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Renowned historian Christopher Alan Bayly passes away
Sir Christopher Alan Bayly, a renowned historian passed away on 20 April 2015 in Chicago, United States. He was 70. As a historian he was specialised in global, Indian and British Imperial history. His works were based on the 18th ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners
All the Light We Cannot See, a novel based on Second World War by author Anthony Doerr has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. While, The New York Times has won two prestigious Pulitzer prizes for coverage of the Ebola ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Earth Day is being observed on 22 April
Earth day is being observed on the 22nd April every year. This day seeks to build support for environmental protection around the world. This year’s theme for the day is ‘It’s Our Turn to Lead’ and is 45th anniversary of ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Indian Railways launches E-Samiksha to monitor rail projects online
Indian Railways on 21 April 2015 launched E-Samiksha, an online monitoring mechanism. E-Samiksha aims at monitoring implementation of various ongoing projects of Indian Railways on real-time basis including Rail Budget proposals. It was launched by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
ICICI Bank launches Tap-n-Pay, a near-field communications-enabled payment service
India’s largest private sector lender Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) Bank has launched a payment service Tap-n-Pay. It was launched by bank in collaboration with Tech Mahindra. This payment service is based on the near-field communications (NFC) ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Former Odisha CM Janaki Ballabh Patnaik passes away
Former Chief Minister (CM) of Odisha and senior Congress leader Janaki Ballabh Patnaik passed away on 21 April 2015 in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh. He was 89. Patnaik had served as CM of Odisha for three times and was ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
New species of Geckos discovered at Hampi in Karnataka
A new species of a gecko was spotted at the ruins of the World Heritage Site of Hampi in Karnataka. It was named as Cnemaspis adii after a young herpetology researcher Aditya Srinivasulu from Hyderabad, Telangana. It was spotted by the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
India 5th biggest generator of e-waste in 2014: UN report
As per recently released Global E-Waste Monitor 2014 report by United Nations, India is the fifth biggest producer of e-waste in the world. The report was compiled by UN think tank United Nations University (UNU). Key facts from report Top ..