Page-21 of Current Affairs - December, 2011
Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations 2010
Telecom Users all over India have been eased from unwelcome commercial calls and messages. The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations 2010 was formally inaugurated by Kapil Sibal, Communications and Information Technology Minister. Here are brief notes: The regulations will ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
PSLV C18 puts 4 satellites in orbit
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C18) demonstrated its reliability and consistency yet again when it put four satellites in orbit with aplomb on 12 October 2011.PSLV C18 lift-off from the spaceport at Sriharikota at 11 a.m. on October 12, 2011. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
‘Aakash’: World’s cheapest tablet PC launched in New-Delhi
‘Akash’: World’s cheapest Tablet PC Aakash was launched in New Delhi. It will aid in bridging the digital divide in the country. The tablet costs about $40 but it will be slowly brought down to nearly $10. A component of ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Draft ‘National Policy on Electronics, 2011
The draft of the National Policy on Electronics which is the first of the three interdependent and synergistic policies for IT, Telecom and Electronics released by the Government. The wished-for National Policy of Electronics, 2011 projects making a worldwide competitive ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Government to set up National Institute of Sports Science & Medicine
National Institute of Sports Science and Medicine, NISSM to be setup by the Govt. at the premises of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi at a cost of Rs 200 Crore. The institute will aim at developing the much needed ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
For Goa’s entire population: “Swarnajayanti Aarogya Bima Yojana” launched
Goa became the first state in the country to have launched “Swarnajayanti Aarogya Bima Yojana” providing health insurance cover for the entire resident population of the state ICICI Lombard : Implementing agency for the new health insurance cover Goa State ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Lal Sukla, Amar Kant selected for 45th and Chandrashekhara Kambara, Sri for the 46th Jnanpith Awards
Eminent Hindi authors Amar Kant and Shrilal Shukla was chosen for India’s highest literary honour Jnanpith Award for 2009, while renowned Kannada litterateur Chandrasekhar Kambar won it for 2010. The selection board – chaired by noted writer and Jnanpith award ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
“Bompu”: A New Frog Species Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
“Bompu”: A New Frog Species Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh A new frog species discovered in Eagle Nest Wildlife sanctuary at Sessa in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh in a survey conducted as part of Eagle Nest Biodiversity Project with ..