Current Affairs - August, 2011
Current Affairs : August 30, 2011
Right to reject candidates in elections a tricky affair: Chief Election Commission According to the Election Commission, the demand for the right to reject candidates in elections as a ticklish affair. According to Chief Election Commissioner, S Y Quraishi, the ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011
Current Affairs : August 29, 2011
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award conferred on ace shooter Gagan Narang by the President President Pratibha Devisingh Patil conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for the year 2011 on ace shooter Gagan Narang. She also presented 15 Arjuna awards ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs : August 28, 2011
Tony Tan wins Singapore presidential election Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Tony Tan won presidential election after vote recount He defeated top challenger, Tan Cheng Bock The election taken as a referendum on the ruling People’s Action Party ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Affairs : August 27, 2011
6 States get New Governors State New Governor Tamil Nadu Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah Madhya Pradesh Senior Congress leader Ram Naresh Yadav Mizoram V Purushothaman Jharkhand Syed Ahmed Kerala Jharkhand Governor M O H Farooq transferred and ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011
Current Affairs: August 26, 2011
Government emphasizes to prohibit corporal punishment in Schools Government has emphasized that corporal punishment in schools is prohibited Expressing concern over the rising cases of corporal punishment by teachers in schools, the HRD minister Kapil Sibal expressed that the CBSE ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011
Current Affairs : August 25, 2011
Supreme Court: Compensation for land acquisitions to be based on market value The Supreme Court held that compensation given by the Govt to farmers when acquiring their land should be decided on the basis of its market value The court ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011
Current Affairs: August 24, 2011
60 Crore Aadhaar cards to be issued by 2014 Target set by the Government to issue 60 Crore UID Cards, Aadhaar by the year 2014 The Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Nandan Nilekani stated that nearly 2.87 ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2011
Current Affairs : August 23, 2011
World’s longest periscope A 10 m long indigenously developed periscope for a nuclear reactor at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Researc (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam near Chennai was dedicated to the nation The periscope is the longest in the world ..