Current Affairs - February, 2011
Rajasthan sets up Urbanization Commission
The state Government of Rajasthan has constituted the State Urbanization Commission for assessing status of urbanization and impact of urban development schemes and programmes. Senior IAS officer G S Sandhu is to be first Chairman of the Commission. The commission ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Hunar se Rozgar
"Hunar se Rozgar" is a scheme of the Ministry of Tourism that was launched for creation of employable skills amongst youth belonging to economically weaker sections of the society. This initiative was taken to bridge the gap of skilled manpower ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Recommendations of the Technology Advisory Group for Unique Projects (TAGUP)
Last year on February 26, 2010, the government had proposed the setting up of a technology advisory group to be headed by UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani for creating reliable and tamper-proof IT projects. The move came when Government of India ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Successful Test Launch of Nishant
Nishant is India’s indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). It has recently completed the series of confirmatory trials carried out by the army at the Chandan ranges in Pokhran, Rajasthan and is ready to be inducted to the Armed Forces of ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2011
Induction of C-130J in Indian Armed Forces
Lockheed Martin C-130J "Super" Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. This is also India’s first acquisition from the US through the foreign military sales route in decades. Recently, it arrived to India at the Hindon airbase ahead of ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2011
Acharya Lokesh Muni wins National Communal Harmony Award
Acharya Lokesh Muni has been conferred with the National Communal Harmony Award 2010 by the Jury headed by the Hon’ble Vice-President of India in the individual category. The National Communal Harmony Awards were instituted in 1996 by the National Foundation ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2011
Tibetan Buddhism, Karmapa Controversy and Ogyen Trinley Dorje
Lamaism is another name of Tibetan Buddhism. It’s a body of Buddhist religious doctrine which is followed in Tibet and other Himalayan parts such as Bhutan, Nepal, India’s Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh as well as Sikkim. Tibetan Buddhism is ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2011
Egyptian Revolution of 2011
The Arab Republic of Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. So, Egypt is a transcontinental country. This country is a major power in Africa, Mediterranean as well ..