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Uninor signed worth Rs 1,200 cr contract with Huawei for modernising its network
Uninor a subsidiary of Norway’s telecom major Telenor has inked an agreement worth 1,200 crore rupees with Chinese firm Huawei for modernising and managing its network across six circles in the country. The advancement of payment will be done in phase ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Acharya Dev Vrat sworn-in as 27th Governor of Himachal Pradesh
Acharya Dev Vrat was sworn in as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh at oath taking ceremony held in Raj Bhawan, Shimla. He is 27th Governor and 18th regular Governor of the Himachal Pradesh, since it was granted full statehood in ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Indian Railways ink 4 MoUs with Union Power Ministry to save power, improve efficiency
Union Railway Ministry has signed 4 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Ministry for energy conservation, transmission and solarisation. These MoUs seek to boost cooperation between both parties in the areas of electricity transmission, ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Maharashtra Government forms Cabinet sub-committee to tackle drought crisis
Maharashtra government has constituted a cabinet sub-committee to prepare an action plan to tackle the impending drought crisis in the state due to poor monsoon. The committee will be headed by state Agriculture Minister Eknath Khadse and also comprise state ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Azim Premji, Shiv Nadar among world's 20 richest tech czars: Forbes
Two Indian technology tycoons Azim Premji chairman of Wipro and Shiv Nadar founder of HCL bagged place in Top 20 on Forbes’ first ever list of ‘100 Richest People In Technology’. As per the Forbes list of ‘top 100 richest ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Thermal Powertech flags off second unit two of Krishnapatnam plant
Thermal Powertech Corporation India Ltd (TPCIL) has synchronised the second 660 MW unit of its 1,320 MW coal-fired thermal power plant with the grid on 11 August. The power plant is situated at Krishnapatnam in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Facebook awarded $21 million to Indian app developers under FbStart initiative
On 11 August the social network giant Facebook doled out 21 million US dollar to Indian app developers under its FbStart initiative. With an aim to attract next billion Internet users towards social networking, last year Facebook launched FbStart an ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
NABARD accredited by UN's Green Climate Fund as National Implementing Entity
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) got accredited by the Green Climate Fund as a national implementing entity for undertaking climate change related projects in India. In 2010 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) had ..