Page-7 of Current Affairs - December, 2011
GePG: The E-payment gateway for retired govt staff
Indian Government’s official account-keeper, the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) has developed a fully secured e-payment gateway for direct credit of dues into the accounts of beneficiaries using digitally signed electronic advice through the new system. Apart from revolutionizing payments ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Tit-Bit Current Affairs : October 2011
Uttarakhand first state to covert 13% rainfed area to irrigated land: Uttarakhand has become the first state to convert its 13 per cent of rain-fed land area into irrigated land and the Centre has granted permission, in principle, for the ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Alternatives for Endosulfan to be studied by FAO
The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) will assume studies on integrated pest management alternatives to Endosulfan, a decision taken by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention. This verdict was taken as a carry out to the ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Janet Baker wins Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award
British singer Janet Baker won Gramophone magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award recently. Baker was an acclaimed master of both opera and lieder for more than 30 years. Janet Baker was born in August 1933. Her early interest in music was so ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Hwang Woo-suk: The man who cloned first Dog is back to fame
Hwang Woo-suk is a South Korean scientist and researcher, best known for creating Snuppy, the world’s first cloned dog. He was a professor of theriogenology and biotechnology at Seoul National University. He was a national hero in South Korea till ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Sam Pitroda: Head of Expert Panel on Modernization of Railways
Government has constituted an expert committee headed by Sam Pitroda to recommend ways and means to modernize Indian Railways. The focus of the panel, which is to submit its interim report in December, will be on modernization of tracks, signalling, ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Died: George Varghese Kakkanadan, Malayalam Novelist
George Varghese Kakkanadan (April1935 – 19 October 2011), commonly known as Kakkanadan, was a Malayalam language short story writer and novelist from Kerala state, South India. He is often credited with laying the foundation of modernism in Malayalam literature. He ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Fauja Singh : The Turbaned Tornado
Fauja Singh, a 100 year old India-born runner became the oldest person to complete a full-distance marathon when he completed the race in Toronto. It took Singh 8:11:06 to cross the finish line. He finished the marathon more than 6 ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Aman Sethi: ICRC award
Aman Sethi, The Hindu ‘s Chhattisgarh correspondent won the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) award for the best Indian print media article on humanitarian issues. His article on 3 Chhattisgarh villages burn maliciously by police commandos in March ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Julian Barnes: ‘Man Booker Prize
Julian Barnes: ‘Man Booker Prize This year’s Man Booker Prize was awarded to Mr. Julian Barnes, the British Author for his novel “Sense of an Ending’. The Book is about a man facing his past. Quick Fact Sheet: Man ..