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Kerala Assembly speaker G Karthikeyan passes away
Senior Congress leader and Kerala Assembly Speaker G Karthikeyan passed away in Bangalore, Karnataka. He was 66. Karthikeyan died while he was undergoing treatment in Bangalore after he was diagnosed with liver cancer. About G Karthikeyan Karthikeyan was a prominent ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
NPCI links 15 crore bank accounts with Aadhaar
National Payments Corporation (NPCI) has successfully linked 15 crore Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) accounts with the Aadhaar numbers. With this achievement NPCI has moved a step closer to map its target of linking all 17 crore DBT accounts with Aadhaar ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
EU formally adopts climate change targets for December 2015 UNFCCC Paris Conference
The European Union (EU) has formally adopted climate change targets for December 2015 UNFCCC Paris Conference. Adopted climate change target includes a 40 per cent cut in emissions by 2030. These targets were agreed by leaders of the 28 EU ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
Prime Minister inaugurates two 600 MW Thermal Power Units in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two units each of 600 Mega Watt (MW) capacity in Shree Singaji Thermal Power Project in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant is a coal-fired project. It is owned and ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi named among 30 most influential people on internet: Time Magazine
Time Magazine has named Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi among the list of 30 most influential people on the internet. As per Time magazine PM Narendra Modi has around 38 million followers on social networking sites Twitter and Facebook. He ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
NRDC, CCRAS inks MoA to commercialise ayurvedic medicines
National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) and Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) have inked Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to commercialise ayurvedic medicines and technologies developed at CCRAS. The MoA was signed by Director General of CCRAS Abhimanyu Kumar and ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
Former Bihar CM Ram Sundar Das passes away
Former Bihar Chief Minister (CM) Ram Sundar Das passed away on 6 March 2015 in Patna. He was 95. Das was a leader of the Janata Dal (United) political party and had led the JDU government as the Chief Minister of ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
Union MoS for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Raosaheb Danve resigns
Union Minister Minister of State (MoS) for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Raosaheb Dadarao Danve on 5 March 2015 resigned from the office. He submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who accepted it and forwarded it to ..