmament advocate, died
He was a former IAS officer who served two
terms in the Defence Ministry and was also a former Director of the Institute
of Defence and Strategic Analysis (IDSA) from 1975 to 198...
Current Affairs - 24 July 2015
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WTO members sealed a deal to cut tariffs on $1 trillion worth IT products
The deal was agreed as part of need to update
the 18-year old Information Technology Agreement (ITA) as it has become
redundant. The ITA was finalised in 1997.
Earth-like exoplanet Kepler 452b discovered
In addition to Kepler 452b, the Kepler Mission
also discovered 11 yet-to-be-confirmed candidate planets that appear to be
small, rocky and potentially suitable for lif...