Page-2 of Current Affairs - December, 2011
Russia: Putin for expansion of SCO membership
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the SCO s Council of Ministers summit in St Petersburg that Russia favoured the expansion of the membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Enlargement will add to the SCO s capabilities, authority and ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Validity of cheques, drafts cut to 3 months
From April 1, 2012, the cheques and bank drafts will have a life of just three months instead of the earlier six months. RBI has recently issues a notification that these instruments will have to be presented within three months ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Rs 373 crore to be spent till 2014 under National Saffron Mission
Saffron has been cultivated for thousands of years to be used in medicines, perfumes, dyes and as a wonderful flavoring agent for foods and beverages. Kashmir saffron is a high value, low volume crop and the quality of saffron is ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Cabinet clears amendments to the Prasar Bharati Bill
Union Cabinet has cleared the proposal to make some official amendments to the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, 2010 pending in Rajya Sabha in Parliament. One of the amendments is to Section 11(2) of the Act to ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Railways reduces ‘Tatkal’ reservation period to 1 day to check misuse
Measures taken by the Railways to prevent the misuse of Tatkal travel scheme by agents/unscrupulous elements during opening hours of the reservation counters. The Advance Reservation Period (ARP) of Tatkal scheme is reduced from two days to one day excluding ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Sudarshan Shakti
Recently, the Indian Armed Forces (Army and Air Force) is testing its war-fighting doctrine in the Barmer-Jaisalmer sector, in biggest ever war game. The frontline IAF fighter aircraft such as the Sukhoi-30, AWACS and UAVs provided live feed of war ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Constitution (113th) Amendment Bill gets President’s Assent
Constitution (113th) Amendment Bill pertains to change of the entry of Oriya Language to Odiya in the 8th Schedule of Constitution of India. President Pratibha Patil has given her assent to the Orissa (the Alteration of Name) Bill and the ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Meghalaya: Wangala dance festival
The Hundred Drums or Wangala Festival of the tribal Garos began at Asanang village in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district in the second week of December . The Wangala is the most important post-harvest festival of the Garos and is ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Jammu & Kashmir: Jhiri Mela
Famous Jhiri Mela commenced near village Kalyanpur in the Kanhachak area in Jammu on occasion of Gurupurab, the birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The fair is held to commemorate the martyrdom of the Baba Jitto, who fought against exploitation ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Madhya Pradesh: CBI Bhopal targets Facebook to take help from netizens
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has joined social networking site Facebook, popularly known as FB to get help from netizens in cracking cases. CBI’s Bhopal unit became the first unit to go online on Facebook. The agency has plans ..